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A similar thing happened with our band last year. We needed a dep drummer for a pub gig and our guitarist put ad on Facebook offering £80. We got loads of flak along the lines of how we were devaluing live music, stealing money from professional musicians, no decent musician in their right mind would take this gig etc. etc. , it went on for days. In the meantime we were contacted by several drummers who were willing to do the gig and we ended up with a pro drummer who was honestly the best drummer I have ever played with but was happy to do the gig for £80 rather than just sit at home complaining on Facebook. A couple months later we offered him a wedding gig for three times the money. There seem to be loads of 'professional' musicians on Facebook who don't seem to realise that pub gigs and functions are separate markets. If you are a pro musician who thinks that pub money is a threat to your livelihood you are in the wrong job IMO.

My NYE gig was cancelled yesterday, our singer has come down with covid, luckily she's not too ill. I had reservations about doing it in the first place so I'm not too disappointed.

In the early 2000s our band played a Sergeants Mess in one of the camps on Salisbury Plain. It was in early November but it was a Christmas do because they were going to to be in Iraq for Christmas. After our set we started leisurely packing away until a group of MPs turned up and told us to pack up and leave as quickly as we could because it was all going to kick off at any moment and they even guarded our van while we loaded it.

So was Page on a bit of a downward heroin spiral at the time?

I still have that programme in a box in a cupboard somewhere. I went on the 4th and can barely remember any of it but I was so drunk and stoned I could barely remember it the day after. My main memory is of Todd Rundgren leaping up in the air and doing the splits. Led Zep's laser show was good too.

Nice one 🙂 I only live 15 miles away, not sure I would have liked the trek down from Manchester even without the breakdown.

We played a very short notice wedding gig on Saturday as a last minute replacement for another band who had to cancel due to covid. The landlady of the pub we'd played the previous Saturday recommended us and we got the call on Thursday evening. We had to get a dep drummer we'd never used before who turned out to be excellent. In the end we had a really good gig, plenty of guests up and dancing, free drink and buffet and the venue was amazing. The Old Palace at Hatfield House, Herts, built in 1485, this must be the oldest venue I've ever played at.

I have nothing to add to this thread except that years ago I saw The Hamsters supporting Dr Feelgood at the Cambridge Corn Exchange. They were so tight I thought there's no way Dr Feelgood can follow this. Then Dr Feelgood came on and blew them away.

I have to listen to the vocals to get my cue but I quite often forget to.

Thanks for posting that video Nile

Chord substitutions. I just don't get the concept, either the how or the why.

It sounds to me like there is an extra beat at the end of the chorus so when the main riff comes back in it seems like it's coming in on the second beat of the bar instead of beat one.

6 Music is my music station of choice when I'm in the car. I find it a good way to discover new music.

I keep watching this over and over again, so funny.

I bought this because I was a fan of Gilbert Shelton who drew the cover. It was also one of a few attempts to try and like the Grateful Dead but I've never succeeded.

I started playing along to two or three songs from our setlist most evenings but since the autumn I've lost my enthusiasm and haven't even picked up a bass for the last two months. Once there are some confirmed gigs in the diary I'll start going through the setlist again.

Harder to Breathe - Maroon 5

Had my first gig since March this bank holiday Sunday too. Pub was well set up for social distancing and everyone was taking notice of it. Felt great to be playing in front of people again and it looks like it wasn't as cold as Silvias gig. I have no idea when I'll be gigging next.

Sounds to me like it's alternating between one bar of C and one bar of F . And at 0:43 it goes from Bb to Eb for a couple bars

Not many people know that when Fred Astaire visited Tyneside during his 1930s UK tour he sung " Hebburn, I'm in Hebburn "

However, I do think that Hawkwind exaggerated the capabilities of their silver machine somewhat.

Some more Manu Dibango, one of my favourite tunes ever

Love Hurts - The Everly Brothers Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris

Thats excellent!

Thats why I'm surprised, I was expecting to feel like you are. This is the first time in around ten years I've not been gigging 2-3 times a month, maybe I needed a break anyway.