tegs07

The guitarist may be highly experienced with many gigs under his belt with the conference to improvise. If this is the case though I would hope he would be able to signal his changes to the rest of the band and have the maturity to guide the less experienced members so they were working with him and nailing the songs in rehearsal. I haven’t played in a band for a long time and when I was in one we were all equally inept so stuck rigidly to the structure. We were fairly rubbish but I saw plenty of local bands live who were technically more proficient than us but sucked live as they were doing exactly what your guitarist does. It was like watching 10 year olds in a local football tournament. 11 would be strikers all doing their own thing.

Sir Psycho sexy/ RHCP

The lion sleeps tonight- Tight fit sorry had to be done

Baggy Trousers - Madness

Loser - Beck

Rattled by the rush - Pavement

Or how delusional many guitarists and singers are. A band without a rock solid drummer and bassist are going nowhere.

1969 - Iggy and the Stooges

Telephone call from Istanbul - Tom Waits Closest I can think of to Morocco

Try a little tenderness - Otis Redding

Sister luck - The black crowes

A great guitarist is one that knows how to reign themselves in and not to dominate a song. Sounds like he is pretty immature to be honest. Maybe I am missing something but isn’t the point of a covers band to try and replicate the original song? There’s certainly room to put your interpretation out but I doubt the audience is going to put up with it being rewritten just so the guitarist can show off his bag of tricks.

Never Enough- The Cure

I don’t know anything - Mad Season

Mine was definitely basswood. I did read reports of an odd composite wood though when researching buying it.

Natural mystic - Bob Marley

Dirty old town - The Pogues

Mack the knife - King Kurt

Across the universe - Laibach

Misery is the river of the world - Tom Waits

I’ve owned one. It’s in the Squire CV bracket in terms of quality IMO. Nice bass and £300 would be reasonable. Worth bearing in mind that a new G&L Tribute can be bagged for the same cash.

You’ll never die in this town again - The kill devil hills

Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin

Bands that share royalties seem to have far more longevity and remain friends with less acrimonious breakups and expensive court cases. The Cure, U2, The Strangers are a few I can think of. I think it’s important to recognise the individuals input in terms of what they contribute musically as well as off stage. Morrisey for example maybe a gifted lyricist but I can imagine him being an insufferable tw@t in real life. In the early life of a band I can’t imagine him going out of the way to build an audience by being approachable to fans or venue staff and promoters. Before any success comes these things really matter. In the case of The Doors Jim Morrison must have been a nightmare to work with towards the end but the band always seemed to work with him and remain supportive.