WHUFC BASS

Climax Blues band are somethng else. I used to go see them everywhere they played in the early 90s in London. Always really tight and always had a sh*t hot bass player (they used a few as far as I know including a black bloke who was f***ing amazing) in the line-up (sh*t hot musicians to a man as it goes). I've got most of their stuff and still listen to it now. Brilliant band. essexbasscat, I think I may have even seen your band - (what were they called?), as the Standard was just down the road from me in the 90s and I think I saw the CBB every time they played there up during that time.

[quote name='Jamesemt' post='754988' date='Feb 23 2010, 01:31 PM']I can't get on with the neck size on a 5...dropping the e would be the answer but then I would have to relearn 27 songs...[/quote] Get a Spector or a Warwick Rockbass, two of the most comfortale necks on a 5 string bass if you're used to 4 strings.

[quote name='Dubs' post='756871' date='Feb 25 2010, 11:03 AM']I've reached the point in my band where I've stopped talking about gear because it became a running joke where I'd turn up to practice with a new head almost every other week. They think I'm the ultimate gear slut, but I know I'm not as bad as some on here [/quote] See that... thats me that is...

[quote name='OldGit' post='751163' date='Feb 19 2010, 05:34 PM']Sure the English Song book is stuffed full with fine pop rock stuff .. However we're a Ceilidh band. We play rock too but the core of our music is English Ceilidh like The Princess Royal, Clompton Bridge, Pepper in the Brandy etc. English but the general public think they are Irish or Scots because they are diddly... That's my point. If we were a rock covers band there would not be this problem - and we'd not get the call asking us to play Burns/St Pats/Andrews/Georges night...[/quote] Ah...I see what you mean now. How about some John Tams' stuff? He's the one that stars in Sharp and also sings the theme tune. His music is pretty damn good as it goes, real English folk. [url="http://www.johntams.co.uk/johntams/index.cfm"]http://www.johntams.co.uk/johntams/index.cfm[/url] Also, I went to the the play Warhorse not so long ago and they had a bloke doing some of John Tarns' songs. Really good stuff, in fact, better than the play I reckon.

[quote name='OldGit' post='750413' date='Feb 19 2010, 12:10 AM']We got asked to play St Georges night "An English themed night" Er ... What would you play after Greensleeves and Roots?[/quote] Err....how about The Who, The Jam, The Kinks, The Small Faces, The Stones, The Specials, Madness, Ian Dury...christ almighty they're all English. Why does everyone think you have to go back to Medieval times to celebrate your own culture??

[quote name='foal30' post='745556' date='Feb 15 2010, 09:26 AM']The The and The Smiths crikey the '80s were chock full of great music.[/quote] Watched a film on Saturday that The The did the music for called "Tony". Blimey, what a bleak film that was. Good though in a dark sort of way.

Great for building up speed and improving left hand technique. Stanley Clarke used to rave about Bach.

The best Punk / Oi! era by far I reckon...

Top drawer... super quick delivery.

that is f***ing ghastly. Icemans look like a bag ladies period to start off with but that colour scheme is hideous.

[quote name='MSL' post='733915' date='Feb 3 2010, 11:43 AM']I've told you once.[/quote] This isn't an argument, this is just silly.

[quote name='Malc62' post='739281' date='Feb 8 2010, 07:17 PM']Good man! Talking of Bernard, many years ago I picked up a cassette (remember them?) in my local Our Price Records (remember them?) by a band called Distance. Someone recognised the names of Bernard Edwards and Tony Thompson, and filed this album under "Soul & Funk". I got it home and discovered that it was arse-kicking rock! And Bernard [u]still[/u] sounded like himself. (I've recently got the CD version)[/quote] Remember the band Power Station? Bernard played on Get It On too... Tony Thompson on drums too. I think he died a while back.

[quote name='OldGit' post='738055' date='Feb 7 2010, 01:20 PM'][attachment=42007:Ergon1.jpg] Bow tie and no hat?? What was I thinking! First outting for my new Wood and Tronics Ergon ... [/quote] [b]Goody f***in' Gum drops![/b]

Brilliant. I loved the series when it was out in the 1980s. Great song and lyrics too.

The f***ing f***faces.... People will be falling over themselves to book you