Mickeyboro

Stop shoe-ing off!😁

The drummer of my first band said it all the time…

Sometimes the out-takes say it better than the in-focus photos! A typical Saturday night at a Dorset glamping site for Otis Jay Blues Band. Worried the rugby would restrict attendance, but thankfully no such problems. Threw in three pub standards we hadn’t even played together in practice to keep the atmosphere going. Used ‘Sonic’, my MIJ Jazz, whose pickups don’t drive the Elf/Barefaced One10 combo as hard as the Flea. Will revert next time or bring the second speaker.

FMOB?! Takes me back to the 70s, if not the 60s Mike😂

Maybe that’s part of it, but both were fantastic in their own way.

Eh? I thought he said Slade!😈

This was Man’s homage to Madonna…

I’m assuming Maddona is a Madonna tribute act?😂

The selfsame rig as me, though I suspect you use another amp to get 500w… Thought of you the other night when I saw this band in Washington state. The bass could look familiar! All the best Den. Mick

Happened to me too! Amazing how upset drummers get. It’s not as if they’re plugged into the mains…😂

Been around a while and feedback thread long overdue. Our bass sale transaction was painless, Sam travelled to view and paid on the spot - could not have gone better. Recommended unreservedly!

I formed a blues band nearly 2 years ago with the intention of ensuring I play maybe 18 gigs a year for the next few years. That is the minimum that will keep me motivated, practising and keeping my core basses. I am nearly 68 and know my present good health won’t last indefinitely. The recent passing of my great pals @bumnote and @yorks5stringer has reinforced my determination to play till I drop. Like many I know, my career has been a ‘doughnut’, with parental years the hole in the middle. So I intend to enjoy every last bite!

And the band name?

Where in those towns exactly?

Simultaneously? 😂

Absolutely right, sir. There’s nothing wrong with your memory! And this was the book that resulted… https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ryan-Adams-Michael-Heatley/dp/0711994358/ref=sr_1_1?crid=B3648CTZTH04&keywords=Ryan+Adam's+book+Heatley&qid=1695697472&sprefix=ryan+adam's+book+heatle%2Caps%2C363&sr=8-1

A gentleman and a scholar who paid before he picked up the amp he bought, even though he didn’t have to. Bravo, Matt!

Little known fact: Carol Decker and Robert Plant shared the same hairdresser….

A bid is on now so no BIN

Can we come up with a set of songs that contain the word tattoo, as in the Pretenders’Tattooed Love Boys’?

We’ll be spending a few days and nights there next month and wondered if anyone who’s been could alert us to places of musical merit. Thank you! Mick

Otis Jay Blues Band’s second gig at the Ringwood Meeting House outside Bournemouth brought in 30-odd (odd!) people. The venue now has an easy-assemble stage that means those in the pews can see us from knees up rather than the waist! £8 admission shared with the venue, so a good time for a good cause. Playing places like this is a real bonus. As ever recently, my Flea went through an Elf/BF One10 mini rig. Just about sufficient.

Remember seeing you with Micky Kemp👍