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I’ve also found it helps with the hardest thing for me - that is when a song gets altered in the arrangement in some way. I find changing what’s embedded in my mind harder than learning a new song for some reason. Re-writing it doesn’t guarantee I’ll keep to the new version but certainly helps.

I find that with songs new to me, the best way to get them into my thick skull is to write a part out first, whether I’ll need it or not at a later date. There’s something about writing out even a simple chord chart that helps it stick in my mind, almost to the point of me remembering the page layout and what goes where as I’m playing it. I’ve subsequently got parts for most things I’ve played over the last 40 odd years! Always think that if my band ever needed an emergency dep then at least he/she may have a fighting chance if they could follow the stuff I’ve written too, certainly better than busking anyway.

01 Ever played a gig sitting down Yes, loads - especially as I've got older. 02 Ever gigged on a different instrument? Yes - Guitar and piano/keys 03 Ever shared a stage with a musical hero of yours? Yes - Albert Lee 04 Any fan ever had a tattoo of your band's logo? Yes 05 Ever signed an autograph in a dressing room? Yes 06 Ever cried on stage? Yes, a few times 07 Ever worn a hat on stage? Yes - only once, a Sombrero 08 Ever gigged with a band you hadn't met before the gig? Yes, a few times. 09 Ever been in a relationship with a fellow band member? Yes 10 Ever played in different bands on the same day? Yes 11 Ever had anything thrown at you while playing? Yes - A sprout and then a mince pie (you guessed, Xmas party gig) 12 Ever crashed on the way to the gig? Yes - once after a tyre blowout on the M62, and once when the drummer hit my car at a junction! 13 Ever left a band over the choice of set list? Yes - although to be fair, the band was on it's way out anyway. 14 Ever slept in the venue despite it not being a hotel? Yes 15 Ever been supported by a band clearly better than you? Yes - a proper Mariachi band as well as many others 16 Ever played a gig suffering from some debilitating medical condition? Yes - Broken arm meant I played bass on keyboards for 3 months. 17 Ever been in a band where the guitarist was your favourite bandmate? Yes, and still is. 18 Ever played in the grounds of a stately home? Yes - rather a lot don't you know... 19 Ever injured yourself on stage? Yes - First gig I ever did on upright, had blood spurting from my plucking hand . 20 Ever been told that your bass isn't loud enough? Yes - Plenty of times, got used to it playing in a loud band too long.

Yup, we do that tune as well. A great loss, RIP John.

Bought, thanks for the heads up! Incidentally, some blue ones are available on eBay, starting at £27.50 incl p&p here - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-SESSIONCAKE-SC-02-MIXING-HEADPHONE-AMP-FOR-GUITAR-BASS-VOCALS-KEYBOAR/303490882018?hash=item46a97759e2:g:SdsAAOSwgNZeRpAO

Ray Jackson (despite the lack of credit on the 'Every Picture...' album) went on to record on Stewart's next two albums, including the Maggie May follow up single ' You wear it well'. However, years later Jackson had a legal encounter with Stewart - details here from Wiki - Jackson threatened legal action against Stewart in 2003, claiming that he should have been credited as co-composer of "Maggie May" alongside Stewart and guitarist Martin Quittenton for writing the musical "hook" of the song. Stewart had called Jackson in to play on "Mandolin Wind", and was so pleased at the results that he asked the musician if he had any ideas for the unfinished "Maggie May". Jackson claimed that he wrote the famous and instantly recognizable mandolin hook. In a statement he said, "I am convinced that my contribution to 'Maggie May,' which occurred in the early stages of my career when I was just becoming famous for my work with Lindisfarne, was essential to the success of the record. Furthermore, a writing credit would have given me a writing status which would have encouraged my writing efforts and could well have opened doors for me." His manager Barry McKay said that Jackson was asked to write something in the studio for the then unfinished record and wrote the hook. At the time, he had no idea he would be entitled to part-ownership as joint composer, and was merely paid a £15 session fee. A spokesman for Stewart dismissed his claim as "ridiculous".[2]

