How was your gig last night?

[dmccombe7]

9 hours ago, Bluewine said:

 

Thanks Dave,

 

I just wish we we were a little more consistent at that level.

 

The clip is from one of those shows where everything just fell into place from the word " go ".

 

Daryl

Love it when that happens.

Dave

[dmccombe7]

9 hours ago, Bluewine said:

 

 

Crossroads

 

I'm not sure if you can open this. If you can at one point I go into a fill that I didn't didn't land so great.

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/199PqQfWCa/

 

Daryl

Love that funky little twist you have going on there Daryl. I've never heard that played with a pick before but that works so well. 

Don't think the fall was that bad as i hardly noticed it. I've always thought Crossroads sounded like a loose jam and playing the "Jazz" version works quite well in cream songs.

In the mid 80's at a very packed rock venue in middle of Glasgow the 3 piece band i was in was playing Crossroads and the singer/guitarist and drummer decided it would be fun to announce a bass solo from their new bass player. I was using a fretless WAL at the time and had never been put in this position before so i just kept the main riff going and added a few fills and chords but i wasn't happy they did it as i'm not great at ad-libbing like that in front of an audience. I'm ok at a rehearsal kind of thing or even at home but when people are watching me the old panic sets in. 

Since that day i've told almost every band i've been in that bass solos are boring and don't work for me or an audience. I'd much prefer to work a solo out at home and just play a "planned, rehearsed" solo but none at all is better. 🤩

Dave

[Stub Mandrel]

2 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

Love that funky little twist you have going on there Daryl. I've never heard that played with a pick before but that works so well. 

Don't think the fall was that bad as i hardly noticed it. I've always thought Crossroads sounded like a loose jam and playing the "Jazz" version works quite well in cream songs.

In the mid 80's at a very packed rock venue in middle of Glasgow the 3 piece band i was in was playing Crossroads and the singer/guitarist and drummer decided it would be fun to announce a bass solo from their new bass player. I was using a fretless WAL at the time and had never been put in this position before so i just kept the main riff going and added a few fills and chords but i wasn't happy they did it as i'm not great at ad-libbing like that in front of an audience. I'm ok at a rehearsal kind of thing or even at home but when people are watching me the old panic sets in. 

Since that day i've told almost every band i've been in that bass solos are boring and don't work for me or an audience. I'd much prefer to work a solo out at home and just play a "planned, rehearsed" solo but none at all is better. 🤩

Dave

 

I liked it, very different from what I play.

 

I try to follow Jack Bruce for the main part, although I steal a ZZ Top turnaround because it fits really well 🙂 Not being him, 'improv in his style' might be a generous description of what I try to do in the solos...