# Georgia and (Honorary GA) Dopers: The Dopefest Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630 "2003-07-06T21:42:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630/81 "2003-07-10T19:30:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carrot \* > \*\*Perhaps you should insert a “Straight” in there. Otherwise, you’re likely to attract some…um…other Dope fiends. \*\* What? Gays can come too! We’ll need some fabulousness! ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630/82 "2003-07-10T19:34:03Z")
_ **Three Days of Love and Music** _… I’m liking this idea! ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630/83 "2003-07-10T21:25:50Z")
Okay, just a preliminary count. From the postings I count 8 of us as saying the 23rd is okay. There are 3 “maybes” for that date, and one for the 9th of August. I’m headed for Destin for the weekend, so I probably won’t be able to check in until I get back late Sunday night, but as stated before I’d like to nail down the date on Monday, so that we can start working on where we want to meet Saturday night, and where we want to have our little _Three Days of Love and Music_ jam session on Sunday afternoon. I’m headed off to work, but I can check in here from my work PC, so I’m available till in the morning at 10 am to answer either here or by e-mail. Here’s a question to think about: Does anyone have any problems with the Dave and Buster’s in Duluth as opposed to the one on I-75? We wanna work this out to everyone’s convenience, but since **mouthbreather** has issued an invitation to his casa afterward, I thought we all might consider that location. But… we’re still on the date portion of the program, so we need ideas, okay? Also remember, I’m just the guy with the idea, and I’ve never done this before, and could use any help y’all can offer. Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_D\_oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@Jane\_D\_oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_D_oh)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630/84 "2003-07-10T21:35:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quasimodem \* > \*\*You can borrow one of mine! 😃 > > Q \*\* Sweeeet OK. just give me a ball park idea here. I’ll be in the Norcross/Peachtree corners area. How far is that from the action. Is it gonna be like 100 miles in the opposite direction of everything? ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630/85 "2003-07-10T21:40:44Z")
JD, thats 10-15 mins away (tops) if we go with the Duluth plan. ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_D\_oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@Jane\_D\_oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_D_oh)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630/86 "2003-07-10T21:42:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mouthbreather \* > \*\*JD, thats 10-15 mins away (tops) if we go with the Duluth plan. \*\* Alriiight. This is looking better and better all the time!! I will try to get our corporate office to firm up my travel plans once the date is for sure on Monday. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630/87 "2003-07-10T22:10:28Z")
Duluth’ll probably be fine. I don’t know my way around there, but I don’t know my way around anyplace. With a map and Mapquest and my cellphone, I can find my way around, though. ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630/88 "2003-07-10T23:57:08Z")
**mouthbreather** , you and I must be practically neighbors. The Duluth **Dave and Busters** is really close to me too. I don’t mind driving to another location, but if the Duluth location works out, that would be peachy! ---
**Author:** ![Fredge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Fredge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fredge)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630/89 "2003-07-11T02:09:20Z")
I might be good for the 23rd Quasi. Dave in Busters in Marietta would be great for me. I’ve never been to the one in Duluth though. I’ll play it by ear. If you’re still taking requests, I know you like Johnny Cash so I’m requesting ‘One Pice at a Time’ (the psychodelic Cadilac song). ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630/90 "2003-07-11T02:46:17Z")
We better take requests or we won’t have anything to play. Shame we don’t have some practice space or something to get really loud. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630/91 "2003-07-11T03:24:02Z")
