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          The
         TABPig Convention called "Weekend At Bernie's" is an
         annual event. Bernie
         is a Pig who lives in Nashville. Recently about a dozen Pigs
         from all over the United States congregated at "The Room At
         The Top Of The Stairs" ( A room at Bernie's house) for a few
         days and we had a great time. 
          
         In April '97 a bunch of us PIGs all met in St. Louis for the
         first annual TABPig convention. We all flew or drove into town
         on Friday night and played (and partied) the rest of the
         weekend. The photo in the gallery was from a post-concert
         party from PIG headquarters (Hooter's).  Since then, there have
         three been more WAB's, a WABB (Weekend at Bernie's Brothers), and
         a WARB (Weekend at Reverend Billys) in the UK. 
          
         Click on a pic below to get a closer look (the guitars that is,
         who would want to look at those Pigs?) 
          
         Since somewhere around 2001/2002, the TABPig Convention has changed
         from Bernie's house to the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society (CAAS) 
         Convention.  It turns out that it's hot in Nashville in the summer
         and Bernie keep's buying guitars instead of getting an air conditioner.
         Whadda want for a pig anyway?  If you go there, look us up!
          
          
          
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            - We're
            just a bunch of PIGs for this stuff!
 
            
            - We
            ain't got no stinkin' pride! We don't care who writes it,
            where it came from, or how complete it is, we welcome all
            input.
 
            
            - Actually
            we do care more about completeness and accuracy
            than we lead on, but hey, "Bad TAB is better than no TAB"
            is number three.
 
            
            - Ya
            can't name yourself!
 
            
            - Always
            take the cheap shot.
 
          
         
          
          
          
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         A
         recent poll of the TAB Pigs requesting their top 10 Kottke
         compositions produced this list. 
            As if anyone really cared what our Top
         Ten Tunes by Leo Kottke are (we are so self-absorbed)
         here is... 
         
         The
         All-Time-Favorite-Pig-Endorsed Leo Kottke Top Ten
         Tunes are ... (drum roll)... 
         
         
            - William
            Powell (11 votes)
 
            
            - Jack
            Fig (9 votes)
 
            
            - Airproofing
            (8 votes)
 
            
            - Vaseline
            Machine Gun (8 votes)
 
            
            - Ojo
            (7 votes)
 
            
            - Driving
            of the Year Nail (6 votes)
 
            
            - Mona
            Ray (6 votes)
 
            
            - I
            Yell at Traffic (6 votes)
 
            
            - Watermelon
            (6 votes)
 
            
            - Three-way
            tie with June Bug, Eggtooth, and Taxco Steps all
            receiving 5 votes each
 
          
         
         As
         you can see, we still live about 10-30 years in the
         past. 
          
          
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