kevin_lindsay

Last night I saw Paris Monster in Glasgow, at The Hug & Pint. Great gig. However, the support band were brilliant local band - so much fun. TOM McGUIRE AND THE BRASSHOLES. Really great syncopated guitar, bass, and horns - I'll be going to see them whenever they're next playing live.

I played a gig in a Glasgow bar a couple of years ago. The first set went down well, but one odd looking guy aged in his 60s stands at the side of the band facing the audience while nodding along to the tunes. He then disappeared. Second set starts, and about 10 mins in to it, the nodding sidestage man appears in the same place, only now he's holding a black padded holdall. He then proceeds to unzip it mid song, and produces a saxophone!! Which he then parps along to the tune we're belting out. At the end of the song he shouts,"YES, YES, YES!!!!", packs up his horn and vanishes. At the end of the night we ask if anyone knows will the random player was - no one had the faintest idea who he was!! Another oddity was being roped in to dep on bass for a "Christian rock band" (yeah, I know!!) on a gig in Aberdeen. Hours of driving to the gig, to be faced with a crowd in a church hall consisting of sheltered teens and early twenties types who look like they've never been allowed out in public on their own before. Lots of shuffling from them during the band's set. About 20 mins in, they form a large circle facing each other, ignoring the band. Then, one by one they start doing forward somersault rolls from one side of the circle, across the floor, to the other side. And so it continues. Oddest thing I've ever had to play through.

Here's a pic Maz (Pino's wife) sent to me a few months ago. Looking well worn.

Nick Lowe - I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass. Brilliant Bassline

Pino's playing on this is wonderful:

Andy sold me some P-Bass "ashtray" covers. Great guy to deal with.

Thanks Andy. The covers are a great finishing touch on my P-Bass project.

Great job!!

I love P-basses!!!

Iggy Pop wrote China Girl with Bowie when they were living in Berlin together. Then, Iggy recorded it on his album, "The Idiot".

David Bowie's cover version of China Girl was cool. As for previous comments regarding those insipid, breathy vocal, cover versions of classic tracks used on TV adverts - they drive me crazy! The "Ain't Nobody" one is especially irritating!!

One of my favourites: Devo - (I can't get no) Satisfaction

That was "Exit, Stage Left" - the Glasgow Apollo crowd are the ones providing singalong accompaniment to the track "Closer To The Heart"

Hahaha

I don't use a fretless with a pick - that was there as a backup for the guitarist I was playing with. He was prone to dropping his, so I thought I'd have one as a spare in case he needed it while playing on my side of the stage.

Just for you - here's a start!

As long as your shoes coordinate with you the colour of your bass, you're ready to groove!!!

If it doesn't drop between now and the release date, you can simply cancel the order before the release date.

Spongebob - if you pre-order via Amazon, you'll only be charged the lowest price they list between when you place the order and the release date. So, if you pre-order at £40, when the price drops to say, "£22.99" you'll be charged that price. If it fell to "£18.99", you'd be charged that price. Basically, you're charged the lowest price advertised.

Interparcel will give you a full refund as they've not fulfilled their delivery promise. Pain in the butt for the delivery process, but the refund will cushion the blow.

Very sad news indeed.

The list price is £40, but the sale price will go down and up between now and the release date. The £18.59 price was a mega deal that the price reduced to shortly after it'srelease date was announced (hence why I ordered two copies!!). If the price drops below that amount between now and the release date, I'll simply be charged the lowest price.

Yeah, my pre-order price was £18.59 too, with free delivery (I also ordered another copy as a present for my friend Paul Turner). If you pre-order the book on Amazon, then they will honour the lowest price it is advertised for between the time you order it and when it is actually released.

I've already pre-ordered the book. Really looking forward to seeing the collection in print.

I saw that clip last week and was really impressed. The bass player gets a great Geddy sound from his G&L bass. Another fun Rush cover band are "Fred Barchetta" who feature Uriah Duffy (ex Whitesnake) on bass. The girl singer really nails the early Rush vocal on this track, I've included a YouTube link below: (Incidentally, how do you embed YouTube clips in replied on this forum?) http://youtu.be/HodK8zn7xz4