How was your gig last night?

[Geek99]

21 minutes ago, Bluewine said:

 

Thanks

 

Don't sell yourselves short. You guys have a good thing started. You guys sound high end so I'm hoping to hear about high end gigs for you guys.

 

Don't be afraid to say "no" if a booking seems dodgy.

 

Daryl

 

Daryl

You need to take a trip here Daryl 

come to a bass bash 

[Merton]

Just back to my hotel after a hot sweaty little gig in Manchester on the “Gimme A Tour”, er, tour.

The band were great, I was average, the crowd were enthusiastic and the volume was a bit too much. But my bass (ACG RetroB) sounded ace through the Digbeth pre, Elf and Barefaced Two10.

 

Shoes were brown suede Chelsea boots, I really should wear them more because they’re ace.

[dmccombe7]

9 hours ago, Bluewine said:

 

Dave, We have very few gigs with young ladies dancing . We have pensioners that stay glued to their seats.

 

Daryl

 

 

We generally have a mixed age group. Lot of younger ones think the Glam band is just a great fun night and we've had hen nights, women's birthday parties etc at our gigs but always dancing. Think its the style of music.

Glam is a dancing kind of music whereas blues tends to have people that enjoy the musicianship more than a dance if that makes sense, until the drink hits, then folks will dance to anything 😂

Dave 

[grapefruitmoon]

We were back at the Horse & Jockey in Lanark on Friday. We've had a wee glut of gigs recently but I've not really been in the zone with everything else going on in life at the moment. But I really enjoyed this one. Tiny wee performance area, but not as bad as last time as this time we played as a four piece (parted ways amicably with previous guitarist, his job and shifts meant we couldn't rehearse till after 10pm and he would have to take holidays for Friday gigs - new guitarist getting up to speed). I brought my bass cabs as have been struggling a bit to get the bass levels sorted through the PA. Made a massive difference and I felt much more connected to the band. I thought we played really well, even had dancers up in the first set, unheard of! Had to cut things a little short as our drummer was feeling very dodgy after a suspect sausage supper pre-gig, poor guy.

 

Gear was Fender Player Jazz, HX Stomp based pedalboard, Aguilar Tonehammer and Markbass NY121 cabs. Very happy with my sound.

 

[dmccombe7]

2 hours ago, grapefruitmoon said:

We were back at the Horse & Jockey in Lanark on Friday. We've had a wee glut of gigs recently but I've not really been in the zone with everything else going on in life at the moment. But I really enjoyed this one. Tiny wee performance area, but not as bad as last time as this time we played as a four piece (parted ways amicably with previous guitarist, his job and shifts meant we couldn't rehearse till after 10pm and he would have to take holidays for Friday gigs - new guitarist getting up to speed). I brought my bass cabs as have been struggling a bit to get the bass levels sorted through the PA. Made a massive difference and I felt much more connected to the band. I thought we played really well, even had dancers up in the first set, unheard of! Had to cut things a little short as our drummer was feeling very dodgy after a suspect sausage supper pre-gig, poor guy.

 

Gear was Fender Player Jazz, HX Stomp based pedalboard, Aguilar Tonehammer and Markbass NY121 cabs. Very happy with my sound.

 

Wish i had known you were there and would have dropped in for a bit. I usually see the band advertised on their sandwich board outside when i'm sitting in Costa coffee across the road but couldn't quite make out the name on the board.

Maybe next time. 

What's the band name ?

Dave

 

[asingardenof]

On 07/06/2025 at 10:23, Obrienp said:

I would love to be able to have a go at playing through a rig like that, just for the experience. The great thing in your situation was you didn’t have to do the load-in and out! Result!

Our rehearsal space has Ashdown Rootmaster 500 heads through ABM 8x10 cabs. It's awesome.

[asingardenof]

22 hours ago, cdog said:

Played Northern Guitars in Leeds on Friday with Heisenbug. Northern Guitars is a great venue in a busy area of town so plenty of passers by stopping and coming in. Crowd seemed to appreciate our all originals set. Chasing after more bookings now...

Check out the crazy drum kit!

 

 

 

I'd love to play in there, but it's a bit cramped for us and they don't really want covers bands. Ho hum.

[cdog]

3 hours ago, asingardenof said:

I'd love to play in there, but it's a bit cramped for us and they don't really want covers bands. Ho hum.

Yes it's a great venue. I'm struggling to get in with other busy Leeds venues. We've played packhorse and crank studios which were nice but it's great to be somewhere that people can find you easily rather than being stuck in the top room of a pub. Any ideas gratefully received. 

Chris

[Cat Burrito]

Last night saw my duo return to The Blue Boar in Aldbourne. What's been a good regular venue will sadly be ending soon. The current landlady / landlord are retiring and the local gossip is that they are trying to get out the contract early. Our show was moved back a week due to other music activity in the village and I think that hurt our audience as I had a lot of people who were coming who suddenly weren't. This was my local until we moved and I have been out of the loop. 

 

When we arrived the clientele seemed much younger than normal. The barman said afterwards that he thought being goth would mean we were very metal which to me summed up what an awkward fit we've always been on the local music scene. We set up and the younger crowd gradually left. 

 

Prior to going on, we had an audience of my wife, my stepson and a guy who'd added me on social media a while ago and I didn't know him! However, we were getting paid and I learned that the pub is open so sporadically at the moment that recent shows haven't been well attended across all acts. A genuine shame.

 

The twist was that we played really well. I was on mandocello for most of the first set, finishing on the bass (my trusty long scale Hofner Verythin). The second set was three on guitar for me and the remainder all on the mandolin. My step son has Down Syndrome and stole the show by shouting "yes!" when I announced that we'd be taking a break in a moment. It was funny! He's a big supporter of the band as amongst other things, he really likes Nick (my musical other half). 

 

Thankfully it started to fill up a fair bit during the second set and a good night was had by all. Honourable mention must go to Nick's 87yr old mum, who apparently ironed our backdrop for us! I'd have done it myself, had I known it was bothering her! 

 

[Stub Mandrel]

Well done Nick's mum!

[grapefruitmoon]

8 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

Wish i had known you were there and would have dropped in for a bit. I usually see the band advertised on their sandwich board outside when i'm sitting in Costa coffee across the road but couldn't quite make out the name on the board.

Maybe next time. 

What's the band name ?

Dave

 

 

Ah, I should have said, would have been good to see you. The band is Temptation Waits, we're on FB and all the gigs should be listed there. Got the summer off then at the Cherry Tree in Wishaw in August. Haven't been there since about 1994!

[colleya]

21 hours ago, Bluewine said:

Don't sell yourselves short. You guys have a good thing started. You guys sound high end so I'm hoping to hear about high end gigs for you guys.

 

 

Thanks very much Blue, appreciate you taking the time to say so.

 

We've had enquiries about a festival slot next month and a 2026 wedding at a very posh venue (it's been used as a film/TV set quite a bit) already, so hoping they both pan out.

[dmccombe7]

1 hour ago, grapefruitmoon said:

 

Ah, I should have said, would have been good to see you. The band is Temptation Waits, we're on FB and all the gigs should be listed there. Got the summer off then at the Cherry Tree in Wishaw in August. Haven't been there since about 1994!

Not been in the Cherry Tree since late 80's / early 90's too. Wasn't my fav pub to be honest. I had a few run ins with the locals when i was in my late teens and they tended to frequent it. 😂

Have you tried Girdwoods in Wishaw. Played it a few times with punk band and can be a good night.

Dave

Edited 41 minutes ago by dmccombe7