lonestar Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 [quote name='beerdragon' post='579718' date='Aug 24 2009, 11:49 PM']Whats wrong with Humphrey Lyttelton![/quote] He died a while ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Fat Fingers McGee here! The alternative blues name game: 1. Think of an affliction 2. Think of a fruit 3. Think of a US president eg. Blind Lemon Jefferson, or possibly Squinting Mango Nixon A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 [quote name='Alien' post='579754' date='Aug 25 2009, 12:40 AM']The alternative blues name game: 1. Think of an affliction 2. Think of a fruit 3. Think of a US president eg. Blind Lemon Jefferson, or possibly Squinting Mango Nixon[/quote] Syphilitic Kumquat Obama? I don't think I'm very good at this. When I was younger, I tried coming up with a very 'funk' sounding name. I tried Cornelius Funk for a while and then Curtis Jackson. The second one stopped being usable once 50 Cent came along. For the record, Miles Davis sounds like the name of a repressed Welsh librarian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumble Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Ugly Eyes Parker at your service Makes me feel like Marty Feldman !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Academy Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 How could we forget the late Steely Dan sax player, Cornelius Bumpus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 [quote name='Alien' post='579754' date='Aug 25 2009, 12:40 AM']The alternative blues name game: 1. Think of an affliction 2. Think of a fruit 3. Think of a US president eg. Blind Lemon Jefferson, or possibly Squinting Mango Nixon[/quote] Surely the ultimate blues player would thus be Dead Elderberry Bush? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofthestuntmen Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 So is Stanley Clarke the exception that proves the rule..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 ok, I'm game! I am:- Old Fingers Jenkins! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottle Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 [quote name='MacDaddy' post='579585' date='Aug 24 2009, 09:33 PM']Blues name generator. [url="http://www.outliermusic.com/jokes_bluesname.htm"]http://www.outliermusic.com/jokes_bluesname.htm[/url] Apparently I'm [i]Blind Fingers Jones.[/i][/quote] I'm now to be known as Happy Fingers Davis (oo-err missus ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Benny Carter, Chris Potter, Paul Chambers, Doug Watkins, Ron Carter, Bessie Smith, Bill Evans, Jo Jones, Billy Taylor, Sarah Vaughan, Barry Harris, Joe Turner, James Carter, Lenny White, Fred Anderson, Percy Heath, Jeff Andrews, Benny Bailey, Arthur Taylor, Clifford Brown, Tony Bennett, Joe Beck, Gary Burton, Eddie Daniels, Bill Crow, Bill Dobbins, Michael Gibbs, Jim Hall, Tony WIlliams..... as opposed to Steve Vai, Flea, Prince, Lady Ga Ga, Madonna, Ms. Dynamite, The Edge, Bono, Simon Le Bon, Jon Bon Jovi, Yousson Dour, Neneh Cherry, Melissa Auf der Maur (Smashing Pumpkins), Geezer Butler, David Ellefson, Lemmy Kilminster, Doctor Robert, I think you are all projecting....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Academy Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 [quote name='kingofthestuntmen' post='579991' date='Aug 25 2009, 11:06 AM']So is Stanley Clarke the exception that proves the rule..?[/quote] There's always one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyJay Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 [list] [*]Hercules Rockefeller [*]Rembrandt Q. Einstein [*]Handsome B. Wonderful [/list] Or have I got the wrong name generator? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 I once found out I didn't get a gig because they'd given it to a bloke called Hamlet Luton. Fair play, I would've given it to him too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clauster Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Peg-leg Legs Parker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamapirate Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 [quote name='dood' post='580020' date='Aug 25 2009, 10:27 AM']ok, I'm game! I am:- Old Fingers Jenkins![/quote] I knew fish fingers were a fruit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiejames Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Worked with a sax player once called Thunderbolt Jackson, claimed it was his real name, although I never saw any proof of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkHorse Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Please be up-standing for the blues by, yours truly, "Skinny Bones Bailey" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 chet baker, artie shaw, dizzy gillespie, benny goodman, chas mcdevitt, monty sunshine, buggsy berrigan, stan getz, caichito, dave brubeck, charlie parker, bob busby, tommy taylor, david fitzerald, and more cool bass here i agree hip names are cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 [quote name='The Funk' post='579759' date='Aug 25 2009, 12:55 AM']Syphilitic Kumquat Obama? I don't think I'm very good at this. [/quote] tea --> screen moment Sounds like the kind of album Frank Zappa would do if he was still alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Names are important. As Peter Eustinov said. Sophia Loren wouldn't have married Carlo Ponti if he was english. Charlie Bridges doesn't sound half as sophisticated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 [quote name='Low End Bee' post='580774' date='Aug 25 2009, 10:58 PM']Names are important. As Peter Eustinov said. Sophia Loren wouldn't have married Carlo Ponti if he was english. Charlie Bridges doesn't sound half as sophisticated.[/quote] good one... what about dick van dyke...changed his name from penis van lesbian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeefChief Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 [quote name='mrcrow' post='581773' date='Aug 26 2009, 07:20 PM']what about dick van dyke...changed his name from penis van lesbian[/quote] Is that true?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Academy Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 Giuseppe Verdi...plain old Joe Green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Academy Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 There's a a composer called Karl Scheit. Pronounced sh*te, I think. Unfortunate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonshelley01 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Pretty Dog Davis. I'm keeping that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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