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I feel another thread coming on @FinnDave Lets see your Grateful Dude T shirt pics. Dave

Its T shirt character building Dave.

In fact i might even wear mine at our punk gig on Sat night. A T shirt for all occasions Dave

Still wearing mine Dave.

That T shirt looks very familiar. Grateful Dudes by any chance ? Enjoyed that. Looks like a fun night. Dave

Drop wee subtle hints on a regular basis. Suggest dropping it for a bit to see if it makes a difference in getting more gigs. Dave

100% all chart hits that people of a certain age will remember. Mostly played on Radio 1 back in the day. Dave

Rolls of the tongue a lot easier plus it can cover many styles. The minute you say Blues in your name you are tagged as another John Mayall covers band. Limits your choice of venues. I def like it simple with Maple Road. It has that country / blues feel about it. Dave

Would you not be better dropping the blues band part and just go with Maple Road which sounds great to me. Dave

One of the main rock venues in our area which i play with both bands also told us that punk bands dont go down so well on a Sat night in the venue and we were usually on a Fri night with punk band and Sat night with Glam band. I don't think punk was pulling in as much of an audience so a Fri night suited it better but he did say things tend to change thru time and we are now doing Sat nights with punk band too. This guy really knows his audience to be fair and puts bands on that he knows will pull a decent crowd. Its a 80/20 ticket split so everyone's a winner the more crowd you get in the more he makes at the bar too. Dave

Yep i'm always aware of the punk stigma from its heyday when audiences were a bit raucous and causing more of a disturbance but these days its anything but. Yes punks love to dance a lot but that creates atmosphere at a gig. Sometimes its difficult when you say you're a punk covers band the venue automatically thinks "trouble". If anything i've found the punk audiences are genuine fans of the music and are great fun to play for. And like you @theplumber i'm from a prog background and in no way a punk. Dave

Had this issue with the Punk band. Punk isn't everyone's "cup of tea" but every gig i've played with the band has gone down really well and we alsways get dancers having fun. In one gig where it was a busy venue with people dancing almost every song we were never asked back and when we approached the venue they were evasive so we just stopped approaching them. It used to be my local bar when i was in my 20's so i know it well. What i found was that they didn't want to pay a full band fee when they can get a singer/guitarist in with backing tracks for half of what they pay a band. For me that is quite annoying as that particular bar had a long history of having live bands. Obviously owners want more profit from the night. One of my mates 5 piece band was offered £150 if they played two 1 hr sets. We were getting £300 so i'm assuming the solo player is getting same as a band. Mates band refused the gig and it was still his local bar. Dave

He's a Scottish Highlander as well.. Dave

Was at the Rush Farewell to Kings tour at Glasgow Apollo where they used Closer to the Heart on the live album Exit Stage Left if i remember right. I was one of the crowd singing from the stalls. Happy days when people went to concerts to listen to the band and not sit gabbing a lot of s**t all night. Have to say there were far fewer women at rock/prog gigs back then. Just an observation. Dave

WOW i had no idea counterfeit money was even an issue these days. I'm never gonna buy or sell again. Dave

I always prefer cash. Dave

I'm guessing that might be an active bass. Looks like a complicated control panel there Dave

I think i know what you mean now. It was when you mentioned digital mains i think of 110V power feeds. Digital sound and lighting i kinda understand the basics Dave

That sounded really good Daryl. Nice overall sound. Was bass thru PA too. Nice and deep but i can still hear a nice edge coming thru. Sounds like a very talented band. Love the girls voice, easy to listen to. What did you mean by "digital mains" ? Dave

That was very un-PC of me there. My apologies for that. Dave

Ampeg replied fairly quickly and said my SVT7 did not have an HPF filter ? I'm assuming they asked a techy type person and not just some wee girl in the office but you never know. Dave

Thanks for the feedback on it and let us know how it fairs on a gig situation to see if you notice it. I checked with Ampeg and they don't have in-built HPF on the SVT7 so it looks like i might eventually go for one too. I might check with Mesa to see if the Subway cabs have in-built HPF on them. I'm sure i read that somewhere. Dave

Beer Depot ? that sounds intriguing. Dave

What did you buy. Its hard to go in and come out with nothing. So many basses. Dave

Make the effort, they are superb musicians and great to watch. Dave