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Steel River - Chris Rea

Wasn’t there some talk about how much of ‘Live and Dangerous’ was actually live? Seem to remember claims from some people involved with it at the time about the amount of overdubs etc. The Who story about ‘Live at Leeds’ nearly being ‘Live at Hull’ surfaced a few years ago too. Apparently the band preferred the sound of the Hull gig ( the night after the Leeds one) but there were problems with parts of the bass recordings dropping out so they went with the Leeds gig instead. When they released the Hull gig 40 odd years later they used the Leeds bass recordings on some of the songs to fix this.

Country House - Blur.

Minute by Minute - Doobie Brothers.

68 Guns - The Alarm

Song sung blue - Neil Diamond

Enter Sandman - Metallica

Working on a dream - Bruce Springsteen

Climbing up the walls - Radiohead

I fought the law - The Crickets

Living in a Box - Living in a Box.

I’m coming out - Diana Ross

Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell

One and One is One - Medicine Head.

Look through any window (The Hollies)

Don’t look back (The Temptations)

Dirty Ol’ Man (Three Degrees )

For the princely sum of £24.99 I can recommend the Fender ABY pedal Stew. Silent switching, works fine for me. A or B and A+B options.

Here you go - my Jazz (bitsa) and my 63 Precision in the gear4music foam case. Must admit the slightly offset shape of the jazz means it's a tighter fit than the P-bass, but both well protected and snug! Hope this helps, cheers.

These look great. Very similar to the gear4music one I mentioned above, and even slightly cheaper! The OP can't go wrong with any of these I'm sure.

I bet a few people are waiting for me to recommend these, and I hate to disappoint! https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Bass-Guitar-Foam-Case-by-Gear4music/C87 Honestly one of the best things I've bought in years - in fact I bought one as a spare in case the first ever gives up the ghost. This is looking extremely unlikely at the moment, probably 6 or 7 years down the line. Used it on every gig I've done with my main band, so at least 500 gigs in and out of our vehicle. Still looks virtually new, and has protected my bass perfectly. Lighter than a standard case, tons more protection than most gig bags, shaped so not overly large and dead easy to use. Quite a few mates have seen mine and got one, everyone commenting how good they are. Best thing is the price - £39.99. You really can't go wrong. A few other companies do ones not a million miles away (SKB, Gator?) but they tend not to be shaped and therefore not as user friendly IMO. And cost a fair bit more too....🤨 (just to add that my 4 string jazz fits in one of these, so although I can't guarantee your 5 er will, there is a fair bit of space around the headstock on mine so chances are it should.)

Anybody caught anything good on this channel yet? I watched a bit of The Stones 2013 Hyde Park gig, followed by a Madness documentary the other night. And yes, Andre Rieu was also on yesterday ...... 😆. In case you can’t find it on Freeview, it’s Channel 11. May have to retune to get it.

I was taken to piano lessons from the age of about 7, after my folks realised I had ‘a good ear’. My granny bought me a small Spanish guitar back from her holiday to the Costa Blanca which sparked an interest in me getting to grips with 6 strings. Disenchanted with piano lessons by about 11 years old ( largely due to a very slow teacher I’ve always claimed...) I got an electric guitar with help from my Dad, even though he didn’t really agree with it. Loosely based on a Gibson 335, I loved it. After that it was down to me to get an amp and stuff, with my folks always asking me to turn it down. To be fair, my Dad did run me and my gear to the next village when a I started rehearsing with what would then become my first band, aged around 14, although his keenness to help may have been something to do with our drummer’s rather attractive mother I think... All the time I played in bands my parents only came to see me twice which did sadden me a bit, especially as the other parents of band members regularly supported them. When I turned pro in my mid 30’s ( with a wife and daughter to support) my Dad supported me after making sure I knew what I was doing. Although he didn’t show it, I found out shortly after he passed away a couple of years ago that he always told everyone in the village pub what I’d been doing with my music and how proud of me he was.