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I was with my family ( sister lives in Beeston) and wandered around all day. Started at the star at 2 o'clock and ended up slightly the worse for wear back there around 11 0'clock. I can't remember any of the basses being played😲 I would most certainly have said hi Kev if I'd spotted you.

If that was The Malt Shovel in Beeston ...I was there ...doing my best dad dance routines🍺🍺😲

If it's the band I saw at Wotton recently then yes he does.....and he is bloody brilliant! More than one person told me that they go to see the band because "the guitarist is amazing" The band name implies that it is the singers band and he did come across as the one with an "ego" when I saw them, but was very good and sang an incredible amount of songs on the gig. @Witters I would suggest that if he is being as overbearing as you say, and I think he probably is judging him on the performance I saw, you wouldn't be long in either (a) Finding another band that would jump at the chance to have you in the band or (b) Find a singer that would love the chance to be in a band with such brilliant musicians. Try to have a band meeting to sort things out if possible ( you do seem to have some "momentum" with this band) but have no worries if things cannot be repaired....I know for a fact that the organisers of W-U-E festival will book any band you are in! Good luck, let me know when you have gigs🙂

I used to love The Rigger when I lived in N-U-L .great bands late night opening, pool tables and rubbish beer...what's not to like😜 I also liked the small Bass ( as in the ale not the instrument 😉) pub on the road towards Stoke ...is it called The Victoria? Saw some fabulous bands there ..Elvis Fontenot and the sugar Bees were always a good laugh!

These guys....love em!

Mine has neck dive. It's a 1990 MIJ '57 re-issue. Neck dives like a lemming off a cliff......It's never bothered me to be honest. I love the sound it makes!

I have never played any of the high end stuff, never felt the need to try. I hate the look of the Foderas I have seen on here so my vote is based purely on looks ... and it goes to Zemaitis. As modelled by Pete Cruikshank on the Hogwash album...I just thought it looked cool! https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=groundhogs,+hogwash,+tri+fold+cover&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjcqOfoj9bdAhXIBcAKHXlCB14Q7Al6BAgGEA8&biw=1477&bih=718#imgrc=zHDTj6QWHVGnuM: Bit of extra info... I was talking to Ken Pustelnik about Pete on Facebook the other day and a friend of Pete's said that Pete had given the Zemaitis bass to his son for doing well in his exams!

Yes I got there early and had a nice chat with Ken. He was brilliant ,so friendly. It was some gig...though a little loud 😉 Nica said you were lovely to chat to...and kept chuckling at the name of your band all weekend...I'd wondered where I had heard it before but I guess you must have mentioned The Angry Badgers on here at some point . 🙂

Hi. Nica and her friend met you on the Saturday I believe but I didn't get chance . Did you have a good festival?

That's my Ex, Nica, (For anyone remembering my thread about moving to Edinburgh from a few years ago This lovely girl was my reason for asking!)only knows four chords and only ever played an acoustic but she borrowed an electric and bashed out a reasonable version of Dylan's Wagon wheel bless her....I'd not seen her since we parted company some five years ago, so it was nice to catch up. I didn't know that you were photo'ing my attempts at playing bass Chris.....I wonder what prompted you to take this one? 😜

Wow what a weekend! I am shattered but it was well worth all the travelling. All the bands were amazing...again...I got to meet a long time hero Ken Pustelnik who was very friendly and indulged a fanboy.😊 Witters was just about the most outstanding guitarist at the festival ( the standard is very, very high!) and his band played for hours...how the vocalist remembered all those songs was no mean feat. Good to meet you sir. Jacks' band The Achievers were once again fabulously entertaining, Steve their front man is very witty indeed. A pleasure to buy you drinks lads...loving the cd. BassBod's band leader ran Steve a close second in the witty stakes and all the band were very accomplished players, a nice groove throughout. ..I have no idea what time I staggered to bed but I must have slept because I made it to breakfast.😎 Special mention to Chris Jaxon who was kind enough to let me use his bass and gear at the Sunday morning Jam session...even though it didn't get much wear on the first number. 😉 I met some lovely people, heard some fabulous music and made some new friends( A couple of beers were consumed also 😜 ). See you next year!

Just about to set off for the weekend. Hope to catch up with you guys. Jack, that pint is a promise mate. I loved the band last year,the songs were so infectious and full of fun.

