Stub Mandrel Posted 9 hours ago Posted 9 hours ago 6 minutes ago, Norris said: it was great to have the whole place singing their heads off to War Pigs! I am always amazed how everyone loves War Pigs! Ten years ago it would have been a floor-emptier! 2 Quote
Norris Posted 9 hours ago Posted 9 hours ago 9 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said: I am always amazed how everyone loves War Pigs! Ten years ago it would have been a floor-emptier! I'm always surprised that young people seem to know the words to Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) by Edison Lighthouse. It was fairly obscure back in 1970 (ok, 5 weeks at number one, but still...) 1 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 7 hours ago, Norris said: I'm always surprised that young people seem to know the words to Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) by Edison Lighthouse. It was fairly obscure back in 1970 (ok, 5 weeks at number one, but still...) I'd struggle to get past the chorus... Quote
ossyrocks Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 11 hours ago, Sean said: I did my first gig with the covers band last night at The Whitmore Tap, Clifton/Redland, Bristol. It was quite stressful overall especially being the first time with a very established band. The footprint was so small and the layout so weird, we didn't have space for monitors, lights or my mic stand. I had my pedalboard on my amp and had to stand still to not hit walls, drummer and 2nd guitarist with the headstock. The pub has waist-high wooden screens that form booths and the sound was muffled everywhere. The load in/out was horrible too. No parking, yellow lines everywhere. The radiator behind us was red hot and didn't seem to respond to the valve adjustments we made. I was sweating and my fingers were slipping, more than you'd expect for a February pub gig. I told Guitarist 1 that he'd have EQ issues with his cab in a corner and guess what? No one seemed to know what time we were supposed to start, we had conflicting info from the agent/promoter and the pub and we went on in the end at 19:30. Finished up about 22:10 with a short break. 33 songs in total. That's as many as I've ever played I reckon. The punters were annoyingly all over us and wanted a go on the drums, guitar, they wanted selfies with the band, they thought it ridiculous that we don't do random requests. And of course they all stood in our way when we were packing up and unloading to the cars. It was like a greatest hits of pub gig niggles rolled into one! There were some tyre-kicking wedding enquiries that might or might not lead to decent function money but who knows? One bloke told me that my bass was the nicest Warwick he'd ever seen. Second time that's happened in the last 6 months. If you know, you know 😉. I kept my cool, did my job and went home only to find the road for last 3 miles of it was closed and I had to make a 9 mile diversion up the M5 to get home. Considering everything, I think we did well. If you can deliver the goods under those conditions, you're doing alright. I'd call that a baptism of fire! Quote
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