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    Do You Sing Backing Vocals?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I pushed myself into it by telling the band I joined I was proficient. Then I become proficient, as the others have said through sheer hard practice.

    As my pal WaterofTyne says, you need to know what notes to hit but don't need to have a lead-standard vocal. The effect is all...and it's satisfying to play a part in that.

    Guild B301F

    in Gear Gallery

    Posted

    Nice one! Same colour scheme as mine - I reckon the flash must be reflecting from the neck as that looks lighter.

    What strings are on? Mine came with rounds but I keep meaning to fit flats.

    Well done my friend...welcome to the Guild owners club (fretless branch) :)

    Renaissance - Jon Camp

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Their gimmick was they had an acoustic (not electric) guitarist who also wrote the songs and sat on a stool on stage. So it was down to the bass player to add to the visual appeal!

    Saw them live but was not really that imporessed (though the single is a good un). They drew things out a bit, so got trampled by the likes of the Damned and Eddie and the Hot Rods!!! :)

    Any good book recomendations?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Rhinos Winos & lunatics by Deke Leonard. But as I'm his pal, I would say that!

    Amazon review below...

    During the 1970's Deke Leonard was guitarist and vocalists with classic Welsh space-rockers Man. For those of you who ain't never heard no Man, it's a bit like Grateful Dead without the boring bits. They are still around now. You can stumble upon them in small workingmen's clubs in Wales or 5,000 seater halls in Germany. It is like encountering someone engaged in a craft that was thought lost to humanity. Imagine of Kurt Vonnegut Junior had written a "Diary Of A Rock'n'Roll Star" type book and you will come somewhere close to imagining the way Deke Leonard writes. Tales of bizarre rock'n'roll excess-not the usual room smashing,far from it. Bassplayer Martin Ace's antics have a gentle Zen surrealist aspect. Leonard ably brings these events to life with his excellent and funny descriptive writing. He fleshes out the trials and tribulations of a 70s rock band by philosophising on the human condition,insulting or complimenting well-known personalities of the day, and lecturing at us on politics and history like the old-fashioned Welsh valleys lefty he most probably is. The part where Man encounter legendary Welsh comedian Tommy Cooper is quite simply one of the most moving and funny things I have ever read. Thoroughly recommended.

    Deke Leonard's Iceberg

    in Gigs

    Posted

    I guess that depends on (a) how I do and (:) if Will is out of hospital and able to play. Not in that order!

    Otherwise, I'll be dancing around behind the merch stall again.

    And yes, Chris, A Hard Way to Live is the last number. My favourite is Map of India:

    'I got a map of India on my wall
    Some of us got dreams left and some of us got nothing at all
    And me I don't know which side of the wall I fall'.

    M

    Deke Leonard's Iceberg

    in Gigs

    Posted

    If you're in S Wales, please come and see this BCer doing the biggest gig of his life deputising for Iceberg's bass player who's been hospitalised (get well soon, Will :) ).

    We're supporting Nik Turner's Space Ritual on Thursday 8th. Oh, and Deke has always been my musical hero, so I'm on cloud 9 right now! From merchandise seller to bassist in one fell swoop...

    How was your gig last night?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    A fireworks party at a pub...unil they were forbidden to do the Fireworks by Health and Safety!

    What is the world coming to? :)

    V unpopular with the band by announcing 'Hard To Handle' (which they all hate, and was not onthe set list) as an encore, then congratulated when the pub went wild! :huh:

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    Kasim Sulton Signature Bass

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted · Edited by Mickeyboro

    You don't see many of these around – a fabulous-looking none more black bass by Archer with a space-age bridge, a Jazz-style neck and active P/J pickup configuration. Makes you feel like a rock star even if you patently don't look like one (see pic!)

    String through body design; transculcent black finish on ash body, with maple/rosewood neck, pearloid KS on headstock and a signature inlaid in twelfth fret. Have only owned for a few months but expensive kids at University necessitates that last in is first out.

    If interested I can send close-up pics; haven't had the heart to take any yet! But why settle for less when you can have set neck construction, superb build quality and knockout looks? £275.

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    Gigs this Saturday?

    in General Discussion

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    Well, we did the gig to 25 people. But pmly just. I nearly chinned some bearded weirdo in an Engerlund shirt who came in from the other bar and interrupted our soundcheck with a demand we turn down. When I said we had our audience to entertain, he snorted and said 'it's a national thing'.

    Glad they lost!

    Gigs this Saturday?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Yeah, my band are playing in Alton. We have invited a lot of girls to make up the numbers!

    There's a big screen in the other bar so we're hoping we might get away with it. Failing that, drinks are included in our fee! We'll just have to drown our sorrows...

    PS I hate rugby!

    Billy Sheehan

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    25 Oct 2007
    Devil’s Slingshot in London at the CC Club London
    26 Oct 2007
    Devil’s Slingshot in Leed’s at Rios Leeds
    27 Oct 2007
    Devil’s Slingshot live at JB’s in Dudley

    I'm talking to Billy next week for a magazine article and wondered if anyone had any questions they'd like putting on their behalf...particularly gear-related stuff.

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