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Had a good gig tonight, the venue was pretty full with punters. The downside is that our guitarist put in his notice due to a medical problem, he has been suffering with tendon issues in his left hand, he has just seen a specialist and it’s not going to get better, so he has no other option that to give up playing. We are now left in a position where we will be seeking out a replacement, not looking forward to sifting through folks with flaky attitudes or massive egos, hopefully we will find the right person, otherwise the band will fold.

Totally agree with the Chic comments about the female vocalist, awful high pitched, sounded like she was on helium, I was disappointed because I do like the band. My neighbour went to see them at Blenheim Palace last night and said they were excellent.

I didn’t, so that’s exactly what I did, turned it off.

Give the trio Back Door a listen, features our local world renowned bass player Colin Hodgkinson.

If you get the chance, Limehouse Lizzy is the Thin Lizzy tribute band to see.

Tonight’s - Nile and Chic - bit weak, disappointing, awful high pitched female vocalist, I was expecting better. Second band, dreadful repetitive strumming riff all the way through. Third band, guy in red trousers, had enough and turned off.

I personally would not pick a new member for our band just based on three songs for an audition. If it’s a current covers band that is looking for a new member, you would provide the current full set list with keys (ours are always in the original) and say pick out 6 and play them with the band at the audition. My bass role in the current band, I managed 9 numbers at my audition and got the job. Our current vocalist for his first audition nailed 12 songs, he got the job.

Very rarely, although I did during the bass solo in Mr Big by Free and if you are playing the bass riff correct during the guitar solo in Alright Now, you also need to be in the higher reaches.

That’s not a bass, it just a guitar with fatter strings 😀

Yeh, what about his work for the teenage cancer trust.

Probably not reggae in the pure sense like eg Jah Woosh, but UB40 are listed under the genre of reggae.

Reggae - UB40 Funk/Disco - Billy Ocean with a fabulous backing band.

Just got back from a great gig in Peterborough, a proper live music pub with a really appreciative audience. Several local musicians in there watching us, as it was the first time we had played there, a couple of bass players came up at the end and complimented me on my bass tone, it was nice to hear.

Redrock our classic rock band in the 90’s. A bit of sadness when I look at it, as two of the guys are no longer with us, Chris drummer far left, killed in motorcycle accident and Pete vocalist striped shirt died from cancer.

Whats Moira Stuart ex Newsreader doing on the show, I thought she had retired.

Used to play Tightrope by SVR in a previous band, cracking song with a great bass line.

Pride and Joy - SVR ?

How about posting a live video of your band and let the ridiculous tribute band bass players see what makes you so much better.

The Commitments did some good covers, worth a look.

Our Free tribute band were offered Lindos Rock in Rhodes, Greece a few years back. Our guitarist was a teacher and unfortunately it was during term time and he could not get the time off.

Tower of Power, classy musicianship, great grooves. Shame, totally the opposite, dreadful. Snow Patrol, zzzzzzzzzz

Played in a Free tribute band for a few years, absolutely loved it. We ended up with Jeff Rich ex Status Quo on the drums. Used my by big Markbass rig and even bought an EB3 bass, bloody awful thing to play, headstock dive, but looked and sounded the part, I would have preferred to use my MM Stingray, but not authentic enough. We were fairly unusual that we were a 5 piece which included a keyboard player, about 80% of the Free recorded tracks actually contain keyboards, that gave us a live sound that was so close to the original. Would still be doing it now, but the vocalist decided to leave to form his own band with original material, the most difficult person in the band to replace, couldn’t find anyone else good enough and the band eventually folded.

Seven songs, should be a doddle, enjoy it.

Just the last 5 minutes to see what garbage has won.

2018 Eurovision winning song - utter garbage.