How was your gig last night?

[12stringbassist]

On Saturday we rocked up bright and early and set up at one of our favourite venues in Bolton. Our dep drummer walked in just after 8 with his phone to his ear and a stunned expression. He said his elderly mum had had a fall and was on the flooring her kitchen and he had to go sort her out with an ambulance. He said he'd be back asap. 

 

A bit of a shock, but we decided that our only way forward was to play the two sets acoustically, instead of the 4-5 we were going to start with.

 

Our dep drummer didn't reappear as he was in A&E at Wythenshawe hospital and his mum was only seen at 2am. I felt so sorry for the dreadful situation with his mum. He sent us an awful photo of her bruised face. He did exactly the right thing.

 

Fortunately it went down very well and we even threw in some songs we'd never played together before.

 

It's such a pleasure to have my new guitarist in the band. There's enthusiasm now, as opposed to the 'getting through it' that we had before.

 

Edited Tuesday at 00:20 by 12stringbassist

[dmccombe7]

1 hour ago, 12stringbassist said:

On Saturday we rocked up bright and early and set up at one of our favourite venues in Bolton. Our dep drummer walked in just after 8 with his phone to his ear and a stunned expression. He said his elderly mum had had a fall and was on the flooring her kitchen and he had to go sort her out with an ambulance. He said he'd be back asap. 

 

A bit of a shock, but we decided that our only way forward was to play the two sets acoustically, instead of the 4-5 we were going to start with.

 

Our dep drummer didn't reappear as he was in A&E at Wythenshawe hospital and his mum was only seen at 2am. I felt so sorry for the dreadful situation with his mum. He sent us an awful photo of her bruised face. He did exactly the right thing.

 

Fortunately it went down very well and we even threw in some songs we'd never played together before.

 

It's such a pleasure to have my new guitarist in the band. There's enthusiasm now, as opposed to the 'getting through it' that we had before.

 

Superb.

Obviously hope the guys Mum is ok which is the main thing here but well done for carrying on as an acoustic duo.

Dave

[12stringbassist]

 

[MacDaddy]

Royal Blues at The Troubadour, Earls Court, that London.

4 bands, though not remotely similar. Pretty much a capacity crowd, not bad for a Thursday night. We were up for it, lots of friends and family in the (paying) audience. Played two new songs, which went down well.

The house bass rig was an Orange 4 stroke bass head and Orange cab. I set everything flat with the compressor half way. It sounded glorious. 

Ibanez UB804 -> Airbridge wireless -> Orange 4 stroke bass amp -> Orange cab.

Footwear -> Maroon brothel creepers.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by MacDaddy
Corrected the wireless brand.