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A Horace Silver tune - Liberated Brother. That was back in July 1979.

Here's what it sounds like when it's played properly rather than by a bunch of teenagers.


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'Fat Angel', a 'cover' of a Jefferson Airplane track. Circa 1970, with the Martin Spicer Band (schoolmates of a younger brother...), playing a white Vox Clubman. The venue was the Southville Methodist Hall, a concert auto-promoted. I made a 100w transistor amp for the occasion, using 2N3055's, and a 4 x 12 cab. I didn't have much of a clue about dimensions, so I guessed that 36" x 36" x 12" should be enough. It certainly was..! Amp and cab covered in turquoise rubbery vinyl (a floor covering, I think...).
Happy days.

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Another one bites the dust. I hadn't been playing very long at all and I remember taking ages to work out the C bit.

I also remember freaking out some girls in my class by turning the cassette over in a 4-track recorder so it played backwards and hearing "it's fun to smoke marajuana" instead of "another one bites the dust".

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Nothing special but I will never forget. I was late into music, had my first public gig aged 50 in 2008. I opened the set playing the first notes of 'Gimmie Some Loving' and was as nervous as anything. After about 1 minute the nerves vanished and I discovered that I *really* loved it :)

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[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1406624413' post='2513024']
Nothing special but I will never forget. I was late into music, had my first public gig aged 50 in 2008. I opened the set playing the first notes of 'Gimmie Some Loving' and was as nervous as anything. After about 1 minute the nerves vanished and I discovered that I *really* loved it :)
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Great story!

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Town Called Malice by The Jam. I'd been taken by surprise that The Fear of being on stage had got me, but was mostly able to keep my fingers working. I was going fine until the bit where everything but the bass drops out for a couple of bars, and although I hit all of the right notes, in the right order, they were not necessarily hit at the right moments. The classic driving Motown-esque bassline was rendered in a hesitant and staccatto style.

Since them, I've beaten The Fear, and feel quite comfortable on stage, but I still don't like playing that song if I can possibly avoid it.

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