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    Tribute bands. What do you expect?

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    54 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

    Go' for the profiteroles. A nice cuppa afterwards, naturally. 

    That's rock and roll! 

    :biggrin:

    I'd want a tribute act to be as accurate a portrayal as possible...

    So a Who tribute would need a Rolls Royce, swimming pool and lots of kit to smash up.

    A Snoop wannabe would need bling and a bong.

    Motor-ahead would need crates of Jack, and Happy Tuesdays, their own E-(and everything else) factory! 

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    Post a pic of your Bass god from your teen years

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    And in slightly later teen years (i.e 18-19), discovered Trouble Funk and Big Tony Fisher

     

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    And started my slide into slightly crazed jazz by buying this album by ex-Ornette Coleman bassman, Jamaaladeen Tacuma (I thought it was just ordinary funk, it kind of blew me away and I haven't been the same since!)

     

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    However, after Norman and Barry Adamson, and before these funky dudes was another surprisingly funky goth bloke, David J of Bauhaus... 

     

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    Has anyone here played gigs with miserable/depressing songs on the playlist

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    9 hours ago, TimR said:

    he couldn't play 3/4 either

    Funnily enough, our drummer has right trouble with 3:4 time as well... We've got one song where the 2nd chorus ends with 8 bars of 3:4, the last 2 bars are a rest ready for a bass break which is in 4:4. He plays the 6 bars we play in as 18 bashes on the snare, which works quite well, but it took forever for him to get the rest bars; I said count "1-2-3, 2-2-3 for the rest" and he was adamant it was 7 he had to count to, which meant for the first few gigs he started a beat late! He's finally got it, but doesn't understand...

    How was your gig last night?

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    Round here out in the sticks I wouldn't be surprised if half the people driving were over the limit! 

    As the nearest police station is about 16 miles away they think they can get away with it!

    I remember our neighbour in our last house was a serious alcoholic farmer. He used to do a round of all the pubs in the valley and happily drive himself home. Someone told the police about him and he was done on a number of occasions, the last time he was told that if he did it again there would be a custodial sentence...

    I was having a meal in our local, which was about 3miles from home, and saw him arriving on his ride on lawnmower. His reasoning, once I'd deciphered what he was slurring, was that he'd be ok as it wasn't road legal!

    I took him home...

    Sadly, he didn't live much longer - died aged 49 and looking like 79.

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    How was Your rehearsal last morning or night ?

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    Had the first rehearsal/jam for a brand new originals blues/rock band with the old guitarist from my other band...

    Weirdly, it was in a church (drummer is the vicar's hubby!) which sounded great as we weren't even loud enough for me to use earplugs.

    And it shows promise, some good groovy improvisations ranging from almost harmolodic jazz through straight-ahead blues to funk slap-bass rock.

    Looks like there's some potential!

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