I saw that interview, and although a big fan of both of 'The Two Ronnies', Wood and Lane, I did think time has maybe drawn a bit of a mist over what Mr Wood seemed to think happened in the recording of the album 'Every picture tells a story' I had always thought that the album and the single 'Maggie May featured Ronnie Wood on bass and guitar & Ian McLagan on organ (& piano?), but all of The Faces mimed to the track on Top of the Pops. Kenney Jones and Ronnie Lane only featured on one track on 'Every Picture...' the cover of The Temptations 'I know I'm losing you' . This song had long been a staple of The Faces live shows. I believe the credits on the album were vague about this, largely due to the fact that it was on Mercury records and The Faces were signed to Warner Brothers? ( Didn't explain the use of two of the band on the album though, Wood and Mclagan.) Other personnel on 'Every Picture...' included Martin Quittenton (co-writer of Maggie May) on acoustic guitars, Micky Waller on drums , Ray Jackson (Lindisfarne) on mandolin and Pete Sears on keys.

Maybe worth a wanted advert on here and other places, to see if there’s a chance someone out there has a jazz neck they want to swap for yours? Admit it’s a long shot as like yourself more people seem to prefer the jazz profile, but hey it’s worth a go? 🤔

And ain’t it a beauty.....🙂

Of course not - universally loved on here ( well me and a couple of other enlightened folk anyway...). A design classic. runs for cover...........

Err...how about a black Precision? 😄

Would be with you on the whole red thing, were it not for a nice old Fender in Candy Apple 🍎

Any pretend Fenders - that is, basses with all the features/shape of the original but not. Appreciate they may be better built / higher spec / more upmarket / expensive / boutique, but just make the whole thing more original. I’m looking at you Sandberg, Sadowsky, Lakland etc etc.

Another +1 for Willie Dixon. I always liked Richard Cousins playing with Robert Cray's band. Also Joey Spampinato from NRBQ, played with Keith Richards and Eric Clapton too (and of course a fan of the Dano Longhorn ☺️ ).

I remember my friends laughing at me for liking ABBA in the mid/late 70’s, really glad they became so iconic.

Winner for the most uncool suggestion so far, well done sir! 😄

According to Wiki, the tune was co-written by Kenny and Patricia Waterman, who was the second wife of Dennis hence the confusion. I didn’t know that either!

Great brass arrangement too. 🙂

Haven't heard this in ages - great song and sublime bass work too.

I have 3 P-Lytes Roger, and while I think they sound pretty good I’ve always fancied trying one out with some different pickups and wired passively, more out of curiosity than anything else! All of mine are the Lyte standard model i.e. P-J configuration and active preamp, which was the same throughout the life of this model. All of mine are the later versions with chrome hardware which I prefer. Had the battery issue fixed on a couple and it didn’t alter the sound at all but now means a Duracell lasts a year instead of a month or two! The one with the larger bridge pickup was the Lyte Deluxe model, which featured a mahogany body, gold hardware, string through body arrangement and 3 band EQ. This wasn’t in production for very long , towards the end of the model’s run. I did have one but couldn’t gel with it for some reason. Cheers.

Or just sell it on here for a bargain price, everybody wins!

I've been wondering about fitting a set of these to my P-Lyte so interested to hear opinions too. Seem well priced compared to other brands as well. Interestingly the set of PJ pickups from Andertons appear £14.01cheaper than their P only set?!! https://www.andertons.co.uk/fender-yosemite-p-j-pickup-set-0992281000?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIu-bFrMK66AIVAbTtCh35xwOpEAQYAyABEgJqMfD_BwE https://www.andertons.co.uk/fender-yosemite-p-bass-pickup-0992284000?tmsb=cgdi5vh&tmsl=ec608940-7cd8-4edb-b9de-cf25587caa8e&tmty=w&tmcv=63&tmcs=cnj1aqn

Never tire of this, always puts a smile on my face.

Excellent stuff Mick, thanks for posting! Hope you're staying well. Pete.

With such a vast genre it's difficult to know where to start. Am sure there are a lot of folk on here more qualified than me to point you in the right direction, but IMHO don't go too off piste - chances are your fellow players & audience will appreciate stuff that's reasonably well known. I played in an 8 piece band for years doing standards as part of our sets for functions / weddings etc and even the odd jazz club gig. People like to hear the melody prominent, as well as improvised round a few times too. There are some quite good fake books available, ( although avoid the ones where all the tunes are in the same key or feature Michael Buble arrangements....) You can't go wrong with getting some Sinatra stuff under your belt, as his versions of a lot of Great American Songbook stuff are considered fairly definitive I think. Ditto Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and plenty of others. On here Bilbo is probably your man to help you more. Good luck!