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Very interested in this. A bit more info and / or vids would be nice. Are you covering his solo material as well. So many options there. Dave

Ach its months away. After my plaster came off i rode my sports bike to the physio at the local hospital and she gave me a rollocking for it but as i explained my leg was encased in motorbike boots with 5 straps up the side. It was stronger than the plaster i had on. She wasn't happy but i had no other way of getting there. I couldn't walk to my nearest bus stop to get a bus as it was difficult walking at that time plus the walk from the bus stop to the physio was even longer. Dave

How very dare you !!!! 😂 White Hi-tec baseball boots was more my thing at that age so you weren't far off the mark. Dave

Bet you were straining at the bit to get up and do some pogoing at that gig. ? Few of us have struggled on with broken bits Daryl @Bluewine so no excuses. Dave

Link was "private" @colleya Dave

Have to admit i stood at all the gigs i did and from memory i vaguely recall my leg was a bit aching but not that bad i had to sit down. Here's me standing at one of the gigs. You can just see the white plaster cast under my jeans on my right leg. Altho a roadie did all the lifting of my gear i still managed to wire it all up. I was using a Roland pre-amp with 2 Mattamp power amps that i had positioned on my LHS so i could make changes as and when required. Unfortunately at this particular gig one of the power amps started smoking badly and when roadie went to switch it off he got a shock from it. He was ok tho and simply pulled the mains plug instead. Dave

Played a late afternoon gig in Methil yesterday with Blockbustarz Glam band. Ticket sales not great with only 50 sold but with a few walk ins we had a decent enough audience. Not the most enthusiastic but they dance from early on and we had the dance floor filled on several occasions with the floor shouting for more songs at the end. Started 4pm and finished 6:30pm with a 20min break in middle. According to club they are seeing less custom at the moment and last week they put a free band on and the place was empty so not good news. Not sure what's going on there but hopefully they get to grips with it. When we mentioned the Xmas gig on 14the Dec the organiser said it wasn't in his diary but he'll double check and get back to us. We'll give it a week and if nothing from him we'll take another booking. We had to refuse 3 other enquiries for Dec gigs so should manage to fill it. Another club in the next village have been looking to get in on the Glam thing too so who knows. Used the Sandberg VM4, Shure wireless, Keeley Bassist comp and into Handbox WB-100 and the new Barefaced 212 cab. This was the cabs first proper trial as it was a large club with no PA support and it worked a treat. I could hear the cab no matter where i stood on the stage. Hollow stage so the bass does boom a bit even on a gramma pad. The Barefaced cab sounds very similar to my Mesa rig with the Mesa 210 giving it slightly more mid focus but not a lot in it. The tone with an all valve head is just sublime. The fact its a one hand lift with a single cab to a gig makes it worthwhile for me. The one big change to my sound has been dropping the VM4 pick up height a touch. When i was digging in i was getting more distortion than i liked and i have never really been able to nail the issue. Changed amps, cabs but wasn't sure. Using the Barefaced cab which is 1000W confirmed it was more down to the bass. The gig last night proved it has been the bass all along. I tweaked it during the week and its now perfect with some distortion when i really dig in hard. On a more personal note we decided to hit the local McD's and had a Big Mac Meal and i'm still searching for the meat. Apparently 2 burgers in it and i couldn't taste meat anywhere. The cheese slice was thicker than the burgers and the roll was twice the diameter of the burgers. Won't be buying that again. Seriously reckon the burgers were 3" diameter and about 1/8th inch thick. (That's 75mm and approx 3mm for the younger generation) Next week is a new venue for us in Camelon, Falkirk. 2 weeks later we are in Camelon again at our regular venue for a birthday party. Dave

Never too old to learn Rob. Dave

Jings Daryl sorry to hear that mate. I would add that i toured with a broken leg in plaster cast. It can be done provided your bandmates help with your gear, or you just hire a roadie as i did. Dave

Road of Bones is a classic Prog album IMO. Up there with Seconds Out. Dave

Superb stuff Rob. I used to go see them in Glasgow on a Sat afternoon. They would play Echoes, Suppers Ready and I Know What i Like then add in some of their own songs. I remember buying a tape of the album and have been buying them on and off over the years. We even managed to persuade them to play our local pub gig at The Heathery bar which at the time was the biggest "pub" gig in UK holding 250-300 people if i remember correctly. Hugely popular band up here in Scotland. Unfortunately the singer Euan left which was a shame as he used to appear with all the Genesis style costumes. Just a fantastic group of musicians. Great to see them on your page. Dave

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I started as an Instrument Apprentice in 76 and found myself using both imperial for older kit and metric for any new kit purchased. In those days Instrumentation was more pneumatic control in psi with new or foreign kit coming in barg. Temperatures varied from Fahrenheit to Celsius to Kelvin Pressures from psi to Barg to BarA (atmospheric) Distance was a combination of imperial and metric Weight was pounds / stones to Kg Coming from an age where holidays abroad meant conversions to francs, drachma, Pesetas and eventually Euros. Happy days. Dave

It happens just relax and it will come back to you. The more you think about it the more it will evade you. Dave

But all good fun and you seem to be having a great old laugh doing it. Dave

A drummer with respect for hid bandmates. A rare thing indeed. Dave

But where's this rehearsal gonna end up ? A secret Daffodil, a rare snare toweller and their co-conspirator bassist. I dread to think what could happen next. 😂 Dave

Of course they are 🤣 Dave

I can see there's an oddly sinister side to you that we've not seen before. 😂 Dave

Glad you're on the mend and getting back to routine. Take care and don't overdo it. All the best. Dave

Glad you're on the mend. Just take it easy with the ankle and no jogging or running up stairs for a few weeks. Dave

I've always thought he must be slapping with a finger rather than thumb and pulling with his thumb. Otherwise i cant get my head round how he does it. An incredible player. Loved it when he played with Gino Vannelli especially Brother to Brother album and even coached / helped Sandin Wilson who took over bass duties with Vannelli. Again another fantastic bassist. Dave

TBH i'd love to visit that venue and enjoy the food and the entertainment. Pity its a bit far away tho. Dave

Hope all is ok Daryl. At our age we need to be more careful mate. 😂 Have you considered one of these ? 🤣 Dave