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I still love this, but many of the tracks on his albums are so meh. This is so beautiful though, to me .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8P8WwzDeCI

[quote name='RichF' timestamp='1342732403' post='1740286'] every few months I get myself back up to speed with this as an exercise. I have never nailed it. Much easier these days with score and youtube play throughs. [b]I loved the old days with a record player in the bedroom, slowing it down, back and back again. Great fun.[/b] [/quote] Me too! And, no, I never wanted to learn YYZ. Although I learned most of Hemispheres on guitar when I was a young 'un.

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1342724251' post='1740097'] The weathers looking good for the weekend, and even better for the upcoming week! Plus I am not gigging this weekend and Mrs Hobbayne's parents are down for the day, so what better excuse to get out of the house. [/quote] Can't go this weekend, but check out a kid called Alistair James, he supported Kit a couple of months ago, he was really good!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1342701393' post='1739542'] Who are the first and second..? [/quote] Twigman is always first

[quote name='bremen' timestamp='1342709043' post='1739729'] Thaty doesn't sit well with their witchhunt of Rickenfakers and forums that offer them for (2nd hand) sale... [/quote] Just to make it doubly clear, it is just a suspicion I have. I don't want John Hall's bent tailpiece up my arse or anything

I have had a sneaking suspicion that maybe RIC release substandard instruments and sell them at a discount to retailers. A friend of mine has six Ricks and he has seen some really quite shoddy ones that are offered at 'good' prices. It's just my suspicion.

Update, we are on at midnight, which is frankly, a bit of a pisser as it's in Dalston.

This is a fabulous build to watch

[quote name='RandomProddy' timestamp='1342552104' post='1737037'] [/quote] I hadn't seen that. Nice one Gus

[quote name='3V17C' timestamp='1342474125' post='1735912'] heres a bonus track of ours that wasn't broadcast on tonight's BBC Radio 2 blues show: [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00w1n0h"]http://www.bbc.co.uk...rammes/p00w1n0h[/url] sneaky bit of two handed tapping from me in there too! Guess the rest of the show (another 3 of our session tracks) will be available to listen again on iplayer somewhere if anyones interested?!! C [/quote] Great stuff! Congratulations! I'll have a listen later.

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1342533678' post='1736696'] Yeah, but who's concern for what is the greatest? I'd plumb for the organising company not wanting to pay more than they have to for the Met's overtime if Bruce & Macca had played on. [/quote] So would I normally. The local authority and the police would have a view on safety and public order concerns.

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1342532504' post='1736673'] Yeah, but H&S is a damn big umbrella - and in that kind of climate a damn big umbrella is a handy thing to use when other folk want their arses covered. [/quote] Organisations like to blame H&S for things that aren't H&S related because it makes them look good while covering up the truth, whereas fessing up that it was a finance consideration makes them look bad. Remember the LTA banning people from Murray Mount last year for 'health and safety' concerns?

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1342526973' post='1736539'] You don't even want to know what [i]kind [/i]of shower [/quote] Platinum?

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1342523662' post='1736456'] A sing of the times? [url="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2134905/Church-bell-chimed-world-wars-silenced-complaint-village-newcomer.html"]http://www.dailymail...e-newcomer.html[/url] (Ok, I know its the Daily Mail, who had to mention 2 world wars...) [/quote] Church warden John Ledbury, whose house backs on to the church, said 'People accept the chimes as part of village life and, as there is no actual clock face on the church, [b]a lot of villagers rely on them to know what the time is[/b]. Yeah, 1486

