How was your gig last night?

[Rosie C]

Not my gig, but I was in the studio yesterday recording the first couple of tracks for my second album. The studio engineer, who is also guitarist and sometime backing vocalist on my recordings, casually dropped into the conversation that he opened for Planet Rock's "Winters End" festival on Thursday... and I get this guy whenever I need on my amateur recordings! 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 13:58 by Rosie C

[ossyrocks]

I'm having quite a difficult week. 

Started feeling a bit "off" on Monday, by rehearsal on Wednesday I was "taking it easy" on the vocals. Come Thursday I lost my voice entirely and had a very  sore throat, a cough, and felt weary, but I was house bass player at Lancaster Funk Club in the evening, and got through it just about. Friday I had committed to a dep gig with another Blues band, thankfully an early shift 6pm-8pm, so was home and in bed by 9.30pm. Today my band are top spot at The January Blues Festival in Colne, and there's no way I can sing a note. Thankfully we share lead vocal duties, so we've hashed out a set where I don't sing at all, but it's still going to be hard as I feel like death. My wife has also come down with it. We think it's covid, but I have no choice but for the show to go on. Wish me luck!

 

Rob

[Bluewine]

12 hours ago, Rosie C said:

Not my gig, but I was in the studio yesterday recording the first couple of tracks for my second album. The studio engineer, who is also guitarist and sometime backing vocalist on my recordings, casually dropped into the conversation that he opened for Planet Rock's "Winters End" festival on Thursday... and I get this guy whenever I need on my amateur recordings! 

 

 

 

Great pic! Really nice.

 

Daryl

[knirirr]

We played The Shed in Charlbury tonight; it's a small venue but popular with the jazz crowd. This was a fundraising gig to cover some of the costs of the recent refurbishment there (nice to have working electricity which is up to safety standards...).
It was a good turnout considering we'd never played there before and the locals wouldn't have known what they were going to get. Luckily, they seemed to have liked it. 

 

 

Edit: Video available. 

Edited 16 minutes ago by knirirr
Added video link.

[Norris]

I've never known pubs to be so busy in January - another one rammed tonight. They were not very dancy, well there wasn't really the space, so it was a bit of a proggy night instead. We even had a little blast of Genesis - I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe), and I found my lawnmower patch in time 😂

 

The tools of the trade - Sub5 Stingish bass, GT-6B, Rumble v3 500. Black DMs.

 

Some lovely compliments too. It's always nice when people acknowledge the bass.

 

We have a couple of weekends off now.

 

 

Edited 13 hours ago by Norris

[Rosie C]

11 hours ago, Bluewine said:

 

Great pic! Really nice.

 

Daryl

 

I think it was the official Planet Rock camera person. 

 

[martthebass]

After our usual few weeks off in January, we were back at it at a fairly local WMC, Maltby Catholic Club. Despite being local we’d not played this venue before. The gig was well publicised resulting in a packed house. Both spots were well attended by dancers and a promise of a further gig, love it when a plan comes together. 
Talking with the proprietor, turns out the place wasn’t doing too well when the took it over last year but since investing in better live music acts the place is now thriving which was great to hear.

EBMM shorty stingray, Boss pedals, Markbass little Marcus 500, 2 x Markbass NY121.

 

Silver Converse Chuckie Ts.

 

Edited 4 hours ago by martthebass

[Angelus]

On 24/01/2026 at 19:41, dmccombe7 said:

Get yourself up to the Curtis Brothers Gym in Lanark. Couple of sessions a week and within 3-6mths you'll feel and see a huge difference. You can really go for it and take on a Personal Trainer for 10 sessions if you feel you need to be pushed a bit.

Been going almost 5yrs now Lee and i feel great. The 2 brothers Barry & Craig Curtis are ex-military but they are really nice guys. Very friendly gym with most people saying Hi when you walk in.

Did you injure yourself or just completely unfit ?

Dave

 

 

Sorry for the late reply Dave, I was completely unfit after two weeks in bed. I think getting out the house would be a good start to getting me fit/fitter, spent more of the year in bed or on the couch so for. 

[Stub Mandrel]

Yesterday morning I picked up a few items that had fallen out of the recycling bag. A bean can lid made a big slice along my ring fingernail.

 

Spent all day with it plastered up and it appeared to have sealed, but I touched it up with superglue just in case...

 

Last night's Fortunate Sons gig was for the Rusty Sprocket MCC and locals at a pub in Rumney. Usually the band play their festival every year but this year the dates didn't work, a shame as it's an event I'd love to play. Setting up this happened... yes leaking either side of the glue patch.

 

 

It stopped bleeding but a rummage in my hits box later and it opened right up, about 4mm deep and 15mm long. Luckily th drummer has special 'wrap' elastoplasts with long tails. I've still got it on and will leave it for a couple of days.

 

Gig itself was good although I made a few fluffs, only partly due to my padded ginger ... like remembering to tune back up from D but not switching myself off standby.

 

Got an immense sound from my Epiphone Embassy with a nice overdrive when digging in.

 

Great reception and possibility of a slot at a big bike festival in the summer.

[Rosie C]

14 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

 

 

This is taking "played it 'til my fingers bled" too far!

 

14 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

 

 

[neepheid]

Some video emerged from last weekend's gig.  Just in case you thought I just set up my rig in random places and photograph it every other weekend

 

 

 

[tauzero]

40 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Yesterday morning I picked up a few items that had fallen out of the recycling bag. A bean can lid made a big slice along my ring fingernail.

 

Spent all day with it plastered up and it appeared to have sealed, but I touched it up with superglue just in case...

 

Last night's Fortunate Sons gig was for the Rusty Sprocket MCC and locals at a pub in Rumney. Usually the band play their festival every year but this year the dates didn't work, a shame as it's an event I'd love to play. Setting up this happened... yes leaking either side of the glue patch.

 

 

It stopped bleeding but a rummage in my hits box later and it opened right up, about 4mm deep and 15mm long. Luckily th drummer has special 'wrap' elastoplasts with long tails. I've still got it on and will leave it for a couple of days.

 

Gig itself was good although I made a few fluffs, only partly due to my padded ginger ... like remembering to tune back up from D but not switching myself off standby.

 

Got an immense sound from my Epiphone Embassy with a nice overdrive when digging in.

 

Great reception and possibility of a slot at a big bike festival in the summer.

 

It could have been worse. Imagine what effect a cut on your thumb would have had on your typing.

[colleya]

1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

 

It's always the innocuous stuff that gets you isn't it? We've got a gig tonight - first one at what looks like a very promising venue.

 

Midweek I put my hand in my pocket and got my right index fingernail caught in the clip of a pen - nearly took the whole nail off. After some emergency nail file work from my better half and daughter we saved it and it feels ok when noodling around this morning. Phew!

 

According to the band WhatsApp this morning, the drummer, sax and singer are all suffering from heavy colds.

 

Could be an 'interesting' one......