Rich

Last week I sent an email to Jamie Body, the author of that Stage piece, giving him the background on Mr Mason and have given him links to this thread and the other Mason-based one. The auto-reply I received said that he'd be back in the office today, so I wait to see whether he responds or not.

Saturday night with Train To Skaville, a wedding at a mahoosive posh house outside Frome. Got there at half six, originally told that guests were arriving at 8 and we'd start at 9... turns out the guests were already there and the speeches were still going on. And then, as we thought we could load in, this 'singing waiter' starts up with half an hour of All Your Favourite Karaoke Hits. Then once we'd set up & checked, we had to wait till the happy couple were ready for their first dance... and wait... and wait... Anyway, we finally started at 9.45. I'd been a bit apprehensive, you know what wedding gigs can be like and a ska band seemed like an odd choice. I needn't have worried. I think it was the bride & groom's second time around, so they and their guests were all of the right age to have been into 80s second-wave ska, and my god they loved it. There were three or four blokes in particular who knew every word of every song and they were dancing like eejits all night, with the exhuberence and energy that only lager & champagne gives you We sounded good and played well, and I drove home with a smile on my face and wedge in my pocket and crawled into bed at 02:30... was asleep by 02:31

Oh I do like the King Billy. Played there many times a few years back.

Eat It - Weird Al Yankovic

Got to say I'm rather taken with this one. Like the binding a lot. I don't need a PJ bass, I really don't. No. https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Chicago-Select-Bass-Guitar-by-Gear4music-Reverse-Red-Burst/3L4I?_gl=1*faqu6*_ga*MTY3ODc0OTk3OC4xNjYyOTY5OTg4*_up*MQ..

Does Your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavour On the Bedpost Overnight? - Lonnie Donegan

Mosque-ito Song · Queens Of The Stone Age

Tramp the Dirt Down · Elvis Costello

Bright Lights, Bigger City - Cee Lo Green

Well, @bigjohn170 does still pop in occasionally, perhaps he'll let you know you could always send him a PM?

Steve's latest Farcebook post: "I got my mid point chemo CT scan results back and my tumour has shrunk by approx 80%. In the words of my brilliant consultant, it's the absolute best news we could imagine right now. So yeah, we're celebrating. I'll write more about what the scan means longer term soon, but right now it's making me very happy." Great news on this solemn day.

I've just sent an email to Jamie Body, the author of that Stage piece, giving him the background on Mr Mason and have given him links to this thread and the other Mason-based one.

Begin the Beguine - Tony Bennett etc.

I've been using 2K2 recently and finding it's still quite bright enough for live use. Although having said that, some of my LED stock is high/super brightness, which probably has something to do with it.

Steve Hackett, Ron Thorn, Midge Ure and Larry Carlton have all featured in this thread so far. As far as I'm aware, they're not bassists either.

1:17 to 2:57, a scarily young Francis Dunnery talks about why he preferred his old Squier Strat to the Fenders. Warning, prog content.

Rope Soul'd - John Martyn

There are probably quite a few, but these are the ones that really really do it for me.

I remember, absolute donkey's years ago, reading an article in International Musician & Recording World (now that was a proper music mag) which was a really good interview with a high profile singing teacher. She'd taught a huge number of big names, and she had a few choice words about Paul Young and what she said was his dreadful singing technique. She said then that if he didn't get some tuition or at the very least change what he was doing, he would ruin his voice. Lo and behold he had quite a few problems during the 80s and now, well, just do a youtube search for 'paul young 2022'. Or better still, don't.

Basket Case - Green Day