bassninja

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[quote name='PTB' timestamp='1376160193' post='2170433'] I think the band is Garaj Mahal but am unable to check at the mo'. [/quote] Thats it... fuzzy memory.

While musically a little outside my usual playlist, John McLaughlin's 'Live at the Festival Hall' trio with Kai and Trilok Gurtu is amazing. Still listen to it loads. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk4MAHAMYOw Kai also had a great hyper jam band called Garage a Trois, IIRC, I think authorised live tapes are available for download at archive.org.

I guess it all boils down to "[i]is the money and/or experience worth avoiding alcohol until I get home[/i]?". You want to cruise on HMS Mormon Spirit of the Seas, you have play nicely and wear the special underpants...

Öh nö! Get well soon, chief.

"Trust fund Wurzels". Genius Give me the Punch Brothers any day.

I flippin' loved it. Yes, parts of it were a bit cack, but they still make the skinny trousers and ironic glasses brigade look limp by comparison. They've earned their stripes time and again over a career lasting more than three hundred years. Or something. Loose but tight, I wouldn't imagine much rehearsal time is spent working out parts and arguing over major sevenths, and IMHO its all the better for it. I felt a bit sorry for Primal Scream though, Aldi to The Stones' Harrods.

Diamond geezer. Bought a gigbag from Andy; arrived quicky in good nick and very well packaged. He's yer man.

One of my regular gigs is in a Little Feat/Allman Bros/Grateful Dead-type band with lots of jamming. We do a few set transitions like Copperhead Road>Somebody to Love (Jefferson Airplane, not Queen!) and The Letter>All along the watchtower, generally with both songs in the same key. Part of the fun is when its not pre-planned, steering the band to set up a groove that will suggest another number. It's great when it all comes together but it does require good ears from the whole band. Someone may quote another number in a solo or jam, and there can be an 'a-ha' moment where everyone gets it. For example 'I wish'; a quote in a bluesy jam would probably set everyone in that direction if everyone's on the ball. If you can bear it, have a listen to Phish, they're very good at it.

Our fun little trio having a good old jam on a 30s standard we copped from The Hot Club of Cowtown (check 'em out if you haven't already)... Feedback gratefully received comrades [media]http://youtu.be/H6cEcS6Gfxk[/media]

Careful, some are as thick as pig sh*t. I asked one for directions in Burnley and it just looked at me and dribbled...

Did my first 'real book' jazz gig for about 15 years with a lady singer, gtr, drums & sax in the week. Brief rehearsal of tops & tails the day before then straight in. Really enjoyed it and lots of good feedback. Brown adrenaline. Today, large outdoor stage at a local college with JamGrass trio. Enoyed the LMII/Ampeg 4x10 house rig. Unfortunately, the college (which has a large and well equipped music/production department) had allowed *no* changoever time and the onstage sound was truly appalling; dogged by feedback throughout. Asked them to turn the entire monitor system down and got a response as if we'd asked in Swahili. All the gear but no idea...

Loved Tull as a nipper. Dave Pegg is my first and most enduring influence, but Cornick, Glascock and Hammond-Hammond also feature. Not seen them since 2006, though. Ian Andersons's voice sounds totally shot now, sadly... Played 'Locomotive breath' with David Palmer once, after the operation and name change to Dee, though. Lovely lady, erudite and a real polymath.

It looks non-original (microtonal frets up to the 5th); that's gonna bring the price down for collectors...

Not sure if it's what you're after, but Mo Foster's "Seventeen Watts?" is a good read about his early days and bands he played with...

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1362615651' post='2002371'] The worst thing is the large number of w@nkers you get to meet. Having said that, I was thinking the other day of how I've met nearly all my friends though music in one way or another. [/quote] +1

Great fella, very easy transaction and super fast delivery. Bassninja

Many fabulous bluegrass/flatpicking g**tar players do lots of stuff in G, moving the capo as necessary to retain the shapes and have access to open strings. Difficult to get the bass runs and ornaments if you're in, say, C#...

[attachment=127993:IMAG0380.jpg] The Old Girl, my '73 Precision. Badass & EMGs, a real workhorse. Possibly the best £325 I've ever spent.

Nice one, Al. watch those royalties roll in...