How was your gig last night?

[dmccombe7]

2 hours ago, Bluewine said:

 

Me too.

 

Daryl

On another side note i've just joined a blues rock band from Edinburgh area. They've seen me play with the Glam band so no audition required they said. They were just happy to get me the BL said. 

Guitarist is a mad Gary Moore fan so that should be fun. They seem to be aiming for that Eric Clapton, Cream, Gary Moore style of Blues Rock which can make for some nice interesting basslines.

Dave

 

[JapanAxe]

Friday night I had a last minute (8 hours’ notice) dep with tribute band Dire Streets, at Chipping Sodbury Town Hall. I’ve done quite a few rhythm guitar deps with them over the last few months, but I hadn’t looked at the bass parts for a year, so I took my iPad and read the dots where necessary.

 

[Stub Mandrel]

4 hours ago, Bluewine said:

 

 

The band sounds great and the lighting is very nice.

 

Daryl

 

Venue's lighting, it's always great to play with proper lights.

[knirirr]

I was away immediately afterwards and so didn't get chance to post at the time, but there was a Mingus Tree gig in The Shed in Charlbury on the 14th. This style of music always seems to go down well with the local audience.

There's one tune where the guitarist changed the intro, and I keep missing my cue. I paid particular attention this time and was bang on with the intro, then cocked up in the second bar once the tune got going. Oh, well.
There was also a request from the band for bass guitar for a particular song, played in a particular way. Normally, if I noodled away on an altered scale throughout a tune it might be considered a bit dodgy, but this was exactly what they wanted. 

We even got a star turn from the BL's ventriloquist's dummy for one song...

[dmccombe7]

1 hour ago, knirirr said:

I was away immediately afterwards and so didn't get chance to post at the time, but there was a Mingus Tree gig in The Shed in Charlbury on the 14th. This style of music always seems to go down well with the local audience.

There's one tune where the guitarist changed the intro, and I keep missing my cue. I paid particular attention this time and was bang on with the intro, then cocked up in the second bar once the tune got going. Oh, well.
There was also a request from the band for bass guitar for a particular song, played in a particular way. Normally, if I noodled away on an altered scale throughout a tune it might be considered a bit dodgy, but this was exactly what they wanted. 

We even got a star turn from the BL's ventriloquist's dummy for one song...

Brilliant.

Dave

[peteb]

15 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

On another side note i've just joined a blues rock band from Edinburgh area. They've seen me play with the Glam band so no audition required they said. They were just happy to get me the BL said. 

Guitarist is a mad Gary Moore fan so that should be fun. They seem to be aiming for that Eric Clapton, Cream, Gary Moore style of Blues Rock which can make for some nice interesting basslines.

Dave

 

 

I must admit, I'm a bit envious! I've got a great blues band of a similar ilk, which has just about wound down as two of the key members because they are just too busy, not to mention that the main dep guitarist is unavailable due to a serious back issue.

 

The Zep tribute hasn't got a lot of gigs booked for this year and I would love to fill up the diary gigging with a blues rock band like that, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of opportunities at the moment. 

 

[Paul S]

11 minutes ago, peteb said:

 

I must admit, I'm a bit envious!

 

 

Me too!  Until April last year I'd been in a blues rock trio playing that exact stuff, plus Hendrix, Jeff Healey and a few fun obscurities (check out Lonnie Mack's later output), for the previous 5 years.  The music I grew up listening to and the most enjoyable band I've ever played with.  The guitarist pulled the plug for reasons the drummer and I have not got to the bottom of.  Probably spoilt me for doing anything else - I'm 68 now and unlikely to find another band I would enjoy that much.  Then again, I don't miss the late nights.