Mickeyboro
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Rod bought another book from me - flawless transaction as ever. 🙏
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He made a hell of a life and career out of unpromising beginnings. I take my hat off to him.
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Don’t bring pugs into it… let’s concentrate on diminutive humanoids!😂
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Tell me you don’t miss playing in a proper ground. If Fulham left Craven Cottage that would be the end for me. PS Saw the Doobies twice in 74. As with Springsteen I don’t dare go again, it couldn’t be the same…
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Thank you. I could claim I did it to make people pay attention… but apart from you it didn’t work😂 -
With A Little Help From Their Friends - 100 articles on people who shaped the Beatles’ music, outlook and career. A Beatles book that can be consumed whole or in chunks, laced with the broadcaster’s trademark Northern wit. Hardback, new. £12 posted UK - effectively half retail price.
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The Reprise Years - his five 70s studio albums plus live at the Albert Hall and a disc of rarities. New, still sealed and unplayed, this is the definitive history of a major American songwriter. £35 posted UK - less than half retail price. NOW £27 posted
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An absolute gent, Richard. Sold me a book, prompt delivery and well packaged. Deal with confidence!
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Thanks, HB. The problem would be less of a problem if I had commitment from the singer… but then if we decided to revert (to a bloke) then no problem since she has her own band and is strictly speaking a dep. Stick, twist… lord knows! Is blokiness part of our USP? Thanks @casapete too!
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Many of you kindly contributed to my recent thread about motivating dep musicians. This is related, but a wee bit different. We have just done our first ever gig with a female singer - our fifth front person in three years, the others all blokes. We gave her maybe 65 per cent of the songs to sing: I did the rest. It went down well on the night. (Caveat: she has her own band and has not committed to us for any specific period.) Just had a call from the promoter of our next gig to advise me that he and a number of people there were not taken by the new female-fronted line-up. When pressed, he admitted he’d liked our ‘blokey’ image better. (Including a singer who could barely hold a tune compared to our new one!) My wife tactfully suggests we are now sounding ‘more commercial’, but will that win us enough new fans to make up for the stick in-the muds? Have any of you had to overcome resistance to change?
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Have a checklist pinned to the door of your gear cupboard. Use it!
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Seems to be symptoms of a Parkinson-like disease. Had to sit for the last few numbers (reports said) and missed cues/seemed out of it. As I said, based on press/Facebook fan reports, I wasn’t there myself. And he is 77…
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By all reports hes in a bad way - don’t think it will be rescheduled.
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‘Opus One (2012-2019)' is a 4CD boxset containing four albums from the 2000s from the legendary Canadian guitarist. All issued on indie labels, they are now hard to find. This clamshell box includes comments from Travers himself. Brand new and unplayed. £20 posted UK. Now £15.- 1 reply
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That’s kinda what I was interested in finding out, Len. Ta for asking! As far as I can tell, there’s really not a great deal of difference. Maybe it’s not as compressed as the Elf, but certainly loud enough for the room. The Fleas pickups drive it quite hard. What I like about the Warwick is the clearly visible controls - many’s the time the Elf’s volume has somehow turned itself down or off! Curiously, on the evidence of live recordings, the sound I like best for blues at the moment is my Sandberg VM4 with the GK MB200 through my Barefaced Two10. None of which I was using here🤔
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First Otis Jay BluesBand show with our new singer Cecilia. Also my first show as a main singer, having taken on the ‘male’ songs in our repertoire. Video shows me giving C some space as she emerges from behind the keyboards. She’s only on loan to us, but if we come back without her I think we might be lynched! Played Flea Jazz through a just visible Barefaced One10 and a very efficient Warwick Gnome that arrived in the post that very morning courtesy of @spyder 87527738-02ab-49e9-9f7f-662474ad080d.mp4
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Anyone had the problem I’m having - I can’t email a set list with songs attached to a colleague. It just won’t go any more. Thanks!
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Hi Alan I am a fan of ‘lunchbox’ amps like TE Elf, Warwick Gnome and GK MB200. The BAM is I imagine similar, and probably adequate for your needs. Cant say I am a great fan of the brand though, so haven’t tried one.
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Jeff Lynne cancelled last night’s ELO show - will Hyde Park on Sunday go ahead? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0wdne4x5go.amp
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Interesting how their own music when they released it was unmemorable. They needed the songwriters as much as the songwriters needed them!
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That was great, thank you for posting. 🙏🎸
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I thought @casapete’s old mob were pretty good. Like Pink Floyd, you just need a convincing Lynne/Gilmour - the supporting cast can look how they like…
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Bought an amp from Marc - painless transaction, recommended Basschatter!
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How Do You Keep Your Band Gigs Exciting?
Mickeyboro replied to Bluewine's topic in General Discussion
It’s worked for Sparks for 50 years!
