Mickeyboro

First Otis Jay BluesBand show with our new singer Cecilia. Also my first show as a main singer, having taken on the ‘male’ songs in our repertoire. Video shows me giving C some space as she emerges from behind the keyboards. She’s only on loan to us, but if we come back without her I think we might be lynched! Played Flea Jazz through a just visible Barefaced One10 and a very efficient Warwick Gnome that arrived in the post that very morning courtesy of @spyder 87527738-02ab-49e9-9f7f-662474ad080d.mp4

Anyone had the problem I’m having - I can’t email a set list with songs attached to a colleague. It just won’t go any more. Thanks!

Hi Alan I am a fan of ‘lunchbox’ amps like TE Elf, Warwick Gnome and GK MB200. The BAM is I imagine similar, and probably adequate for your needs. Cant say I am a great fan of the brand though, so haven’t tried one.

Jeff Lynne cancelled last night’s ELO show - will Hyde Park on Sunday go ahead? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0wdne4x5go.amp

Interesting how their own music when they released it was unmemorable. They needed the songwriters as much as the songwriters needed them!

That was great, thank you for posting. 🙏🎸

I thought @casapete’s old mob were pretty good. Like Pink Floyd, you just need a convincing Lynne/Gilmour - the supporting cast can look how they like…

Bought an amp from Marc - painless transaction, recommended Basschatter!

It’s worked for Sparks for 50 years!

Our fans seem to appreciate the between-member banter we engage in between songs - even some poor humour. For example - here’s a song by Elmore James dedicated to men of a certain age who wander around in the middle of the night looking for the bathroom. It’s called ‘I Can’t Hold Out’… Maybe I should stick to the bass!

Why not? There’ve been plenty of replacement Searchers!😂

Yes, she was a lot of fun… RIP @Mrs Tinman

I tried the Minimax and it seemed like overkill after the Elf. Too complicated for the likes of me…

Woody Wood… if he wasn’t dead! Actually, he aint!😂

I could see Neil Young playing the first Pilton festival alongside Stackridge and the free milk. Rod Stewart, not so much🤔

So that’s the definition of flushed with success! 🎸

Glastonbury and the BBC are now inextricably linked. Its profile will shrivel when they lose it to streaming. As will the chance for enemies to attack them.

A bit more passionate than Hammers fans then!

I think its a tribute band, Shed 70…

Sorry, it’s a long thread, but the basis is that they have other bands they are members of. It depends what you describe as permanent… as it stands they get their fair share of any gig proceeds, so they wouldn’t earn more.

People like to play music and often dont know how to say no. I am using them to keep my show on the road, so seemingly have to accept there will be a lower level of commitment/effort. Thats how I’m feeling.

There is an element of ‘hedging bets’ in that one of the musicians’ bands has lost two members. Future was in doubt. However she is busily relaunching it, so ironically we would be better off if she fails!

Fair point. As above, maybe gigs is the answer.