yorick Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Off to audition for a new band tonight. Learnt 13 1/2 songs since Sunday!!. Admittedly one or two are "work in progress", but hey....... I'm up for it, and have a laugh at the same time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Good luck with that. What sort of material are they doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 It's Free/Bad company/Paul Rodgers/Queen stuff. Basically covering Paul Rodgers' career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 [quote name='yorick' post='712238' date='Jan 14 2010, 09:47 AM']It's Free/Bad company/Paul Rodgers/Queen stuff. Basically covering Paul Rodgers' career.[/quote] That sounds like a great gig to get. Can't go wrong with that stuff. Best of luck tonight. Ps, after Free and before Bad Company, I saw Paul Rogers in another band he'd put together called Peace. Only saw them once at the Cook's Ferry Inn in Edmonton. Think it fell to bits after about 4 gigs and then he had Bad Company up and running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Good luck, hope you get the gig. I'm involved in a new band project and last night we played a few Free numbers. Decided not to go for the obvious ones. One we tried was Travellin' in Style. It sounded brilliant, so simple, but so enjoyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 Well, audition went well. Only fluffed a couple of bits. AND................... i'm in. First gig 13th Feb. Plenty of time to learn another 40 odd songs!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Good man, chuffed for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witterth Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 where's the gig yorik? I may turn up!!! half term and all that so.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 [quote name='witterth' post='713366' date='Jan 15 2010, 08:19 AM']where's the gig yorik? I may turn up!!! half term and all that so....[/quote] To quote the singer.... "somewhere in Derby"!!! More details to follow.......... Cheers guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldslapper Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Congrats! brilliant stuff! If you come down south west I'll come and have a yodel, PR one of my fav singers. john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMX Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Congratulations! Good luck with the learning of the songs and the gig I have my first gig with my new band on the 5th February. I'm psyched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Also in The Firm with Page and briefly had a project called The Law as well as his solo stuff and the Muddy Waters tribute album, plenty of material to draw on through the years. I saw him 10yrs or so back on a solo tour and wasn't expecting much but I was knocked out by how good a shape his voice was still in and it was a good mix of his career in the set, great night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 (edited) Saw him at Milton Keynes Bowl in the early 90's supporting ZZ Top. Awesome vocalist. Only just got into Free, have I been missing out over the years! Congratulations Edited January 15, 2010 by Marvin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah5string Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Congrats dude! Learning that many songs is no mean feat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorick Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 [quote name='Sarah5string' post='713918' date='Jan 15 2010, 03:42 PM']Congrats dude! Learning that many songs is no mean feat![/quote] Cheers, Sarah. And to you, as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artisan Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 (edited) job well done mate congrats. i know what hard work that is as i've just joined a new band doing a lot of Chic & Sister Sledge / funk stuff,which is a big culture shock for me after 30 years of playing blues/classic rock. obviously what you now need is a nice short scale Gibson bass (ala Andy Fraser) & there just so happens to be one in the for sale section . APPOLOGIES FOR SHAMELESS & RATHER PATHETIC PLUG Edited January 15, 2010 by artisan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6stringbassist Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Ha, this is my old gig. Nigel replied to my wanted advert for a replacement bass player last week. I met him last night, and he seems like a really nice guy and I hope he enjoys himself. And good luck with learning all of the songs, there are some really nice bass lines in the Free stuff. I never actually got around to learning most of it, I just used to make it up . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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