Leonard Smalls

Bend Me, Shape Me - The Outsiders (original version!)

Sex Type Thing - Stone Temple Pilots

Didn't you see them when you came and saw us at Percy's?

I'd ensure logs are seasoned at least a year, two for oak, and have a moisture content of below 20% before burning. As for bass, you need a flashy one as it's all about showing off, so you'll need to stand at the front and slap it like there's no tomorrow, preferably while hiding any guitar players behind you.

Here's mine!

Lovely bit of funky bass...

Apparently Nothing - Brand New Heavies

Reveille Rock - Johnny and the Hurricanes

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? - Bing Crosby

Kill the Poor - Dead Kennedys

Satellite of Love - Lou Reed

Hitler Me With Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury and the Blockheads

Temporary Fix - One Direction

Nice bit of crazed fusion from 1993, featuring Tuba Bass!!

As a proper Britisher all I need is some of these for my Xmas tree... 😁 https://coldwarsteve.bigcartel.com/product/patriotic-cross-of-st-george-white-dog-shit-bauble?fbclid=IwdGRjcAOALHljbGNrA4AsaGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHn_Xhut9mXzhai4YXcROXSuoV5bBb8aqxFKfwb3GspfU5TwM1nYazWCNdRa8_aem_LEDuZILfAO6mrcwvEg9CKQ

Justice 2020 -Dumpstaphunk

Fade to Grey - Visage

This? Tis lovely!

I remembered how Portugal, back in the early 2000s decriminalised drug use... So I was reminded of classic US 50s scare-movie, Reefer Madness. Hence quotes from US 50s movies on the dangers of The Weed! Bass is Sandberg Bassic thru Helix, some reverb. Guitar is a Strat, drums a mix of EZ and Ableton sounds. Clips are licence free from Loopcloud. Plenty of Dub Station and Quadraverb delays, plus Nectar 4, Neutron 3 and Ozone 9.

Fattie Bum Bum - Carl Malcolm

Had our first rehearsal as a 6 piece... Though 2 pieces were missing - drummer due to bad back and singer as we thought we should perhaps do some arranging of guitar and bass parts before a full rehearsal. We had drum parts from our album recording going through the PA, along with vox if we needed them (I quite like to do it without so everyone knows and counts the structure - I've found it gets into your head better if you don't just rely on a singer's cue, this helps if there's poor monitoring I find). And we got new and sort of different arrangements for 5 songs - with chuggy rhythm guitar I've got room to explore some new pastures up at the widdly end, which is nice (some may disagree!), and lead guitar now has the space to do occasional crazy stuff. So all in all, quite promising! We'll see whether singer and drummer agree next week.

And more James Carter - awesome sax playing!

Gammon Everybody! -Eddie Cochran

Sittin' on the Dock of the Bacon - Otis Redding