I says to myself “Hey, quit complaining and suggest stuff.” So here we go! Rummaging through my music catalog here. Any of you guys ever heard of O.A.R.? They’ve got a couple really nice songs that’d be great with a bunch of acoustic guitars, pretty much jam band kinda stuff. Try “Night Shift” and “City on Down.” Some Barenaked Ladies would be fun. “Brian Wilson”, “The Old Apartment”, pretty much anything they play would be fun. “Patience” by Guns N Roses. “Save Tonight” by Eagle Eye Cherry “Fireworks” by the Tragically Hip How bout “Turn the Page”, either Bob Seger or Metallica. STAIRWAY! Heh, sorry. But some Zep might not be a bad idea. I’d like to toss out “Goin’ to California,” “Gallows Pole,” and “Hey Hey What Can I Do” as ideas. “Pure Imagination” from Willy Wonka? I have one by a band alleged to be The Ataris. Just weird enough to work! Drive em nuts with 80s songs? I think 867-5309 could be acoustified. “The Last Saskatchewan Pirate” by Captain Tractor. Pirate songs rock. “Behind The Wall of Sleep” by The Smithereens. Dunno if it’d be cool or not. But I love the song anyway. I could be totally oboxious and dig into my KISS Unplugged…but nah… ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630/92 "2003-07-11T04:02:13Z")
Looks like there might be a “generation chasm” between **GMR** and **Quas’**! 😃 **Fredge** : I hope you can make it. It’s a shame we live in the same town and have never met. I’ll see what I can do about your request, but I can’t make any promises.🙂 Maybe one of the other pickers can do it better than I could. I did a Mapquest check and Duluth is only about a 48 minute drive for me, if that’s he way we choose to go. Q ---
**Author:** ![nuthinboutnuthin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@nuthinboutnuthin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nuthinboutnuthin)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630/93 "2003-07-11T04:22:19Z")
Howz about some Merle Haggard? Sing Me Back Home Howz about some Alan Jackson ? Here In The Real World Here is a GREAT place to get Chords, Lyrics and Tabs > **[RoughStock](http://roughstock.com)** > > Country Music Songs, Video, Lyrics & News Look Under - Cowpie, Lyrics and Chords They have everything… ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630/94 "2003-07-11T05:05:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quasimodem \* > **Duluth is only about a 48 minute drive for me, if that’s the way we choose to go.** _ahem_ That should be a 48 **mile** drive. Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630/95 "2003-07-11T05:44:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by nuthinboutnuthin \* > \*\*[roughstock.com](http://roughstock.com) > Look Under - Cowpie, Lyrics and Chords > They have everything… \*\* **nuthin** , I wanna thank you for posting that website! It’s an excellent source, and I’ll be printing out a few songs off it, including your Alan Jackson tune. Thanks! Q ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630/96 "2003-07-11T05:45:37Z")
Man, if I’m going to get stuck listenin’ to country, I’ll hafta bring some earplugs… ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630/97 "2003-07-11T06:44:13Z")
Since I haven’t been playing guitar very long, I tend to stay with the simple stuff, _Creedence Clearwater Revival, Beatles_, some old rock tunes, some folk and some country. Sorry, that’s all I got in my reper-twaa. 😃 And I play rhythm and I’m just learning bass. So if I gave the impression that I’m a guitar god, I sure didn’t mean to. 😉 Some of the songs you mention in your post are familiar to me, **GMR** , but most are not, sorry. Q ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630/98 "2003-07-11T13:04:34Z")
**Quasi** , I have the same problem as you – don’t know the songs! But maybe I can follow the chords. Alternately, this might be a good chance to expand my musical experiences! ---
**Author:** ![Fredge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Fredge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fredge)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630/99 "2003-07-11T14:10:37Z")
I just remember DragonCon is in the summer. Checking their site, it runs Aug 29-Sept 1. In years past, a good number of out-of-town dopers have come to ATL for DragonCon. Is there any interest in setting a dopefest date to correspond? ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630/100 "2003-07-11T16:48:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quasimodem \* > \*\*Since I haven’t been playing guitar very long, I tend to stay with the simple stuff, _Creedence Clearwater Revival, Beatles_, some old rock tunes, some folk and some country. Sorry, that’s all I got in my reper-twaa. 😃 And I play rhythm and I’m just learning bass. > > So if I gave the impression that I’m a guitar god, I sure didn’t mean to. 😉 > > Some of the songs you mention in your post are familiar to me, **GMR** , but most are not, sorry. > > Q \*\* Hey, works for me, better we figure this stuff out now and get all embarassed later. _I’ll_ be the only one embarassed when I have to belt out Johnny Cash. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgia-and-honorary-ga-dopers-the-dopefest-thread/186630.md?page=6)