steve-bbb

[quote name='subaudio' timestamp='1329768418' post='1547091'] Not keen on the 1st link, wouldn't call the 2nd link blues but my god I like it ! who are they? [/quote] mike keneally band - plenty of good recent HD stuff recorded live at the baked potato on that there chewb this is a bit more bluesy for ya [url="http://youtu.be/pdqOpDOe5Tc"]http://youtu.be/pdqOpDOe5Tc[/url]

+1 for the SRV - there are/were very few people can compare with SRV for feel and groove imho lowell george was up there with SRV [url="http://youtu.be/X8ozdEgV0-M"]http://youtu.be/X8ozdEgV0-M[/url]

went to see walter trout band fairly recently - was good but the support was better ... Oli Brown [url="http://youtu.be/WJnM3haC-qo"]http://youtu.be/WJnM3haC-qo[/url] and this... not specifically known as a blues player but a great blues track nonetheless [url="http://youtu.be/shb0_Tr5Mt4"]http://youtu.be/shb0_Tr5Mt4[/url]

doesnt say who the friends are? .... if allan holdsworth is there it wil be worth it otherwise i think i'll stay in with my ovaltine

[quote name='louisthebass' timestamp='1329727892' post='1546310'] I only managed to watch about the first 10 mins - it's sad to see a disease such as Parkinson's crippling both Barbara Thompson & Bill Worrall's music careers . It just goes to show that you can't take your health for granted in this life. [/quote] watch the rest! when you see the improvement in her after she begins taking medication using the pump it is frankly nothing short of staggering that she manages to go back on stage with colosseum aside from the PD i was absolutley blown away by the quality of her tone and her improvisational skills not to mention the composition and arrangements - undoubtedly one of countrys greatest musical talents

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1329756944' post='1546844'] Two interesting observations there and subsequently. It might indeed be the case that some of those 'club' members are the sort of chap that spends long winter evenings scanning Russian Bride websites the better to curtail his extended virginhood. Yet could one not level the same inference at people who join Bass websites like - er - where we are now? My good friend Kevin laughs immoderately when I mention the name 'Basschat', yet colours with irritation when I poke fun at his membership of The Rover P5 Owners Club. Are most men not defensively obsessive about their interests and seek the company of the like-minded? Being of a generally sunny disposition, I tend to ignore the faint and possibly unintended whiff of exclusivity inherent in the term 'Club' and assume that the second observation is the case. That people simply wish to share a possibly unhealthy interest in specific details and - perhaps - to swap practical information such the availability of spare parts, Rover air filters or Muscovite divorcees, etc. If nothing else, by confining egregious geekery to a well-signposted enclosure, the disinterested may pass by in safety. Long live the clubs! [color=#ffffff].[/color] [/quote] it would seem that given the statistical superiority of TB, this also ensures that its engorged population will attracts a number of 'members' who think they are some sort of musical equivalent of a gnostic secret society

[url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01cc76r/Barbara_Thompson_Playing_Against_Time/"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01cc76r/Barbara_Thompson_Playing_Against_Time/[/url]

if you havent just been watching the Barbara Thompson documentary on BBC4 then please watch it on iplayer

my first bass i gave away to a friend then followed a period of some several years of going over to the dark side and following regretting having to sell a gorgeous black/maple 77 strat and an ibanez sig series fgm100 my next bass when i decided to move away from the dark side was a status do i regret selling a status? what do you think?

her voice on this was amazing [url="http://youtu.be/ktyEkV3A-Ho"]http://youtu.be/ktyEkV3A-Ho[/url]

our band do this too - good song easy to play please the crowd - just leave the rappy bit out (IMHO)