It was '85/86 when we played there. The band is called SYZ and still gigs today. there have been many many lineup changes and sadly the Dumpys gig was my last with them. They went on to release a single "Rock and Roll Children" which never troubled the charts but is quite a collectors piece now. They are listed in a book about the NWOBHM and have fans all over the world. I've met a few that travelled from Scandinavia to meet up with a few members of the band in Nottingham, it was a humbling experience ,lovely people dedicated to rock music. I never made a penny playing with them but loved every minute. The band leader is a mate from college and we had started a band together in 1974.

At the risk of turning this into a Dumpy's Rusty Nuts love fest... When my band supported them in the mid Eighties, at The Mardi Gras rock club in Nottingham we were allowed to use their p.a. Their gear filled the trailer of an artic but their roadies unloaded and set up in record time. Heaven knows how many thousands of Watts the thing gave out ( maybe should post this in the volume killing venues thread😉) but it was fabulous. They gave us a proper sound check, their engineer mixed for us and were generally lovely supportive people. A brilliant gig ...sorry ..back to your horror stories.😀

Something that I have complained about for years....bands seem to balance the instruments and then try to get the vocals to cut through...never works! I have been in bands where I have complained about this and eventually got my way....Vocals first then bring everything else up to just under their level....the other members then enjoy the gig more because everyone can hear what is happening. I hate pub gigs where everything is too loud drowning out the vocals.

Having spent many a year playing the "social clubs" I have heard many of the classics.. "play summat we know" was a regular in the Yorkshire clubs, followed with "play summat ya know" of course. " can you play over the hills and far away" was quite clever. At a club in Leicester they had the habit of placing written request on the edge of the stage. One night a quite pleasant looking young lady handed a request to our ,rather fabulous female singer...she really was very good indeed....... Her face paled when she read it and she went rather quiet for a while. At the break she showed us the note it read..." Can you flip off you are stinky poo!" ( I realise that the profanity filter will play havoc with that but you'll get the drift).😉 We were enjoying quite a joyous response with calls for a third encore at a club in one south Yorkshire town ( forget which) with the compare asking if they should let us play on some more an unusually packed crowd were all shouting yes when, in a lull, a loud very Yorkshire voice shouted out... "Don't forget we have the last house of Bingo to play!" We did the encore, with very little enthusiasm and walked straight off at the end despite shouts for further songs....Support to the Bingo, highlight of my life.😎

Jack ...I saw you at the Star last year ...I am the guy that bought you all a pint!🍺

I am Staying at the Swan all weekend ...The Star was my favourite pub last year ...I'll see you both there!

I went last year and was amazed at the standard of all the bands I managed to see. A fabulous weekend. http://www.wottonbluesfest.org/

They played the contemporary a couple of months ago Kev...the gig that I thought was amazing ,there was a full choir for the last three songs too! They have played a couple of festivals during the summer, in Europe but I don't think that they are actually "on tour".

Is the tag line this lot used to sell tickets to the last gig I went to....one of the best gigs I have ever seen!.... It's fabulous to see a mate doing well. Bill, the guitarist, was a (brilliant) drummer in a band I was in a few years back...The Steve Mcgill band. I hope some of you enjoy it!

I'm not averse to a bit of the old Tom Robinson band ….life was simpler then🙂 I saw the man ,on his own, when he played what is now called the Splendour festival ( I think it was then the plain old Heineken Music festival ) in Nottingham a few years back. His solo rendition of "War Baby" was mightily impressive.😎

Hmmmm Nice! ….spoken in a Whispering Bob Harris style😎

I always loved The Barony bar...particularly gigs by Bedford Falls .. .has jazz on now according to their Facebook page but I think that they still have bands on . The standard was always very high. http://whatpub.com/pubs/EDN/23/barony-bar-edinburgh

Mine has to be a favourite place I used to play as I don't gig anymore..... Rock City Nottingham... Iconic Rock venue, just about every famous Band you can mention has played there at some point. The Stereophonics tribute band I was in has played the main stage there 5 times. It was an all day charity event ( I'm far from famous 😉) but the crowd loved us. it was always a sell out (2450 capacity) raising thousands of pounds for the relevant charity but the best bit was the on stage sound. There was a front of house soundman AND at the side of the stage, a sound man that just gave you a monitor mix ...he was BRILLIANT ….anything you wanted in your monitor at sound check was delivered in seconds. I know the combination of Tribute band and Charity gig is an anathema to many on here but they were the gigs of my life and I would do them again, at the drop of a hat , If only I was well enough.