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    Saw Green Day on the IOW Festival coverage and was very impressed. Not usually my kind of thing but thought they were so good, really tight and polished whilst still sounding raw. US bands often seem to excel at this.
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    On hold pending the usual.
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    Shame about Cyndi Lauper, and her band were so good too. Tried watching Idles, just not my kind of thing. - I can’t do stuff that’s so shouty / angry and with vocals like that, however impassioned. Not bothering with Coldplay, but Jessie Ware on now and very groovy. Olivia Dean was okay too, new to me and quite enjoyed her set.
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    Interesting Ernie Ball Stingray with a ‘Made in China’ marking on the back of the headstock. 🤔
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    So far watching on TV I’ve seen Dua Lipa ( really good), Paul Heaton ( great tunes but rather flakey vocals) and Sugarbabes ( excellent vocals and band). Few acts this year interesting me but going to catch as many as I can and hopefully some may impress.
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    Selling my Fender Precision Lyte bass. I have two near identical sunburst models ( with close serial numbers ) and this one was my spare during my time with The ELO Experience. I say 'spare' but in reality it never left the house, which explains it being in immaculate condition. I bought this one in case my other one got nicked or met an unfortunate end on the road ( it didn't but that's the one I'm keeping, and after nearly 800 gigs it is a bit roadworn. ) So, it makes sense to sell this beauty. I've had it a long time, and it has really been a case queen as they say. There are one or two small marks but nothing like you will find on most basses from the mid 90's. Frets are not showing any wear, and amazingly all the tops are still intact on the control knobs (these usually get lost over the years). Only other thing worth mentioning are some marks on the headstock edge, but again nothing nasty. It dates from either 1996 or 1997, and is one of the later / last of the standard Precision Lytes. I prefer this era due to the finishes being more durable than the earlier models and also the chrome hardware, again better lasting than the gold stuff on the early ones. I've had a few P-Lytes over the years and this one is possibly the best. The neck is a very slim Jazz bass profile, 1.5" at the nut. Build quality and finish are up to the usual Japanese high standard. It plays superbly, with a medium/low action. Currently wearing a set of D'Addario EXL170s, 45-100 ( which have been on a while TBH). Scale is the standard Fender 34" and it balances well on the strap. Controls are master volume / pan / bass / treble, with the preamp using a standard 9v battery. Lots of tonal variety available, very versatile. It weighs a fantastic 6.8 lbs using my digital luggage scales, and is therefore a great choice for long gigs. Nothing has been altered from when it was new to my knowledge, and it really is a fabulous bass. I've recently retired from doing lots of touring, so time to sell some stuff that I won't be needing anymore. I will include a case - it's an old scruffy Gator ABS one but still does the job. I think £595 is a good price, especially considering it's condition - have recently seen similar (not so tidy) basses advertised for between £649 and £779. I would much prefer this to be a cash on collection sale or happy to deliver within say a 60 mile radius of Brough in East Yorkshire for the cost of my diesel. Also could meet up somewhere if you're further away, PM me to arrange. I will post it if necessary, but will need to source a box first. Any questions then shoot - have more pics too. Thanks for reading, cheers.
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    I was lucky enough to see Ry Cooder in the 80’s at a gig with Flaco, who was absolutely brilliant. In the right situation accordions can be fabulous instruments.
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    There seems to be a growing trend with car dealers to set ‘low’ fixed prices, presumably as some people don’t get on with discussions about how much it is going to cost them. This seems to be the case with car ‘supermarkets’ where I’m guessing it’s the same principle as Aldi etc - pile ‘em high and sell ‘em cheap. When I recently went with my daughter and her partner to buy from one of these places, one of the first questions we got asked was how much a month we were looking to pay - once they grasped we were cash buyers they did seem a bit disappointed as it meant no commission on the finance deal When I worked in the motor trade, there was a way of thinking that concentrated on ‘the price to swap’ - this meaning that the price of the vehicle for sale and the price offered for the customer’s part exchange were not key, it was whether the balance to change vehicle was satisfactory for all. (‘We buy any Car’ and others have changed this recently though). When we moved house 5 years ago this was also the case - we priced ours to allow for a small amount of discount, and negotiated the same on the one we bought which was within the parameters of what we had hoped to pay as a price to swap. Of course this only applies with a ‘selling and buying’ situation, but if I’m looking to upgrade a bass then I still consider it a main consideration.
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    Or Queen…
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    I absolutely love mine! Had it for years and never missed a beat, paired with various amps by Ashdown, MarkBass and GK. I used it last night with a blues band and it is still great. Ex Rory Gallagher bassist Gerry McAvoy used it a couple of months ago and liked it too! I’d buy this if I had room for it to make a killer 8x10 rig - a wonderful cab at a bargain price. Someone buy it - you won’t regret it!
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    I did a dep last night with a friend’s blues band. The gig was for a 60th birthday at a village pub near the East Yorkshire coast. Long room, us at one end, buffet at the other! Only around 40 guests so quite a challenge for the band, but we seemed to go down okay. The birthday boy had seen the band a few times so he knew what he was getting, not sure about all the others though. Anyway, fed, watered and paid so no problems for me. I actually enjoyed playing something different, plenty of stuff to keep me on my toes including a couple of northern soul classics reworked. Used my Precision Lyte into GK800RB and a 4x10, sounded fine. I’ve been asked to do a festival with the band in July so looking forward to that too.
