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https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=global+citizen

Oh okay then -

Agreed - Sheryl Crow did some songs from her home studio, sounded great.

Agree that Lady Gaga sang brilliantly, although those chords in ‘Smile’ were very doubtful, even in a jazz style arrangement! I even liked the song with Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli and John Legend, as nobody went OTT, at least not like they often do. Bits I wasn’t keen on - Elton (strewth...), Ellie Goulding , Billie Eilish and Eddie Vedder. Thought Billie Joe Armstrong was good, along with Taylor Swift and Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello and Rag and Boneman. For me the highlights were Stevie Wonder and Tom Jones - I found his performance riveting. The Stones were good, despite the err...technical challenges. Charlie’s face whilst playing / miming was superb.

Apparently they are all on the Global Citizen YouTube channel, including many that weren’t aired over here.

I have a Fender Baja Tele which is ace. Had a few Teles over the years and this one is the best, and very light (under 7lbs). I love big necks on guitars, so the others I have all feature them too - 1959 Gibson Les Paul Junior, Fender Strat 57RI and a cherry Gibson 335. ( Also have a Sigma electro acoustic which I haven’t really bonded with yet due to it’s smaller neck! )

Our band is looking at August, although in my mind that is very optimistic. I feel it will be more like October if we’re lucky. Also the government’s rumoured approach to the lifting of restrictions in stages includes keeping those over 70 at home for longer, which could damage our sales figures a fair bit.

Our previous tech guy used to run my bass via the amp’s DI (GK1001RB) and also mic up my cab (GK Neo 410), using a mix of both I believe. When our current tech started , we did a few checks on the best way of doing it, and he settled on DI only, saying the difference was negligible. I ended up using a Sansamp BDDI for the FOH feed, with a Behringer BD121 as back up ( never needed yet). Sometimes we do gigs where I use other backline / quick changeovers and the Sansamp means one less thing for him to worry about.

My thoughts exactly Stew 😆

All 25 for me, honest! Has been over a period of 45 years of gigging though, and Red House was in one of my first bands (who had a Hendrix obsessed guitarist ) along with Black Night too .Most of the rest I still play now and then when doing request gigs in my acoustic duo. The shame.......

Or indeed his drag queen brother, Candy F.

Ampeg SVT all day long, although not sure of your cab specs so may not be suitable. If it’s a 4 ohm job then happy days. Failing that as others have said then some sort of pedal which can run into your Quilter . Sansamp stuff is great, maybe the Tech 21 VT Bass Driver.

A friend of mine has an Ibanez PNB14e, and rates it very highly. 24.75 inch scale, mahogany woods and built in electrics. Bit of a poor mans Taylor GS Mini bass at under £200.

Yup, Ross McManus. He sang with the Joe Loss Orchestra in the 50’s. I backed him once in a club, nice fella.

Got my YSC yesterday, and just given it a try out now. Really impressed! As with all Yamaha stuff, well designed unit with a good solid feel to it. Sounds great too, plenty of level using my P-Lyte and a pair of Sennheiser over-ear phones. Run full tilt I think I can detect a touch of compression which sounds great as well. Going to be a useful tool for keeping me practising during the current situation, so really pleased with my purchase. Thanks again for the heads up, cheers!

I’ve also found it helps with the hardest thing for me - that is when a song gets altered in the arrangement in some way. I find changing what’s embedded in my mind harder than learning a new song for some reason. Re-writing it doesn’t guarantee I’ll keep to the new version but certainly helps.

I find that with songs new to me, the best way to get them into my thick skull is to write a part out first, whether I’ll need it or not at a later date. There’s something about writing out even a simple chord chart that helps it stick in my mind, almost to the point of me remembering the page layout and what goes where as I’m playing it. I’ve subsequently got parts for most things I’ve played over the last 40 odd years! Always think that if my band ever needed an emergency dep then at least he/she may have a fighting chance if they could follow the stuff I’ve written too, certainly better than busking anyway.

