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[quote name='blue' timestamp='1507707818' post='3387305'] Loved your clip. Nice job! Blue [/quote] Thanks Blue....very much appreciated

[quote name='Mark D Phillips' timestamp='1507658223' post='3387063'] A pretty nice sound going there from the Miss Bowie Band, do you ever come as far south as Sussex? Mark....................... [/quote] Thanks, much appreciated. We haven't ventured out of the Nottingham area yet, but as we get more established we have plans to go further afield (we only started in February of this year)

[quote name='radiophonic' timestamp='1507618247' post='3386732'] I can definitely see the attraction in the 'practice' being the main event. You get together and you play. That's the event. I enjoy playing gigs but there's plenty about [i]gigging [/i]that's a total PITA. It's nothing to do with hard work, it's about tedium, getting messed around and dealing with idiots. Hours of hanging around for one. City parking restrictions near venues. Arrangements bearing no relation to what you agreed. Sitting around in bars not being able to drink because of the playing and the driving. Sound guys not following the rider even though they've had it for three months (no monitors??). I spent an hour of Sunday evening just sitting on my rig out in the street because the promoter had given us the wrong load-in time. Then he let the band before us significantly over-run and let them stand around chatting on the stage afterwards, preventing us setting up, so our set-time (in the printed and electronic listings - it was a festival) was completely wrong and very late. As the icing on the cake, just as we were due to kick off, he announced that some urban artists (his mates, I assume) would be doing a two song showcase before we played. This basically killed the audience who were there for a world-music type programme. Just playing and recording definitely feels attractive a lot of the time. [/quote] We're playing the Ojxam Beeston Takeover on Sat night. which band are you? This is us [url="https://www.facebook.com/missbowieband/"]https://www.facebook.../missbowieband/[/url]

[quote name='Urban Bassman' timestamp='1507590150' post='3386680'] Used to do Maid In Heaven in a band I was in a few years back. Always enjoyed playing that one. Sadly I can't harmonise to save my life, otherwise I'd go for this. [/quote] Go for it anyway....if it's the same guy, they've been looking for over a year for someone. I thought about it, bought a couple of the albums, liked some of the songs a lot, but figured it wasn't for me.

[attachment=255134:34746975804_60874f7313_b.jpg] Hattage, fattage, double chinnage.......distinct lack of waistcoat

[quote name='casapete' timestamp='1505396183' post='3371607'] I didn't get Tom Jones in a big way until fairly recently. Saw him live a few months ago and he totally blew me away - great band / material / attitude, and that voice! At 77 years old, one of the very few singers left of his generation who are actually as good if not better than when they first found fame. Never heard Tom come even close to missing a note, an amazing singer. His last few albums are definitely worth a listen too, quite dark and bluesy. Completely get it if you don't like his voice, but honestly don't think he is overrated. [/quote] +1 Jones the voice is the biz

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1505311886' post='3370944'] Yes, yes. But it's a forum. We like being arseholes, mob rule and chucking stones at people for no good reason. We also like ringing doorbells then running away, [color=#ff0000]fiddling with ourselves in Matalan[/color], and throwing Maccy D wrappers from moving cars. [/quote] so that was you then was it!!!

+1 for Coldplay....liked the first album a bit but everything since then is dire 'dialling it in' rubbish for which they earn gadzilions. At least Bryan Adams had the good taste to give up and concentrate on photography before he was lured back by the cash. He wrote 1 good song (which is more than I have to be fair) Cannot understand anyone putting The Who in this category tho.....that's the same as not liking/loving The Jam, just goes against nature

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1504441706' post='3364839'] Saw the band back in the day - great guitarist, great songs. One of my faves is 'I can't Wait Much Longer' [media]http://youtu.be/npTd88r51LY[/media] Early stuff with Procol Harum - nice groove on this 12 bar 'Whiskey Train' [media]http://youtu.be/u-RN2JV8hV4[/media] [/quote] +1 Did 'I can't wait much longer' when I was in a blues band.....absolute classic prog rock/blues/bestplayedwhenstoned track Not that I've ever been stoned officer!

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Sean bought my chorus pedal Easy no hassle transaction - recommended

Only happened once to me and that was hard to take, it felt a bit like a relationship break-up (which it was I suppose)...I think our main problem was we didn't do enough gigs, + the singer (female, great voice) was having a relationship with the lead guitarists step-son (our sound engineer), which is always likely to be trouble if they split (they did). Since then (about 2 years ago) I'm in a Bowie Tribute band which is really good and going places (venues are re-booking us) AND I'm in the band for a musical at the local school....so as many have said, it can and will turn round for you...and sooner than you think!