Aching Blues

I'm old. You can see that, and when you are old, you ache! Fact! That's why old men make that noise when the got uot of a chair or sit down in one, no not that noise - you know the "ugh" grunt!
Anyway this came from a riff that my pal Mando Bob played to me and asked me to write a lyric. It has served us both well.

[@deblane401]

Andy, you preaching to all of old guys. If I didn't have all my aches, how would I know i was alive. George in Montana

[@SillyMoustache]

Maybe just speaking for old guys!

[@vte4chg]

Andy, another great performance and the start of a beautiful weekend. Thank you. Be well.

[@SillyMoustache]

Thanks, you too!

[@lelandbailey2326]

I'm really feeling these blues 😉 thanks for sharing it.

[@SillyMoustache]

Hi glad you liked it. Thanks.

[@OregonBreault]

Achin’ or not, those fingers don’t appear to be so and are playing that 12-string wonderfully. Great sound!

[@SillyMoustache]

Hi, glad you liked it. See this version from 2017.

[@billpiotter8190]

Well done! I appreciate you writing a song for me.

[@SillyMoustache]

Yup, old man's song!

[@darrylbrooks3361]

May be aching buy you can rock that 12-string

[@SillyMoustache]

Thank you!

[@gortagnan]

Well...your fingers are doing better than mine !

[@SillyMoustache]

One middle trigger finger op on my right hand, some years ago, and middle and ring on my left hand I think around 2020? I also have Dupuytrens contracture, mostly on my right, which looks ugly but doesn't yet limit movement. I've had numerous steroid injections for carpal tunnel syndrome until I learned to better control my playing tension. I currently wear a brace on my right thumb as I have developed "CMC" thumb joint arthritis in both hands the right is worse. As with so many physical ailments, especially in the aged,it is unconscious mis or over use of this fine but vulnerable structures that we live inside. Hand, arm, elbow, shoulder back, neck, even knees can be damaged when playing guitar., (and gardening, and driving, and .... keeping fit! That is why I make such a thing about posture in my Zoom lessons. In some ways my tongue and throat cancer and treatment in 2017, made me lose 45 lbs in as many days and weakened every muscle I had, which required a pretty dedicated recovery plan. I've rambled, but hands and feet are very precious and we need to respect care and heel them as best we can. Best Ol' Andy

[@karlmichaelcronin9618]

Do you live on ravenscraig rd?

[@SillyMoustache]

Er, no. Do you mean that there's another old man somewhere as ugly as me?