01 Ever played a gig sitting down Yes, loads - especially as I've got older. 02 Ever gigged on a different instrument? Yes - Guitar and piano/keys 03 Ever shared a stage with a musical hero of yours? Yes - Albert Lee 04 Any fan ever had a tattoo of your band's logo? Yes 05 Ever signed an autograph in a dressing room? Yes 06 Ever cried on stage? Yes, a few times 07 Ever worn a hat on stage? Yes - only once, a Sombrero 08 Ever gigged with a band you hadn't met before the gig? Yes, a few times. 09 Ever been in a relationship with a fellow band member? Yes 10 Ever played in different bands on the same day? Yes 11 Ever had anything thrown at you while playing? Yes - A sprout and then a mince pie (you guessed, Xmas party gig) 12 Ever crashed on the way to the gig? Yes - once after a tyre blowout on the M62, and once when the drummer hit my car at a junction! 13 Ever left a band over the choice of set list? Yes - although to be fair, the band was on it's way out anyway. 14 Ever slept in the venue despite it not being a hotel? Yes 15 Ever been supported by a band clearly better than you? Yes - a proper Mariachi band as well as many others 16 Ever played a gig suffering from some debilitating medical condition? Yes - Broken arm meant I played bass on keyboards for 3 months. 17 Ever been in a band where the guitarist was your favourite bandmate? Yes, and still is. 18 Ever played in the grounds of a stately home? Yes - rather a lot don't you know... 19 Ever injured yourself on stage? Yes - First gig I ever did on upright, had blood spurting from my plucking hand . 20 Ever been told that your bass isn't loud enough? Yes - Plenty of times, got used to it playing in a loud band too long.

Yup, we do that tune as well. A great loss, RIP John.

Bought, thanks for the heads up! Incidentally, some blue ones are available on eBay, starting at £27.50 incl p&p here - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-SESSIONCAKE-SC-02-MIXING-HEADPHONE-AMP-FOR-GUITAR-BASS-VOCALS-KEYBOAR/303490882018?hash=item46a97759e2:g:SdsAAOSwgNZeRpAO

Ray Jackson (despite the lack of credit on the 'Every Picture...' album) went on to record on Stewart's next two albums, including the Maggie May follow up single ' You wear it well'. However, years later Jackson had a legal encounter with Stewart - details here from Wiki - Jackson threatened legal action against Stewart in 2003, claiming that he should have been credited as co-composer of "Maggie May" alongside Stewart and guitarist Martin Quittenton for writing the musical "hook" of the song. Stewart had called Jackson in to play on "Mandolin Wind", and was so pleased at the results that he asked the musician if he had any ideas for the unfinished "Maggie May". Jackson claimed that he wrote the famous and instantly recognizable mandolin hook. In a statement he said, "I am convinced that my contribution to 'Maggie May,' which occurred in the early stages of my career when I was just becoming famous for my work with Lindisfarne, was essential to the success of the record. Furthermore, a writing credit would have given me a writing status which would have encouraged my writing efforts and could well have opened doors for me." His manager Barry McKay said that Jackson was asked to write something in the studio for the then unfinished record and wrote the hook. At the time, he had no idea he would be entitled to part-ownership as joint composer, and was merely paid a £15 session fee. A spokesman for Stewart dismissed his claim as "ridiculous".[2]

I saw that interview, and although a big fan of both of 'The Two Ronnies', Wood and Lane, I did think time has maybe drawn a bit of a mist over what Mr Wood seemed to think happened in the recording of the album 'Every picture tells a story' I had always thought that the album and the single 'Maggie May featured Ronnie Wood on bass and guitar & Ian McLagan on organ (& piano?), but all of The Faces mimed to the track on Top of the Pops. Kenney Jones and Ronnie Lane only featured on one track on 'Every Picture...' the cover of The Temptations 'I know I'm losing you' . This song had long been a staple of The Faces live shows. I believe the credits on the album were vague about this, largely due to the fact that it was on Mercury records and The Faces were signed to Warner Brothers? ( Didn't explain the use of two of the band on the album though, Wood and Mclagan.) Other personnel on 'Every Picture...' included Martin Quittenton (co-writer of Maggie May) on acoustic guitars, Micky Waller on drums , Ray Jackson (Lindisfarne) on mandolin and Pete Sears on keys.

Maybe worth a wanted advert on here and other places, to see if there’s a chance someone out there has a jazz neck they want to swap for yours? Admit it’s a long shot as like yourself more people seem to prefer the jazz profile, but hey it’s worth a go? 🤔

And ain’t it a beauty.....🙂

Of course not - universally loved on here ( well me and a couple of other enlightened folk anyway...). A design classic. runs for cover...........