molan

[quote name='Josh' post='389974' date='Jan 23 2009, 08:51 PM']Envy is a sickening condition. One for which I struggle to be pardoned.[/quote] Blackmail someone with a car to drive up - tickets are about £32 a pop but it's a good venue &, based on the '08 live album, the band sound great

He wrote back to me! He is MD again & will be over here soon. I'm really excited about seeing both her live and the wonderful Mr Gouche in the flesh. I've bought standing tickets & will be as close to the front as I can get

[quote name='Josh' post='389705' date='Jan 23 2009, 03:50 PM']It's a good chance it's still Gouche, if so it's even more of a reason to go.[/quote] Just checked his schedule & it looks like he's free after Jan 20th so could well be him. I've tried writing to him via MySpace - be interesting to see if he replies If he does I'll try not to gush with praise about how wonderful he is, lol.

[quote name='62P-Bass' post='389579' date='Jan 23 2009, 02:15 PM']I saw her at Indigo at the O2 last year. If it's the same band you're in for a treat! Really good reworking of their songs, played with a contemporary gospel feel, but without the overplaying. I don't know who the bass player was but looked like he was also the MD. Seriously on it! Andrew[/quote] Sounds like it was Gouche as he's MD on the '08 live album I'm listening to now - ooh, spooky, as I wrote that he played a great little fill on I'm Every Woman!

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='389569' date='Jan 23 2009, 02:11 PM']I must admit i feel the same. Ever since i saw those thighs and thigh high boots on The Tube (the program, not the trian ;-) oh, and the music is great as well.[/quote] She's wearing some thigh highs & leopard skin leotard in this vid from the 80's. Really shakin' that booty too

[quote name='Platypus' post='389248' date='Jan 23 2009, 07:30 AM']"Coming to london" She still lives in London[/quote] I stand corrected I had no idea she'd adopted us as a home - she always feels so much like a classic 'larger than life' American legend! I'm listening to her '08 live album right now. I think it's Andrew Gouche on bass, cracking band all round

[quote name='bubinga5' post='389225' date='Jan 23 2009, 02:12 AM']Molan....when she live??, to be honest i dont care about bass players..shes everything i love about music right there...[/quote] Feb 3 at the Shepherd Bush Empire. About £30 a ticket I think. Pretty good stand up venue, I've seen loads of good people there

[quote name='bubinga5' post='389211' date='Jan 23 2009, 01:23 AM']What was he playing????[/quote] I think it was Fender Jazz 24, looked quite nice as it happens

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='389198' date='Jan 23 2009, 12:48 AM']I haven't tried a bass in a shop for about 10 years. I haven't been in a shop that had basses I wanted to play.[/quote] Only takes me about 15 mins to get to the Gallery from my office so I guess I'm a bit spoilt. Popped in this week & had a quick try out on a US Spector, a Skjold & a Ken Smith - all played through an Epifani 502 & matching Epi 4x10 cab

Chaka has had a string of top bass men playing with her but I don't think either Andrew Gouche or Melvin Davis are out with her this time around?

I was in a bass shop recently & trying a few different basses and going through some very simple patterns from songs I play in my functions band to try and hear how a bass might fit into my personal live gigging situation plus a few riffs I sometimes stumble over to get a good 'feel' for playability of each bass. Then a, much younger, bass player came in and chose a relatively stock Fender to try. He then proceeded to slap, pop & tap non-stop for about 15 minutes. He obviously had talent but most of what he was playing would never be used in a band situation. I don't have a problem with anyone giving something a good work out but the thing that surprised me was that he then said he was going to buy the only bass he'd tried purely on the basis of his widdle-fest. Am I alone in trying to play simple practical stuff I actually use when trying a bass in a shop environment?

I've just got in from rehearsal playing this one: First time I've been able to use it at any sort of decent volume and in a band environment & it sounded just great and was lovely to play over an extended period