[quote name='noelk27' timestamp='1342522110' post='1736428'] "It's ironic that this excuse has been used in relation to Bruce Springsteen, who certainly knows what real health and safety is all about - look at the words of 'Factory' from Darkness on the Edge of Town referring to the toll that factory work can take on the health of blue collar workers. People will now only be able to speculate what the final number should have been. Given that he'd already played Wrecking Ball and that Paul McCartney was on stage, how about Don't let me down?" You ignored the third and final graphs of Mr Myers quote. The ones where he comes across as sounding like a petulant child, having had its toys taken away. The ones where he goes on to add to the speculation that it was Springsteen's intention to continue the performance with no regard to any of the surrounding issues, and ignoring the rights and responsibilities of others, including the hundreds of employees/operatives engaged to work at the concert venue that night. Somewhat surprising, wouldn't you say, for a man who we're told is the friend, and advocate for the rights, of the workingman? Springsteen certainly wasn't showing much respect for others, or right. And it's wonderfully naive of you to focus your attention on one aspect of the decision, as if there would simply be one category of concern for the concert venue on the night. Is Mr Myers also an expert on public order issues? Is Mr Myers also an expert on the working time regulations issues? Is Mr Myers also offering expert comment on the civil and criminal liabilities of the concert organisers? Or was Mr Myers' the knee-jerk defence of an area of regulation which comes in for regular criticism in society, whose comments are biased from his own personal experience and disappointment on the night? [/quote] This is getting interesting now. I'd like to hear more from the HSE on this as I'd imagine there would be some safety concerns. However, it deeply angers me that so much is blamed on health and safety as it's a dead easy target, and the public are told so much sh*t by the right wing anti EU media about H&S. I would like to know why Live Nation DID blame H&S. I think it's probably more to do with extra costs, residents, licence restrictions, etc. and H&S is only a part of it.

[quote name='silentbob' timestamp='1342475013' post='1735934'] Oh there are times I really enjoy being controlled, but that's normally on a Wednesday night at my "special" club [/quote] Knitting is so last season mate, it's macrame these days

[quote name='silentbob' timestamp='1342472706' post='1735876'] Isn't it all of them . Chill out dude, it's just a turn of phrase. What's with all the hostility? Thought this was a light hearted thread? [/quote] Sorry, I'm smiling, I'm alright an everything, it's just this 'Sticking it to the Man' thing that's all. The MAN is just clever image and and a bunch of business minded people sticking it to YOU while making you think you're sticking it to THEM. Just enjoy the music, man, they have to make some cash, and although we all hate being controlled by our 'leaders', unless you are Sad Lover's & Giants' bassist and therefore invincible, you'll probably find it's best that human beings are controlled to a certain degree, don't you think?

[quote name='silentbob' timestamp='1342471032' post='1735848'] Granted, that was a very nasty situation, but all I'm saying is that when you look at all the rules that have to be followed to put on a show these days, [b]it kind of takes away from romanticism of rock and roll being about "sticking it to the man".[/b] I've always wanted my music life to be an escape from the rules and regulations of everyday life, not an extension of them, but I guess that's just what needs to be done in this day and age to put on an event which is safe for both those working and those attending. And yeah, although I'm not a huge fan of either McCartney or Springsteen, I do think they do it for the music rather than the money. Both are so rich that they would never need to work again, so if they don't need the money, why would they bother? Would McCartney even have been paid for his guest appearance on Saturday? [/quote] Please tell me mate, who's 'the Man' ? Is it the Man who owns the venue? Or the one you pay for the tickets? Or the security company? Or the beer company? Or the beer seller? Or the T-shirt cotton-picking company? Or the T-Shirt printing company? Or the T-Shirt seller? Or the sew on patch company? Or the record company? Or the agent? Or the marketing company? Or the guitar manufacturer, Or the drum manufacturer? Or the cymbal manufacturer? Or the lighting manufacturer? Or the steel company? Or the welding company, Or the cleaning company? Or the potato grower? Or the crisp manufacturer? Or your denim and leather manufacturers? Is it Clarks? Is it Levi Strauss? Is it Iggy Pop? Is it John Lydon? Who the f*** is 'THE MAN'?

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1342435227' post='1734693'] Don't be fooled. [/quote] Again?

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1342467390' post='1735743'] The moment people wanted it to pay their mortgages. Unless, for multi-millionaires like Springsteen and Macca, it [i]is [/i]about the rock and roll? Though that's a lot of irony for a diet. [/quote] Brilliant!

Jesus, that's really shocked me. Very sad.

Vicente's got a new album coming out in October I think. He's a wonderful Flamenco.

[quote name='crez5150' timestamp='1342436442' post='1734729'] Wasn't there a massive firework display after the concert had finished??? [/quote] No, it was during Twist and Shout.

[quote name='Low End Bee' timestamp='1342432773' post='1734624'] I hope he had to hang around for ages trying to find the promoter for his fee just to make it a proper English gig night. [/quote]

My mate at work was there, he's a massive Springsteen (and Beatles) fan. He said it was gently faded out, not cut off abruptly, but there was a lot of booing. He also said Springsteen makes a habit of coming on late and defying curfews, even having a set piece joke with the guitarist about it at a previous show. My mate wasn't pissed off about the fade out, he said Springsteen should have hit the stage on time, he was about 20 minutes late.