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Yes. I did state we only do about 20 gigs a year which everyone is happy with, there is absolutely no need to book any gigs that require at dep. IMO and the rest of the band, when using a dep the band is not performing at its full potential, the stuff we play is reasonably complicated and it’s not worth the hassle just to secure a gig that the band will not be totally comfortable with. As I stated earlier, if there was an unforeseen problem with a band member just prior to a gig, we would seek out a suitable dep rather than let the venue down by cancelling.

Just weekend warriors, all had good day jobs, about 20 gigs a year which suited all of us.

I don’t quite understand the question here, unless your gig bookings are done in an entirely different way. I was the only person in our band who sought and booked the gigs. Firstly, all the band members have full commitment to the band and are not involved in any secondary projects, so zero conflicts of interest. I contacted the venues and they gave me the dates they had available, I checked our band calendar which showed dates specific band members were not available, if all band members were available for the available gig dates, the gigs would be booked, no gig was ever booked unless all the band were available to do it. The extremely rare occasions we had to use a dep was if a band member fell ill just before a gig. This ensures with all things being OK, we have 100% commitment.

If that’s an active bass it shouldn’t be a problem, the jack shouldn’t be plugged into the bass whilst it’s on the stand, you will flatten the battery very quickly, only have the jack plugged in when it’s being played. If it’s passive, then everything I have said above is b*llox.😀

My hand is up, seriously into the early prog in the 70’s. Here are the bands I was into at that time - The Nice ELP Yes Camel PFM Egg Badger Manfred Mann’s Earth Band Khan Family Brand X Genesis Caravan Supertramp Focus Greenslade Styx Rush Pink Floyd Journey Darryl Way’s Wolf Mahavishnu Orchestra

You should have no problems with The Reaper, it’s a doddle, we used to do the extended album version. 👍

Seen him a couple of times playing with Nine Below Zero.

Hello Mr Tut, Is that John Verity ?

Same around here, it’s soul destroying. I have actually called it a day with our band, something I thought I would never do, very sad times.

We enjoyed it.

Currently on Sky Arts - Queen Live At The Rainbow 1974. This is from their early days when IMO they were at their best being a proper heavy rock band.

Lucky it’s not a Rush tribute band. 😀

Bob Harris is standing in on the Jonnie Walker BBC Radio 2 programme this afternoon, all the music tracks are from the year 1973, brilliant music that brings back so many great memories of my younger days.

This is exactly what I did, strangely the SUB is now my preferred bass I use for gigs.

AC/DC - Punk ? 🤔

That was Louise Marshall, very classy voice. I was looking forward to The Real Thing as they had some great songs in the mid to late 70’s. The first number was OK, but the second and third got progressively worse, the lead vocalist was lacking in range and was almost shouting them out at times, sadly another vocalist well past their best.

Boogie F*ckin Woogie. 😤😤😤 Time for bed, goodnight all.

On the missing list - Rowland Rivron. The walking clock.

Yes, my wife said exactly the same thing.

Just watching the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2022 inductions ceremony on Sky Arts. Lionel Richie was introduced by Lenny Kravitz and I was looking forward to his on stage performance, unfortunately his voice is shot, it was not good, sad to see. Dave Grohl also murdered the guitar solo in Easy.

A bit of the late great Rory.

It sounds an absolute nightmare, the powers that be who set all these zones and non entry regulations obviously do not even consider the complications it creates to the likes of dand666 and other working musicians.☹️

Our Free tribute band several years ago were offered a spot at the Rhodes Rock festival in Lindos, this event looks very similar. Unfortunately we had to turn it down, our guitarist was a teacher and this event was in term time and he wasn’t allowed the time off, this was without doubt the biggest gig we were ever offered, but didn’t get to play. ☹️

I purchased a Far East built SUB in Satin Walnut as a back up bass to my 90’s Stingray, I fitted the SUB with a Retrovibe Stinger EQ kit and it’s now my main gigging bass, love it.

Foreigner is an example of this situation. Founding member Mick Jones is playing on and off with them on live tours, they are currently doing their final tour 2022/2023. I have seen them a couple of times in the past with Kelly Hansen on lead vocals and they were superb. I would have no qualms in paying good money to see them again, even though some people just consider them to be a very good tribute to the original band.