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[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1498481648' post='3324878'] I was with Andy Bown. That was the year our manager, Billy Gaff, sponsored the whole festival. All his bands played. [/quote]I actually remember watching Andy Bown at Reading, in fact, I bought one of his albums on the strength of seeing them/you at Reading, unfortunately I probably sold it along with all my other vinyl when the dreaded CD's came along. Dare I ask, is there any old footage of your performance?

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1498478951' post='3324845'] You saw me then. One blink and you'd have missed us though. My first festival was Reading in 1966. Cream's first big gig was on the Sunday, but I went on the Friday. Saw Geno Washington, Spencer Davis Group and headlined by the Small Faces. [/quote]Which was your band Chris?

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1498475182' post='3324791'] Others available, bottom one has a noted transcription too: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5AVF6L_sVw[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dQ3z4b8OpM[/media] [/quote]They are a great help Kev, especially the third video, I don't read, but looking at the dots as he's playing has made me realise that the final part is probably the "easiest" part, for some reason when listening the the original, I'm thinking there is more going on than there actually is.

Apologies if this has been done before, but because festivals are quite topical at the moment, especially with all the comments ([i]good or bad[/i]) about Glastonbury, I was wondering what your recollections are of the first major festivals you ever went to, and what were the lineups. I know our opinions on how great they were are mostly relative to our ages and musical era's, so I'm not saying the earlier festivals had better lineups etc, it's just a bit of fun to share our musical memories. For me, Reading 1973 was the first one I went to and the lineup was: [u]Friday[/u] Rory Gallagher. Jo'burg Hawk, Commander Cody, Capability Brown, Greenslade, Stray Dog, Alquin, Embryo [u]Saturday[/u] The Faces, Andy Bown, Status Quo, Strider, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Chris Barber, Lindisfarne, Magma, Fumble, Riff Raff, Tasavallan Presidentti, Quadrille, Claire Hamill, Dave Ellis [u]Sunday[/u] Genesis, The Spencer Davis Group, Jimmy Witherspoon, Mahatma, Jon Hiseman's Tempest, George Melly, Stackridge, Medicine Head, Jack The Lad, Tim Hardin, Ange, John Martyn and Danny Thompson, A J Webber And I did Knebworth for the first time in 1976 where the lineup was more about quality rather than quantity. Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, 10cc, Todd Rungren’s Utopia, Hot Tuna, Don Harrison Band

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1498472629' post='3324769'] Maybe easier just to pick it up from a video lesson? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFkIkwkt9tw[/media] [/quote]Thanks Kev, I will take a look at the video for some ideas.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1498424274' post='3324557'] It's the way of bands that they end one day. None of the effort you have expended on learning material is wasted - you gave a repertoire, you have become a better player, and you are a valuable commodity to your next band. [/quote]Spot on, as I stated in an earlier reply, I must have learn't about 250+ songs over the last ten years with various bands that didn't last that long, but I don't see it as wasted time, I now have a repertoire of songs to fall back on, and if/when I join another band, there's a good chance I will already know a fair amount of their set, of course I might need to dust the cobwebs off the songs I've not played for a while, but they soon come back to you once you start playing them again.

Wow! I thought it would be one of the Lizzy songs that a lot of bands would have covered at some stage. Still, from our bands perspective, I suppose that's a good thing as we will be playing something that isn't generally covered by other bands. We ran through it for the first time in rehearsal on Saturday, and it worked quite well, I've got most of the runs off, but it's the long guitar solo at the end that I'm struggling a bit with, I'm not looking to play it note for note of course, but having a look at a reasonably accurate tab can sometimes help with improvising. Hopefully someone out there will point me in the right direction..

[size=4]I've literally just got back this Sunday morning from yet another MRI scan, this time for my upper back, neck and shoulder, I've had many scans over the last five years for my lower back, I've got arthritis in both thumbs which causes a lot of pain when playing, I had a trapeziectomy a few year's ago to remove the [font=arial, sans-serif]trapezium, ([i]which is a small bone in your wrist at the base of your thumb[/i]), unfortunately this operation actually made it worse, and[/font] I'm now going deaf due to guitarists refusing to lower their volume in rehearsals. [/size] [size=4]Other than that little lot, I'm fine! [/size] [size=4]I've not suffered with any of the problems you have Mark so I can't really offer any advice on those, but stay positive as most problems ease off enough after a while to allow you to continue playing.[/size] [size=4]Good luck and I hope you recover soon. [/size]

[quote name='steantval' timestamp='1498348163' post='3324043'] Glastonbury is just like a big version of Jools Hollands show - A few decent acts but most of it is utter dross. The presenters follow up by saying every act was amazing or brilliant, it would be great to hear one of them say that was f*cking sh*te. [/quote]Most of the minor acts have been on Jools at least once in the past, and then, low and behold, Jools himself appears. I wonder just how much influence the BBC have when it come to choosing which acts appear.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1498341948' post='3323999'] It's a bit shouty, I switched to the Jacksons a while back. [/quote]I've just done the same

I'm watching the Foo Fighters now, and talk about dragging out a set, good musicians of course, but I'm totally bored!!!

[quote name='julietgreen' timestamp='1498335410' post='3323956'] Hi there and thanks. Well at least one of the maternity leaves was a paternity leave! Band spouse pressure - I bet you get some of that sometimes! This was irksome because I felt like the newbies didn't really have the right to say 'Yeah it's probably time to pack it in!'. The crux was our lead guitarist, though. He was very accomplished and so would be hard to replace. On the other hand, as you say - some time to find a new band. Wow! 250 songs! That's a lot of effort if you haven't gigged them. Still, it gives you a very strong starting point for any bands you do in the future! [/quote]I suppose in truth, over the ten year period, I suppose I probably played about 150 of them at least once "live", but like many bands, a lot of songs only get played in the rehearsal studio until the band splits up due to non-comittment by some members unfortunately.

I feel for you Juliet as I have been going through similar problems, although not with muso's going off having babies as I've always played in all male bands so far. It's just that so many people just don't have the necessary drive, dedication, and commitment to make a band work long term, I've played in around ten bands in the past ten years, and in that time I must have learnt at least 250 songs but only a few ever got played live I'm afraid. I do hope you find another band soon.

Does anyone out there have an accurate tab for Thin Lizzy's Emerald? I think I'm more or less there with it and I'm quite happy with my interpretation, but I would like have a look at an accurate tab to see if I can improve it in any way. Thanks