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Cliff Edge

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    How was your gig last night?

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    Duo gig Sunday afternoon left me with a mild back ache. 3 hours standing playing bass and vocals, with a short break in the middle. 40 songs. I guess I’m getting old. I used to that and more without any problems when I were a younger lad. Great receptive crowd made it for us though. 

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    Binky Mckenzie

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    On 16/09/2023 at 21:48, taunton-hobbit said:

    That was 'W E Sellanby, they had a shop on the main road as well.

    I'd forgotten the Legion...........

     

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    Yes he moved across the road from the market. Went legit. 🙂. 
    I saw a good number of top bands in the Legion when I were a young lad. 

    Binky Mckenzie

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    2 hours ago, taunton-hobbit said:

    South Harrow?   Has to be the church hall off Corbins Lane?

    If so it was promoted by someone I knew............

     

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    The British Legion up by the police station on the main road. We saw a lot of ultimately famous bands in there over the years. 
    South Harrow Market also had the best second hand record stall in North London. I bought a great collection of American label blues and R&B 45’s in there. Wish I still had them. 

    Binky Mckenzie

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    Very early in the 60’s probably 62, a school mate and I managed to sneak in to a club in South Harrow to see some R&B band whose name I can’t recall. We were very much under age but we knew the guy on the door. The advertised band didn’t show and up on stage was Alexis Korners Blues band. There was some initial dissatisfaction amongst the audience but the band soon won everyone over. They were amazing. Korner sat on a chair to one side for most of the evening with a cheroot permanently sticking out of his mouth, and Cyril Davies looked dressed for a day digging up roads but boy could he play the harmonica and sing the blues. His harmonica mic was going into a little red Watkins Westminster amp. I had one of those at the time. Not very good for bass. 
    I don’t know who else was in the band that night, but Long John Baldry was the main vocalist. 

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    How heavily edited is your Social Media

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     Comparing most social media to Basschat, there is a noticeable difference in the quality of posts. For a start pretty much everyone in here can spell and has a pretty good grasp of grammar. 
    I have a number of social media accounts, none use my real name or personal details. I rarely look at any of them these days except for one FB account I use to repost news of upcoming gigs. Someone else posts the originals. 

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    Dave Edmunds or Billy Bremner?

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    19 hours ago, Happy Jack said:

    So seven years on I've stumbled across Born Fighters, which is a bloody good watch, and also possibly the earliest (1979) recorded use of 'wasp in a jam jar' to describe a guitar's tone.

     

     

    Thanks for putting this up, I would never have found it. Amazing how much drink and nicotine they consume. Great watch. 

    It's 1985...

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    I know where I was working that year and the car tape player had two of Warren Zevon’s finest on permanent play. Excitable Boy and the eponymous first album Warren Zevon. Volume up and let’s have a singalong. Some pop and rock royalty on those albums alongside Zevon. .

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    How much do you spend on strings

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    14 hours ago, ossyrocks said:

    I’ll buy your TI JF344s if that’s what they were.

    Thanks for the offers but I’ll hang to them as spares as there is still one other bass here that still uses them as it prefers low tension strings. 
    And honestly I don’t think you’d like them, they’re not in the best condition as they’ve been on and off more times than the proverbial loose woman’s knickers. 

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    How much do you spend on strings

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    19 hours ago, JoeEvans said:

    I'm interested in how much you all spend on strings - per set, not per year. Do you go Tesco Value (Harley Benton), Waitrose (La Bella) or Fortnum and Mason (Thomastik)?

    Lately Waitrose and Fortnum and Mason but Waitrose wins. I put TI Jazz flats on three basses, replacing La Bella DTB’s but after a few weeks the old played in La Bella’s are back on all of them and the TI’s are back in the packets. An interesting experiment but for me ultimately a waste of money. 

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    Who did you see live last?

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    Graham Nash at the Del La Warr Pavilion Bexhill last night. Accompanied by Todd Caldwell on Hammond and other keyboards and Shane Fontayne with various guitars. No drums or bass. Some great songs from CSN&Y, The Hollies and others. Including a stunning a Capella version of Everyday from all three of them. Plus a few stories as well. Full house, standing ovations well deserved. 
    He can still hit the high notes. 

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    Who did you see live last?

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    Rye Jazz and Blues Festival. A last minute decision yesterday afternoon to take a drive over to Rye to see if we could catch a couple of gigs. 
    The fabulous Hannah Williams was in fine form with The Affirmations. Chris Axe playing what looks like a very old P bass and a Jack Casady as a backup. Which he didn’t play. 
    Followed by The Drawtones with a ripping set of classic jazz with a big chunk of funk. 
    A very enjoyable evening was had by all including the dog. 

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