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Juice by Lizzo seems to go down well when we do it..... great bassline too.

Yep, it was an old late 80's Hamer Blitz bass. He picked it up recently and has been playing it on this tour...

Saw Extreme/Living Colour last night and bumped into @Merton in the bar! Enjoyed Living Colour (having seen them numerous times since the original Marquee and Astoria gigs back in the day) but the sound wasn't great and I thought they should have dumped the opening Led Zep cover and played Middle Man instead... Who needs covers when you have a limited set time? Doug's Spector cut through nicely though as always Extreme were on fire.... Fantastic performance and great set list! Rare to have a band where 3 of the 4 members are all capable of being lead singer and they capitalised on it with some fantastic harmony vocals. Gary Cherone's voice is still very good considering their advancing ages and the energy levels he was putting in. Pat Badger's bass playing was excellent as always.... hugely underrated player imho... Gutted we had to leave just before the final track of the main set 'Get The Funk Out' (which is what we had to do) as with the tube station shut we had to navigate 4 trains to get home at the end of the night

That already happens. This is something new/different using technology.

Having seen and loved the ABBA avatar show I knew KISS would be next as soon as I saw it. It makes perfect sense and I look forward to seeing it (though I imagine it will be based in Vegas, rather than as a touring show). 🤘🤘

Will take to PM

I think we may have auditioned for the same band? In Soton?

Extreme & Living Colour at Kentish Town O2 Academy on Monday.

Saw this for sale and at a great price. Congrats!!

To my mind THE most 'sensual' song, lyric and performance ever.....💜🥰

The beautiful songwriting and voice of Nerina Pallot 💜

Saw the awesome Steely Dan tribute 'Simply Dan' on Friday night in Wokingham, Berkshire. A 10 piece band, they really reproduce the classic songs superbly and every time I see them I truly believe that their guitarist Darren Spicer is probably the most talented guitarist in the country. He doesn't just play the guitar parts of Skunk, Dias, Carlton, Graydon, etc etc incredibly accurately note-wise, but also with the feel and tone associated with each. That is no mean feat considering the polar opposites of many of their styles! Fantastic!

In the esteemed words of Alan Partridge...... "That was just noise"

That's only £100 cheaper.... they can do better than that....

Dee Murray (original Elton John band)

Sold my Ampeg pedal to Nik. Quick and easy, no fuss transaction as always. Recommended!

I bought an SKB shallow rack from @Chimike

Knocking On Heaven's Door saps my will to live...

The Classic does dive a little, but nothing that a decent strap or a lighter set of hipshots wouldn't sort. Diff preamp in the Classic too. The EMG BTS. I love both the LX and the Classic.... and both the BTS and the Tonepump. It's really down to personal choice.

Could be worse. You could have to play Sex On Fire & Mr Brightside....

And not to forget, in the same song.... "Last night I dreamt of some Pedro"

The Grand Hotel in Eastbourne with a function band. We play there every year in the ballroom for a ticketed guests only NYE event. 90 min drive. Arrive around 5pm, set up my mini-rig with a couple of basses on a double stand. Eat the same posh dinner as the guests, fresh coffee and a glass of something. Put on my dinner jacket and play a 2hr set from 10.30pm - 12.30am then pack down and drive home. Good pay, nice place and better than being at home watching Jools Holland. Only downside is the 'jazz quartet' who play easy listening standards while the guests are having dinner. The stage is tiny and they insist on moving all our stuff around and just generally being a pain in the a**e to all concerned....

You can buy my Tech21 Dug preamp for full price. I WILL reply....