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Currently watching the Bob Dylan 30th anniversary celebration concert, loads of artists doing Dylan songs.

Why ?

Walk away, if the vocalist can’t hold a note, the whole band is wasting their time.

Followed by Santana and then Steve Miller Band, a great night tonight on Sky Arts. 👍

Tomorrow (Sunday) Sky Arts 9pm Doobie Brothers live from the Beacon Theatre.

No colour for me - clear.

Pubs opening indoors on May 17th will still be restricted to social distancing, this means they have a reduced capacity, can’t see many jumping at the chance of putting live bands on, this may change with the next step in June hopefully.

Thanks, I’ll check them out.

Guitars yes. Bass no.

Just out of interest I moved from Trace Elliot rigs to Markbass several years ago, the TE stuff was just too heavy and I suffered a hernia due to lumping it about. Is Markbass still the lightest gear out there or is there now other stuff that is lighter on a like for like basis?

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Tanya O’Callaghan.

Mr Collins

Susan Tedeschi.

Mark Knopfler tone on the Les Paul is superb, he’s usually more associated with his clean Strat sound. I have been having a go at learning the bass line on Californication today, the hardest bit is during the guitar solo, agree with a few others regarding Frusciante, his lead playing and tone are pretty appalling, it sounds like someone just learning to play guitar, especially with inaccurate note bends.

Unless you are Liam Gallagher.

The late great Joe Cocker.

Gifted vocalist, Joss Stone.

Best of, too many different genres to pick just one. Heres a couple I would suggest - Paul Kossoff Stevie Ray Vaughan

Very nice, personally don’t like the Metalflake finish ones, far to OTT for me, but the others, yes please.

Also ensure the singer takes a cash/credit with them, remember the rest of the band have probably invested quite heavily in their own gear already. 🤔

Just a quickie regarding rehearsing, our band (4 piece) usually rehearse at our singers studio at his home, under current restrictions we cannot legally start rehearsing until May 17th (can’t come quick enough) until groups of up to 6 people can meet indoors, we are not pro musicians, just weekend players. I assume our bass chatter stewblack is a pro player (lucky boy) to be able to get together with other musicians in a commercial rehearsal studio. Below are the current rules for commercial rehearsal premises. April 12th – Solo bookings, small groups from the same household, and working/professional musicians May 17th – Bands of up to six people June 21st – Open, no restrictions

Sky Arts now on, Planes, Trains and Eric. Documentary on Eric Clapton Far East tour in 2014. Great look behind the scenes plus live concert footage, Nathan East on bass and the brilliant Steve Gadd on drums.

Californication by RHCP for fun and no slap required. The toughest bit is over the guitar solo, stretching fingers to their limit.

These work a treat.