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Elton John and Eminem - Stan KLF and Tammy Wynette -Justified and ancient David Bowie and Bing Crosby - Little drummer boy

Keith Richards has recorded with some maybe unlikely artists, including Feargal Sharkey, Max Romeo and Tom Waits. Keith also played bass on Billy Preston's album 'That's the way God planned it'.

Manager of a function band I was in quite rightly used to say that if the audience saw any of the musicians with even half a beer, they would assume the whole band was pis*ed. Vodka in the bottled water maybe the answer...

Mentioned on here before - Rick Wakeman famously ate a full Indian meal. "It was 1973 and we had released Tales from Topographic Oceans, which I didn't particularly like. The third piece in the show was a particularly long percussive piece and I didn't have much to do. Now, I used to have this roadie that worked for me, he would lie underneath my keyboard ostensibly to fix things, but mostly he would just mix me drinks and pass them up. So on this occasion he asks me if there's anything I need, but I heard it as him asking what I felt like doing after the show. I just replied 'oh, I'll probably go for a curry' and then he asked me what I would have so I started naming various menu items, 'onion bhaji', you know...and then, 20 minutes later there is this smell. Of course you know that curry is a smell that wafts, you detect it. And he's standing there under the keyboard rig with these bags of takeaway curry." The story, a classic pull-the-other-one, is "absolutely true". And Wakeman says he proceeded to "lay out the meal across my keyboards to have some." If you are thinking Spinal Tap right now, remember this is 10 years before that film. And Wakeman chuckles as he adds the coda, "I've probably been offered curry at gigs a couple of dozen times since, I don't have it on stage, but I'll arrive backstage to find that someone's sent a takeaway curry to me, or it's been ordered, or there's a takeout menu there. It's nice. It's funny.

Great stuff, cheers. Always liked Ronnie's Zemaitis basses, looked so cool.

Anybody know where it is now?

Just booked tickets to see James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt in July at Leeds. Don't usually do big gigs, but for these two I've made an exception. Got tickets fairly near the stage so hope it's a good one. Both have their bands with them too, so hoping on bass duties it's Jimmy Johnson with JT and Hutch Hutchinson with BR. Also George Marinelli with BR is one of the best electric guitarists I've seen so can't wait.

Great band. When I was in my teens it was either the Stones or the Faces that held my interest. Most of my mates at school were into ELP / Yes / Sabbath etc, but I always preferred the more blues driven rock bands, still do! Ronnie Lane was fantastic , both as a bassist and songwriter. Watching this makes me realise how sad it is that we lost him so soon, along with Ian MacLagan too. The Faces live had that wonderful 'loose but tight' thing going on, which didn't always translate to record IMO. Thanks for posting!

Remember this? David Paton on the bass we don't mention....

Epic gig, and a great read too. Thanks for posting, NOW GET SOME SLEEP!

Oh yeah, there’s currently a Barefaced 4x10 for sale on here, £600. I know you said no 4x10’s, but this one weighs 53lbs.....

I think you’ve already answered your own question by emailing Alex Something Barefaced for a one cab solution will be great. Your amp is well known for having good tone and output, so it shouldn’t be hard to find something in their range that will suit, although it may mean adjusting your budget a little! I did a gig on Friday using my GK800MB into BF Compact gen 1 cab (8 ohm 1x15) and it easily kept up with 2 very loud guitars, keys and drums in a large pub. Sounded great as well. Years ago this would have been unthinkable, and it has literally changed my working life. Wouldn’t hesitate in going down the BF route. Good luck, hope you get sorted!

Fantastic pictures Michael, glad it's going well.

Err... nice helmet Mart ^^^^ Is that your band playing sometime in June at The Kings Arms in Newport ,Brough by any chance?

If it’s bespoke stuff you want,you need to try Stagewear Unlimited. Based near Rotherham, you can get pretty much anything made to order, and the boss Neil Crossland has a mass of experience making stuff for all sorts of bands as well as theatrical costumes for televison and theatre. Tel. 01709 892893 www.stagewearunlimited.com

Pictures or it didn't happen?

A few years ago, the trumpet player in a band I was in used to go onstage dressed as a bishop, full kit including mitre. Not that outrageous, but certainly got a few people's attention at corporate functions etc.

OK, and I'll raise you - Brian Wilson, Suzi Quatro, Alan Gorrie, Nick Lowe, Sheryl Crow, Bryan Adams, Justin Curry, Peter Cetera, Glen Hughes, Randy Meisner and Timothy B Schmit, Rick Danko, John Wetton and the guy from OMD whose name I can't remember.

Haven’t seen many for sale recently, but reckon you’re spot on with pricing.

The second one certainly changed mine.....

Here's another great song where the bass is pretty sparse throughout, with the exception of a slight wig-out in the middle section!

Bill Black in the mid 1950's with a singer called Elvis something or other.....

Loving this topic! How about this one? Some tasty fills here and there, but economical where needed. Love it!

Absolutely. Played with some jazz drummers / bassists who couldn't stop themselves from playing as many notes as possible, and berating simple pop tunes when they couldn't actually just play the lines to support the song as required. Country stuff is a prime example of this - most of the top players in the genre could whip the more out there flash players into a cocked hat. But don't.