sshorepunk Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Most of us in the band I play in were gonna go see the Blockheads, we were offered a support spot, so we had to take it Ended up we're in a different room, as our set finishes the Blockheads start Looking forward to it! It's at Moho BTW Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggy Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Awesome, enjoy it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sshorepunk Posted December 21, 2009 Author Share Posted December 21, 2009 Most enjoyable to see the Blockheads last night, one of the tightest bands around, Norman Watt Roy is an incredible player, he holds the whole thing together with an incredible groove! I was around whilst they were setting up ready for sound check, listened to him jamming with the drummer, bloody hell, he's got some licks, a lot of really nice jazz styled improvisation. A great sound from his jazz through a TE rig Had a quick chat with him, thanked him for being one of the reasons I started playing bass back in '78, he seemed to really appreciate that and asked what where I was playing on the night, once he knew I was a bass player The sound man for our room was late (stuck in snow) so we were running late, should have been finished as the Blockheads started, but we were only 10 minutes in as they came on, so dropped a song and whizzed through the set just to get into the other room, good decision! Would liked to have seen the band with Ian Dury back in the day, but the guy up front does the job and it all seems to work! Graet band though! Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyonbass Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 I see thrre's a video of [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UvHsr6Zi-4"]Rhythm stick[/url] from the Live in Colchester DVD available on you tube now, good for an insight on Norms technique. Dylan Howe is a great drummer too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 GUTTED!! I had no idea they were in Manchester last night....bugger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 [quote name='andyonbass' post='690378' date='Dec 21 2009, 08:40 AM']I see thrre's a video of [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UvHsr6Zi-4"]Rhythm stick[/url] from the Live in Colchester DVD available on you tube now, good for an insight on Norms technique. Dylan Howe is a great drummer too![/quote] Great comeback on the Youtube thread - this sucked if you ask me, Ian is much better ye well ian's dead so suck my dick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzibass Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Saw them years ago at their peak with Ian at the Ilford Odeon. Fantastic gig! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Pleased it went well. I supported Wilko Johnson last month with Norman Watt-Roy again on bass. I was really impressed with his playing too. Normally I find bass players supporting / headlining to be pretty evenly matched but he left me for dust! Chatted with him a bit during soundcheck and backstage too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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