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This just floated past on the No Treble facebook feed. From last year, but it's Cory Wong and band, with Sonny T. and some bloke called Victor sits in as well.

As it should be - Lemmy's statue in his home town of Burslem, Stoke on Trent has been given the go-ahead - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjqj8l8qgwno Some have said it's Overkill, but this will be the Kiss Of Death to that kind of talk once the statue is Hammered into place.

Their best album is Lateralus (listen to it in the "Holy Gift" running order - see https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/tools-secret-mind-blowing-album-the-holy-gift/list/check-out-the-title-track-below/ - regardless of the hokum around the fibonacci theory, it makes for a better listen if you ask me) Having said that my favourite Tool song (Forty Six & 2) is on Aenima, which gets pretty heavy musically and conceptually towards the end. SBL recently featured this analysis of a bunch of songs, which will open the doors to best JC lines from these and other albums if you can bear the presentation style:

Or just do what Bob Fripp does and pop one finger on the F on the low E string, pinky at the 7th fret without breaking a sweat. I'm sure the two middle fingers could be persuaded to do something useful if needed

hope this helps

I was once in a four-piece band where at no point were the four band members ever in the same room at the same time. That was around 1996. As far as I know we're still together.

Mine arrived today, obviously prompted by my previous post

The BRM Facebook feed goes back to October 2014. If anything dodgy is afoot, that's quite the long game.

Anyone got theirs yet? Still awaiting issue 1 after placing an order a couple of weeks ago.

Harmonica?

Marcus Miller has been announced for Ronnie Scott's, July 10th-13th, two shows a night. Each show is 75 minutes. Prices as follows: Priority £160 Standard £125 Restricted £100 https://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/find-a-show/marcus-miller

recent albums Hidden Details and Other Doors are pretty good, and make up a significant chunk of current setlists. Regarding that middle bit - start with Bundles and Floating World Live and you'll be very well placed.

The current set prominently features a favourite from Third (despite of course no one in the current line-up being in the Third line-up!) I saw them at New Cross Inn a couple of weeks ago, excellent.

Further embarassments of riches coming up in London: Mike Stern at Ronnie's with Hadrien Feraud Modern Standards Supergroup at the Forge with Felix Pastorius Vincen Garcia at the Jazz Cafe Kinga Glyk at the Jazz Cafe Ida Neilsen at the Jazz Cafe Nik West at the Jazz Cafe Mononeon at Amazing Grace (a) just got to decide on which to see and (b) time to think about that Jazz Cafe membership

I know what you mean - I've got both a Geddy Jazz and a late 70s Ricky. I spent a long time in Genesis tributes so the Ricky had its time and place and more than adequately did the job. However since I've moved on from that world, the Jazz gets a lot more of the action these days. (Still got the Ricky though)

Thanks for the link! will geek out later. What vintage is your Ricky btw?

Thanks for stopping by! For the gear nerds among us, can you run through your rig?

Did we know Vincen Garcia has an album out? Also he's on at the Jazz Café and Band on the Wall on March 27th and 28th respectively.

My monthly jam night has kicked my butt numerous times. If you go back and take your learnings with you - musical and otherwise, as you've pointed out - you'll end up a better player, someone other want to play with and get more out of the evening. I always make sure I take two or three new (to me) songs that will fit the evening to fit in with the general style.

I've ordered the first issue today. The cover content looks like everything we've seen before (Jaco/slap/fender jazz) but I'm looking forward to seeing inside.

King prawn jalfrezi, everyone knows that.

This is brilliant: https://jbkmusic.bandcamp.com/album/playing-in-a-room-with-people Jansen/Barbieri/Karn with Theo Travis and Steven Wilson. Includes live tracks from Bestial Cluster, The Tooth Mother among others

When John Giblin passed away, I was subsequently recommended Mod'Fish and Forest People, both by Masami Tsuchiya. Both also feature Mick Karn, and are well worth a listen.

Ditto - my big sister loved Duran, the Police, Japan etc and had their posters from Smash Hits, Jackie etc on her bedroom walls. So I had to find my own early teenage music preferences because no way could I like the same as her. Despite that I was strangely drawn to Sons Of Pioneers for reasons I would much later learn to be bass guitar. Ditto New Gold Dream, Rio, Zenyatta etc etc. I still have some of her records that I stole in the late 80s. Don't tell her! Then later she bought me Bestial Cluster for Christmas one year, which is still a frequent listen.

Some of you will dig this - after an intro noodle it morphs and kicks into something you'll recognise (it's Sons Of Pioneers, one of my favourite Japan songs)