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    I watched it for about 10 mins last night, that was about as much as I could manage TBH. Turned the volume down and it was hilarious..😆 Good job we all have different tastes though innit? A friend of mine has crewed for The Darkness for a few years and always says what a set of top blokes they are.
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    It is - original version from ‘The Thom Bell Sessions’, recorded in 1977 and released ( I think ) maybe 79. Probably my favourite EJ track, even though it’s not one of his own. The (Detroit)Spinners on vocals with Elton, and I believe it may have been the wonderful Bob Babbit on bass too. Sublime. The later remix killed it a bit for me, just lost something but that’s maybe because I knew the original version. I was working in record retailing at the time it was released and the manager in our shop had already schooled me well in soul / funk / r&b music. I remember getting the 12” version of this and being blown away by it after playing it at full volume on the shop’s hi fi. Happy days.
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    Absolutely! I did play it once with a 4 piece band though (all better players than me!) and it worked fine - didn't do the full 8+ minute version though!
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    How about Elton John’s version of ‘Are you ready for love’? Although a minor hit in 1979, the ( inferior to my ears ) remixed version of the song went to number 1 in 2003, and is really well known. Maybe a tad repetitive but a great tune with a fine bassline. Like some other suggestions , not hard funk but groovy AF.
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    Seen the BBs a couple of times, and they are superb.
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    Marshall did a 4x15 cab in the early 70’s. Not many around now and go for big bucks.
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    This was featured in BBC Proms Northern Soul on Sunday night, still on iPlayer. Great bassline and song!
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    I’m pis*ed off that I missed the recent tour ‘Northern Soul Orchestrated’ which was this exact show. They came to Sheffield City Hall too, one of my favourite venues. Hopefully they will be doing some more dates at some point, as all of the dates were sell outs. Just great seeing so many talented singers and lots of musicians making such a big and happy sound - loved it. Bassist Steve Pearce commented that it was one of the best gigs ever, and he should know!
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    For anyone who missed this great show, it is currently on iPlayer after being shown on BBC4 last night. ( Much better than the footie…)
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    Sheryl Crow last night at The Piece Hall in Halifax. A wonderful 18th century building built in a square, designed for cloth weavers to sell their goods. Despite my aversion to large / outdoor gigs ( see post above), me and Mrs CP got some tickets for this gig as we both love Sheryl and she wasn't doing anything else on this brief UK tour that was near or indoor so we bit the bullet. Weather was awful as we got to the gig, but we found shelter under the arches on the perimeter whilst watching support band Dea Matrona, whose bassist sounded great on her Mustang bass. Fortunately the weather improved as SC and her band came on around 9pm. Great mix in a space that I would imagine can’t have been easy for her engineer. Band were wonderful, with Robert Kearns using Reverend, Fano, MM Stingray G&L basses. He also played guitar and Wurlitzer piano on a few songs, during which Sheryl played bass on her Guild M85, and sounded fine too. Audley Freed on guitar was his usual brilliant self, although missing fellow long standing SC guitarist Peter Stroud for this tour. Tim Smith did a good job standing in though. Sheryl was superb, in great voice and looking amazing! They did all the older stuff everyone loved, as well as a couple from Sheryl’s recent album ’Evolution’. Played for around 1 hr 40 mins. They have a few more UK dates, recommended. (pics below not mine, obvs!)
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    Mick Ronson co-produced the album ‘Transformer’ with Bowie, and also arranged strings on it as well as playing piano, recorder and guitar. Some people reckon Bowie played the acoustic on WOTWS rather than Mick though.
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    My days of doing big gigs are now over. I would happily pay the silly ticket price for a favourite band in a smaller venue, but not a stadium. Surely doing one large gig should mean the prices are reduced, not hiked up? As you say, poorer view ( who wants to watch a gig on a video screen?), worse sound, possibly getting drenched and rip off food/ drink prices all mean I’ll pass. I was tempted to see Springsteen recently, but at the crazy prices involved and all the above I bailed. Definitely sticking to small / medium sized venues now.
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    We played in Beverley yesterday at the wonderful Sun Inn, which is now a monthly gig for our acoustic duo ‘Milestone’. Arrived at 4.30 pm to set up, and it was already busy. The gig runs from 5.30 till 8pm, with us doing 3x40 minute sets of 100% audience requested songs. We had the most ever number of requests, and managed to play most of them, although we were pleased the lady who’d asked for Britney’s ‘Hit me baby one more time’ had to leave before we attempted it. Other songs requested included Springsteen’s ‘I’m on fire’, ‘Broken stones’ and James Taylor’s version of ‘How sweet it is’ which doubled as a request for some JT and Motown. This is one of those special gigs where everything is just spot on - a great audience, brilliant staff etc, and fantastic landlords Paul and Del who really care about music. ( Del even said we should get there a bit earlier next time and he’ll serve us one of his legendary Sunday lunches, or Yorkshire Tapas!) Looking forward to our July gig.
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