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Don’t knock star quality, my man!
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Hey @Bluewine centre stage!
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New release from the late, great JM. Blurb is below. Released by Made in Germany. Yours for a reasonable £10 plus £1 towards posting - discs are new, unplayed and still sealed. Sleeve design isn’t much to write home about - but the music is. Alan Thomson’s fretless is particularly prominent, so if that’s up your strasse you’re in luck! In fact, with Jeff Allen on board it’s a rhythm-section masterclass. John Martyn's extraordinary talent rightly secures him a unique place in music. Emerging from the 1960's folk boom, John is without doubt one of the most progressive and influential artists. Guitarist, singer and songwriter, his inspirational and innovative music is evidenced in his extensive back catalogue of studio and live albums, each providing a fresh chapter in the evolution of his music. John signed for Island Records and released his first album London Conversation in 1967. By the end of the 1970's he had released a string of acclaimed albums and his music had evolved from fingerpicking acoustic folk to embrace rock, blues, jazz and reggae. John created an astonishingly distinctive sound with his uniquely percussive guitar playing fed through a tremolo/wah combination and echoplex. Always exploring, transforming and refreshing. B y the early 1980's John was concentrating on electric guitar, playing it in his own unique style and in his own band (Jeff Allen, dr., among others also Snowy White and Van Morrison as well as Alan Thomson, b, also with Robert Palmer, Chris Rea and Eric Clapton). "The bearded musician from the north of Britain had obviously consumed a substantial quantity of rum and cola before beginning the concert... and with the help of further drinks musical energy was released, which made the evening a complete success... two impressive hours of most intense music." The Weser Courier, Bremen's largest daily newspaper, reported a day after John's concert at the club € Schauburg € in June 1983. No doubt about the rum, but John would have been apoplectic at the suggestion he was from ‘the north of Britain' although born in Surrey he was Scottish through and through, and fiercely proud of it!
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I have booked a practice session with our drummer to try to develop our playing relationship. Has anyone done this, did it work and have you any hints please?
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Yours wasn’t so shabby my friend… And we never had glow sticks! Thanks for an enjoyable evening, good to meet again. The secret Basschat handshake😂
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Days don’t get much better - rocked a 50-plus lunchtime crowd in Bournemouth’s St Peter’s Church with the Otis Jay Blues Band. And it was St Peter’s Day…who knew! Off later to see @casapete and his ELO Experience at the Pavilion theatre about a quarter of a mile away. It’s splendid, but I reckon our venue is even more spectacular.
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Except by many tributes…
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Loving this thread! Keep it coming… What inspired it was a band I saw this weekend that unwisely invited the (seated at tables) audience to dance to a little known song very early in the set. On finding no takers, Art looked at Paul (giveaway!) with an expression that said ‘sod this for a game of soldiers’. I rather felt their motivation dipped thereafter. Then again, they didn’t play ‘Keep The Customer Satisfied’ 😂
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You mean we get paid?!?😂
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Is it audience reaction (eg the number of people dancing/clapping along), how you play yourself, the overall tightness of the band, the sound? Let’s try percentages: audiences: you: band: other.
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I have spent my first weekend as a guest at a Warners Leisure Hotel. They get musical acts in for weekends, and Saturday’s was quite a big name tribute act. They play theatres at the £30 price point and have toured internationally. So clearly this cut-down show was a money maker. I got the feeling they weren’t putting their all into it, with the audience perhaps more subdued than they were accustomed to. Have you played one of these types of venue and what are your experiences?
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Tell us who your band is when you do!
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FS: Custom Build NR Thunderbird + Case - *SOLD*
Mickeyboro replied to silverfoxnik's topic in Basses For Sale
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guitar-auctions.co.uk - any experience?
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Thank you all for your comments! Very helpful indeed. Mick -
Bumnote (Nigel Baker) RIP - Funeral details update
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Anyone used this site to sell gear? Aka Gardiner Houlgate. Opinions welcomed, thanks!
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I would pay to play the legendary Hope. What a great pub rock venue it was… All the best with it, enjoy the experience, get photos taken and post them here so we can share the fun!
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What’s the band?
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I don’t deny what you’re saying, Blue, but I object to being described as old😂
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Bumnote (Nigel Baker) RIP - Funeral details update
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How many basses do you take on stage?
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Sterling by Musician SUB series 5string active. - *SOLD*
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