How was your gig last night?

[MacDaddy]

I’ve been following this thread since New Year’s Eve, mainly looking for reassurance. January gigs can feel like a leap of faith at the best of times, pubs are usually quieter, the first week (and first full week) can be especially thin, and then there’s Dry January doing its best impression of a killjoy.

 

So it’s been genuinely heartening to see reports of decent audiences turning out. That gave me a bit of optimism going into my own gig last night, of which I will post about later 😁

[Mickeyboro]

My gig on Thursday at a local sociao club saw Otis Jay Blues Band play to an audience of just 15! Storm Goretti didn’t really disrupt Bournemouth, but the combination of strong publicity and gusty wind kept people at home. 
 

Never mind, we have been rebooked for April. And we got some good practice… some photo ops too. So an ill wind didn’t spoil everything.

Edited 2 hours ago by Mickeyboro

[NoRhino]

33 minutes ago, borntohang said:

I'm going to take a blind guess at "somebody got the wrong song order on their setlist". I used to love that gag - keeps the singer on their toes! Well done on the recovery though.

We use a single source of printing for the set and we're each handed a copy on the night.   

The BL described it as Fawlty Towers The Musical.     

[bassbiscuits]

Just back from playing at the (mostly) annual Let’s Play Bowie tribute gig at Leicester’s International Arts Centre. 
 

My first gig of the new year, this time as part of a multi-band afternoon gig, playing bass on a six-song Bowie set (Ziggy Stardust, Starman, Moonage Daydream, Boys Keep Swinging, Andy Warhol and Queen Bitch). 
 

The gig was a sell-out and nicely full by the time we played just before 5pm. Lovely to play a gig where someone else is sorting out the sound (very good it was too) and I just turn up with a bass and a cable. 
 

Took my Squier Bitsa P bass project strung with GHS Precision flats. Provided bass rig was a Markbass LM2 into an Ampeg 2x12 (I think). 
I got to catch up with other local singers and musicians, one who had brought his genuine 1971 P bass for the gig, which was splendid. 
 

No photos of my band yet but these give you the rough idea. What a brilliant afternoon out and a lovely thing to be part of.  

 

[Mickeyboro]

8 minutes ago, bassbiscuits said:

I got to catch up with other local singers and musicians, one who had brought his genuine 1971 P bass for the gig, which was splendid. 

What a coincidence! I was playing my 71 P in the picture above. It doesn’t get  out much these days, but as I have parted with my Flea it’s moved up the pecking order. 

[Stub Mandrel]

1 hour ago, borntohang said:

I'm going to take a blind guess at "somebody got the wrong song order on their setlist". I used to love that gag - keeps the singer on their toes! Well done on the recovery though.

 

On Friday the second song on the setlist was 'Walk in my Shadow'. Alex called 'Walk in My Shadow'.
 

Not long after, having played a bar of Walk in My Shadow in Gm, I seamlessly transition to The Hunter in Am which is what Alex and Paul are playing...

[Stub Mandrel]

59 minutes ago, Mickeyboro said:

So an ill wind didn’t spoil everything.

 

It blew the felt off of a third of my workshop roof 😞

[bassbiscuits]

3 minutes ago, Mickeyboro said:

What a coincidence! I was playing my 71 P in the picture above. It doesn’t get  out much these days, but as I have parted with my Flea it’s moved up the pecking order. 

And I opted to leave my 1970 P at home this time - but it’s almost identical to the one that came to the gig. 

[dmccombe7]

9 hours ago, NoRhino said:

On Friday our Blues band opened for an excellent Eagles trib at The Ferry in Glasgow.  Ultra busy so what could go wrong?    I've been with them since 2015 and it's a really tight well rehearsed band. Anyway, I stepped up to sing the 2nd last song which I've sung dozens of times.      Carnage!  1234 drums and instruments totally out of time as in different song out of time.

Stop smile and start again.  Same result.   Eek.   Third time I kept singing through the cacophany until we reached verse one and it finally gelled.  

No doubt we'll reset the song at our next rehearsal.  

Such disasters seldom happen but wow. If C@rlsb3rg did onstage disasters.   

 

 

Its live music, sometimes things go wrong. Think we've all experienced this at some stage.

Was it Hotel Caledonia that was on. I know the bass player thru FB.

Dave

[dmccombe7]

1 hour ago, borntohang said:

I'm going to take a blind guess at "somebody got the wrong song order on their setlist". I used to love that gag - keeps the singer on their toes! Well done on the recovery though.

And that's the reason i always post or print off the set list for our gigs when we make any changes depending on venue or add any new songs. We've had occasion where we started off in different songs only to find someone was using an older set list. Doesn't happen now tho. 

I do like your sense of humour with your band but i'm not sure our guys would appreciate that kind of joke. Think i would be looking for a new job. 😂

Dave

[dmccombe7]

43 minutes ago, bassbiscuits said:

Just back from playing at the (mostly) annual Let’s Play Bowie tribute gig at Leicester’s International Arts Centre. 
 

My first gig of the new year, this time as part of a multi-band afternoon gig, playing bass on a six-song Bowie set (Ziggy Stardust, Starman, Moonage Daydream, Boys Keep Swinging, Andy Warhol and Queen Bitch). 
 

The gig was a sell-out and nicely full by the time we played just before 5pm. Lovely to play a gig where someone else is sorting out the sound (very good it was too) and I just turn up with a bass and a cable. 
 

Took my Squier Bitsa P bass project strung with GHS Precision flats. Provided bass rig was a Markbass LM2 into an Ampeg 2x12 (I think). 
I got to catch up with other local singers and musicians, one who had brought his genuine 1971 P bass for the gig, which was splendid. 
 

No photos of my band yet but these give you the rough idea. What a brilliant afternoon out and a lovely thing to be part of.  

 

Moonage Daydream would be a great song to play.

Dave

[bassbiscuits]

30 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Moonage Daydream would be a great song to play.

Dave

I absolutely love playing it - something closer to the “Bowie at the Beeb” version. Epic tune 

[12stringbassist]

Our first gig of the new year. We played with a dep drummer on New Year's Eve, as our own drummer had a long standing arrangement for a family party in Wales.  I turned up a bit frazzled after having forgotten a couple of things and having to go back home for them. The parking was difficult. We had people shutting the rear door of the venue as we were loading in which didn't help and a couple of people were getting in our way. We were a bit loose in the first half. The second half was a lot better.

 

 

Edited 10 minutes ago by 12stringbassist

[martthebass]

Great first gig of the year for me last night. New venue for us, The lion at Cas Vegas (Castleford), a well known music venue in these parts. Known as a bit of a rockers venue so booking a glam band was a bit of a punt, however it was banging with a full house and happy smiling punters. Booked back in October and already looking forward to it.