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I'm a 66 year old Beatles fanatic. However if I've learned anything from this forum it's how popular The Shadows were in England. We knew about The Shadows here in the States but I guess there wasn't room for them and The Beatles. Blue

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I'm sure that had a lot to do with it. Blue

" We Don't Do Live Music Anymore" "Closed" To phrases we hear a lot in my neck of the woods. Blue

Understood, I'll tell you, that Hofner Violin Bass was certainly and "eye catcher" for us kids in the States. Blue

I really don't think so. The band leader is a milinnial,they think so differently from an old baby boomer like me. Plus her acoustic duo has bookings and they're doing fine. Blue

The thing with Paul is, no other bass guitarist will go down in history as being one of the most prolific song writers ever. Blue

Was this before Paul and his Hofner bass. I've never heard of Jet. Blue

St. Patrick day bar gig at The BlondePop. It was an 8-12 gig, place was packed. We were awful. I'm having serious thoughts about getting out. My band is falling apart after 16 years. Blue

And we respect Paul because he didn't have 50 years of Rock & Roll bass playing and hundreds of bass players to look back on and draw from. Paul was pioneer. Blue

If I could meet any famous bass player Paul would be number 1 on my list. Blue

I was 9 or 10 years old in 1964. I definitely had never seen or heard of an electric bass guitar until I saw The Beatles. Blue

Agreed Blue

Plus, he had a huge truck. We're losing that too. Blue

I don't think most even knew what an electric Bass Guitar was until Paul showed us. Blue

Lack of talent, our guitarist sang a lot of lead vocals,plays great blues harp, did all the bookings and his wife did all the administration ( paying the band, managing our website, Instagram and email campaigns) Plus a lot of guys don't like gigging a lot anymore. I have not been impressed with any of the guys that we've auditioned. Unprepared and no enthusiasm. Blue

No gigs until Saturday night. First gig since New Year's. We're losing a founding member and along with schedule conflicts because the BL has an acoustic duo act. The band leader stopped booking because of the difficulty in replacing a founding member who's leaving us in September, but he doesn't want to add anymore gigs to our schedule. This is an awful time for me. I'm the only retired person in the band. Well, It was a great 8 year run, can't ask for more than that. I won't be looking for another band. There are no bands in my area that gig consistently. All there are is " for fun " bands and bands that might gig once every 2 months. I have no interest in those kinds of bands. Blue

I haven't read any of the comments so this may have been answered. The MM Sire is not a high end bass, right? Is it more if a $400.00 Chinese made bass? Blue

I don't drink so it's kind of hard for me to pass judgement. Alcohol effects all of us differently. The one time I took issue was with a band I rehearsed with 3 times and it became apparent that for 2 of the members it wasn't about the music. It was about getting away from family for a few hours to get drunk. Count me out on that sort of nonsense. Blue

When I was 18 and alcohol would have been a requirement. Blue

I will be seeing Carmen Appice with Vanilla Fudge on 3/21 in a very small Milwaukee bar. Gang Of Four is playing the same bar this week. Blue

Now it seems like we must go back to the importance of understanding what we're looking for in a band experience and picking up on red flags as early on as your audition. Guys, it's not hard to pick up on guys with ego issues that you can't and won't tolerate. What do you guys think, well those of you that are looking for the most professional experience as possible. You get to a rehearsal and you see alcohol and guys smoking weed. That's a match for some guys, not me. Blue

Just an overall opinion. Blue

I think there are few scenarios where leaving in a huff with no notice is appropriate. When stuff like that starts circulating in your music community it can hurt you in terms of new opportunities Blue

Yeah, I'm just not sure we can survive losing a founding member that plays guitar,sings leads and plays harp. And he did most of the bookings Blue