hiram.k.hackenbacker

[quote name='Raslee' timestamp='1411412952' post='2559331'] Great set list, played a lot of them tracks too, love Nightboat to Cairo...but what no Ghost town [/quote] Yes, good call. Not really my place to shout about which songs to do as I'm only depping, but I will mention it to the guys. They have just added Night Club though, but that was only on Tuesday so a bit late in the day for me. I was quite hoping I might be able to persuade them to do Time For Action (Secret Affair) but that hasn't happened yet either.

[quote name='Mr Fretbuzz' timestamp='1411369706' post='2558715'] I'd love to play that but a set list would take me a month of Sundays to learn unfortunately and I can't transcribe so unless I could find the bass score I'd be stuffed :-( [/quote] The set does seem quite daunting on the face of it, but there are songs like The Prince which is a three note shape in the three positions of a blues scale and take no effort to learn. There are others. Tom Hark - basically another three note shape in two positions. A Message To You Rudy - a single five note shape. Stand By Me - five notes again etc etc. Admittedly the harder ones like Poison Ivy do tip the scales back the other way a bit, but that's the fun of it for me. Can't wait.

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1411332283' post='2558549'] Thats a nice setlist. Wouldn`t mind being there myself [/quote] Yes, it's a tidy little set. The Madness songs are just genius. Other highlights are Poison Ivy, Geno and suprisingly Special Brew.

I'm going to be depping for a friend next weekend in his Ska band. It's not exactly my comfort zone in terms of musical genre, but I've had a tremendous amount of fun learning the set over the last week or so. I'm aware I seem to be the person who can't bring himself to say no to a gig. I swore after learning two hours of 80's classics late last year I would never put myself in that position again, but here we are. A few notes for each song and the setlist on the front. My little book of Ska. I'm really looking forward to the mid-week rehearsal now I've cracked it and the gig should be a hoot! Now I just have to find myself some Ska uniform.

Paul, that's great. It will be nice to see you again.

Going to bump this up as gig day is approaching. It would be great to see a few Basschatters supporting a worthy cause.