Mickeyboro

Assuming we ain't seen it all before

It is indeed a cracker! Have you heard the live version that started out as a single B-side but has turned up on some comps? Same song but twice as fast...

The TV clips I've seen show a rock band, albeit one that thought 'outside the box'. I credit jazz for that! Seeing the 'making of Aja' DVD, with all that constant re-recording, made me think they had OCD problems. (As once did I.) Those first two albums - when they were a band, not a duo - are still among my all time Top 20... So guess we agree to disagree!

There's a clip of my last band on YouTube where, when I'm introduced, I respond with some unlikely, super-fast and totally random run that sounds like Stanley Clarke on speed. The singer, rightly gobsmacked, says 'where the hell did that come from?' And continues by getting the keyboardist's name utterly wrong...

I had a ticket for their 1974 tour of the UK they abandoned partway thru. I then thought them the most inventive rock band I had heard. Finally saw them in 2000 and they had disappeared up their own fundament! What went wrong?

People who pay for a name act will put up with a lot more. If you don't want to lose a pub audience, make an effort to make 'em yours! On a different note... Saw Rod Stewart in Vegas Wednesday - his banter and crowd control exceeds his singing but he gets away with it on charisma alone.

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1458842496' post='3011515'] Technically, when that was recorded they were called "The Jacksons". Not sure what the reason for the name change was. [/quote] Motown copyrighted the name. Jermaine married Berry Gordys daughter and stayed; the others quit.

Mine came with that mod done and I have never had any problems.

Is OMG a permitted response?

Every track I know on here I adore! Except Brilliant Mind by Furniture - my first band shared a bill with them once at the Moonlight Club and ended up with the ****ty end of the stick. Actually, the song's not half bad. But I still hate 'em after 36 years. What a sad b@stard I am!

Good grief! A Brickenbacker...

I think the album could have been Warner Brothers Music Show which had Doobies, ToP, little Feat and other acts on a Euro package tour. Funnily, heard a female-fronted Aussie band, the Stratospherics, cover that track live last year, first time I thought of it for ages. Ace song...

Probably an obvious comment, but for best results you need flats on it...

Yes, I have a 69 slot head EB-3L. Only gigged it once, at a blues gig through an Ampeg stack, but sound was enormous. Can see myself keeping mine into old age as it is so light - nothing to the body weight-wise, the bucker does all the work. Nice score!

[quote name='EmmettC' timestamp='1456955648' post='2994088'] It's all worth it to get to play the solo of You Can Call Me Al a few times a week. [/quote] Lord, I used to DREAD that moment! The wedding-band frightener is the first dance. We learned Cyndi Lauper's Time After Time, but after trying it out had to transpose for a male vocal. No sooner did we arrive than we were told the chief bridesmaid wanted to sing it ... In the original key. Talk about walking on eggshells!!

Still funny after all these years. Shame there are some there no longer with us... No surprise Ralph has a sense of humour - like me he supports Fulham...

Andy, you read my mind!

Ta - forgotten how good this is/was!

Saw them with Lowell, them Craig Fuller, then Shaun Murphy fronting. Fuller show was the best! (Helped by Bonnie Raitt guesting...)

Great memories fellas. I was at the Doobies/Allmans Knebworth and remember, after Gregg enthusiastically proclaimed 'we'll play all night', having to head for home. Was also at Feats rainbow gig that produced 'Columbus'. V disappointing on the night; much work must have been done to get the results we all know. Horn section inaudible!

My first bass was a Grantson fretless 'Jazz'... Sigh!

Commiserations. I used to live in Wycombe so feel 'it could have happened to me'... You really never know. Good luck with the search. M

And a tribute - Verdine White inspired the bass player in my first band (me on guitar), who turned me on to EWF and, eventually bass. Remember sending off a coupon from the music press for a 4-song EP when they were barely known in the UK. Best freebie ever! RIP Maurice.

Suggest respectfully you rename thread so all tributes appear under one heading...