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    My band is about to be on the radio...

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    10 hours ago, lidl e said:

    Thanks so much, everyone. 

     

    I swear i wasnt trying to self promote when i posted this. Just was excited to be on the radio!

     

    Appreciate all the feedback.

    Don't be daft, you're on national radio in a nation with a very fine heritage of music. You should be dead chuffed and promote it and much as you can! 

     

    Off to listen to it now, and congratulations!

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    Brush with Greatness (or, "Hey, I once played a gig with him!")

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    I used to play in a band at school with drummer Gary Wallis who went on to play percussion live with Pink Floyd and has been the drummer for Mike & the Mechanics for about 30 years and Tom Jones' drummer/musical director for about the same time. Was really nice of him to introduce me to Mike Rutherford as his first ever band mate.

     

    A couple  fun ones when I was working in the record business - surprising John Mayall by acting as his guitar tech and changing an e string for him at a gig in Malmo. Possibly one of the most surreal moments, taking Peter Green to see Fleetwood Mac at Earls Court. And last but not least, along with Harvey Goldsmith, being asked by the Gipsy Kings' roadie if we could iron the band's shirts. Guess which one of us ended up doing it...

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    Never give up

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    On 05/03/2024 at 09:42, Crusoe said:

    A new branch of HMV? You really must think it's still 1987. 😄

    HMV have been opening quite a few new stores under new ownership just recently.

    This might seem like a rant but I reckon there's an increasing number of folk having load-in issues....

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    16 hours ago, chris_b said:

    Many years ago I did a great gig on a boat in the Thames. Easy parking, easy load in.

     

    Load out was an issue, though.

     

    The tide had gone out and I had to carry a 90lb cab up the gang plank at an angle that was close to being a ladder. I hurt for days after that.

    Roger Cotton, late keyboard player for Peter Green Splinter Group told me a similar story of getting a Hammond B3 on and off the Renfrew Ferry, Glasgow. Load in - tide in so a steep climb. Load out several hours later...

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    Name a Genre an give me your top 3 tracks from it

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    37 minutes ago, lowdown said:

     

    I thought 'Yacht Rock' was a term relating to West Coast music between 1974 and 1984?

    I'm quoting the time frame from Wiki and other sources saying early/mid 70's through to the early 80's - but that seems about right to me considering the songs that are associated with the term.

    'The Way It Is' was released in 1986, so if 'some people' want to label that as 'Yacht Rock', I'm happy for them.

    The other two were released later, 1991 and 2002.

     

    :D

     

    I didn't know there had been an actual definition of Yacht Rock - just thought it was possibly the second most horrendous name for a musical genre after Blue Eyed Soul!

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    How to handle an interview

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    21 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

    Rather disturbing fixation on 13 year old girls in that, yuck!

    In context with the rest of this completely outlandish nonsense I don't think it is a fixation (also think it is the same girl returning, not multiple girls) just something outrageous for outrage sake. 

    Name a Genre an give me your top 3 tracks from it

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    6 minutes ago, Jackroadkill said:

    Stoner rock:

     

    Bringing the "go big or go home" vibes, let's start with Kyuss and the superb Demon Cleaner.

     

     

     

     

    From the sublime to the ridiculous (but fun), with Monster Magnet's Space Lord

     

     

     

     

    And let's finish with the mighty Clutch, and Electric Worry.

     

     

    Must listen to some more Clutch. Met them around the time of The Jam Room - such lovely people. 

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    Name a Genre an give me your top 3 tracks from it

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    3 minutes ago, BassTractor said:


    Twas not a choice against him though; I simply don't know his stuff, and chose Alpert simply because I could remember his name. The other twotracks have followed me my whole life.
    Do you happen to know essential James Last tracks for me to visit?

    Actually that's a bit of a problem as it wasn't so much about individual tracks with Last. His big success was with albums such as Non-Stop Dancing, and a whole James Last 'A Go-Go' series. Happy Heart was the only single of note. 

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    Name a Genre an give me your top 3 tracks from it

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    4 hours ago, Rich said:

    Neo-prog.

     

    Frost* - Black Light Machine

     

     

    Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But Not Here

     

     

    IQ - The Narrow Margin

     

     

     

     

     

    Must give these a go - hoping someone will do a non Neo Prog suggestion, one Genre I've never really explored and really should (especially as I was once big into Jazz-Rock).

    Rock n' roll hall of fame 2024.....scraping through the bottom of the barrel

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    8 hours ago, Bassfinger said:

    Foreigner

    It's one of life's great ironies that their most successful single is the least representative of their output (the album was a corker though.)

     

    It was very much 'of it's time' and yes, possibly suffered from over exposure, but I'm going to stand up and face ridicule from the BC community and not care - I Wanna Know What Love Is was an incredible song. Loved it then, still happy to hear it now. 

    Be gentle...

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