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[quote name='grimbeaver' timestamp='1327867723' post='1518007'] I cant actually as I have not had the official nod, I was introduced to some people as the new bass player for ??????? on Friday night but as it has not been officially sanctioned I cant say anything sorry, hopefully Monday will bring this to an end. Please do not be too excited it is not The Who or anything but one person has been very near in this thread, near not accurate just very very near [/quote] its monday and ive just scanned the entire thread and still you have us in suspenders

to use the new corporatespeak ... sounds like somebody needs their expectations managed or in plain good old south london terms .... maybe they need their fortune telling

no its not the end of the world .... [url="http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2012/01/20/esperanza-spalding-announces-world-tour/"]http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2012/01/20/esperanza-spalding-announces-world-tour/[/url]

sounds interesting [url="http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2012/01/21/chris-squire-and-steve-hackett-to-release-collaborative-album-as-squackett/"]http://www.notreble....m-as-squackett/[/url]

thanks for the marlowe dk tip

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1327009150' post='1505289'] [b]Given that 40% of the worlds cobalt is from the DR congo, and the ethical issues surrounding it, would you buy the new cobalt strings from Ernie Ball?[/b] [/quote] unless you have a reference to demonstrate the EB are sourcing their cobalt from said unethical places, then there is a slight flaw in the logic no?

[quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1326826072' post='1502502'] As the members of the band are all very busy we have less time to put together new tunes. Current method is to all do as much homework as possible and then try to nail as many songs as possible when we get together. Normally these songs evolve during gigs and after 5 or 6 plays become ok. This method works ok but the songs never really develop into anything spectacular - they are polished and crowd pleasing but not very adventurous. Do you have any approaches/methods that can maximise rehearsal time and create inventive cover songs? Should we bother if the audience are happy with what they are already getting? [/quote] i 'try' and persuade the band the do some covers but not the obvious ones - you need to do stuff the crowd likes but instead of picking the two really obvious songs from a particular band (for example jailbreak , boys are back in town) go for a couple that everybody will still recognise but not the obvious choices - it creates that element of pleasant surprise when an old favourite is recognised and a sense of relief when its not bleedin smoke on the friggin water or alright now again also try some tunes that people of a certain age will recognise but unless they some sort of intergalactic pop quiz champion they will not know the title or band - good example of this would be something like this.... everybody has a fading memory of the riff when they hear it, hardly anybody dislikes it, and its a great litttle number to play [url="http://youtu.be/J1XKdXXZjDc"]http://youtu.be/J1XKdXXZjDc[/url] but definitely draw the line at SOTW but thats a whole different thread

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1326793060' post='1501892'] The importance of friendship is not the issue here. Be adult about it and have the discussion with him. Breaking the band up and reforming it without him, new name or not, is not going to fool the guy, is it? You want to be professional about it then you have to deal with the issue, not mince around it. Its not like you are on the verge of the greatest record deal in history (if you were, by the way, the label would tell you to get rid of him) [/quote] or maybe they would keep him - who wants a band where everybody is totally happy families?? i bet even now there are A&R guys and Events Promotions scheming how they can plan the Robbie Williams v Gary Barlow blue collar cage fight - pay per view of course

[quote name='woodyratm' timestamp='1326791259' post='1501852'] Hah i was thinking of just programming the drums and having them out the PA. we're thinking we might just kill the band - then reform with another name (sadly!) in a few months time. If drummer doesn't get his act together. All these suggestions are great, but he's the kinda guy who will be totally upset by this. It may be cowardly but at least it keeps him from being totally destroyed [/quote] you could always have that pic printed on a tshirt for your next 'rehearsal'

[url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nowplaying/DR55.jpg"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nowplaying/DR55.jpg[/url]

revisiting Victor Bailey especially the stuff on WR This is This, Procession, Domino Theory [url="http://youtu.be/C9fHHqTZGhQ"]http://youtu.be/C9fHHqTZGhQ[/url]

groove doesnt get much groovier than this [url="http://youtu.be/oAaQh_XwLks"]http://youtu.be/oAaQh_XwLks[/url] [url="http://youtu.be/FK_hftXn4dk"]http://youtu.be/FK_hftXn4dk[/url]

its amazing just how mellow JT is/was considering....