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“This is a long video and I talk too much.” I stopped right there. Thanks anyway.

What’s an aooordeon? I used to go to the Odeon, but I’m not sure this is the same thing.

You’d think and normally that would be the case, but he was genuinely amazing. When he died, I was given one of his accordions, which I immediately sold and bought a US Fender Tele (it was plainly quite valuable).

He certainly played it in our lounge, he was very talented (my parents’ friend, not Lou Macari). EDIT: That is not to say that LM wasn’t talented, I never met the man. I did meet Anthony on numerous occasions, however.

Aren’t they the things that go on armchairs and sofas to prevent transfer of dirt from heads and hands?

A friend of my parents knew Lou Macari well. He was a professional accordion player and Macari’s were purveyors of said squeeze box, right up to the end IIRC.

If they’re real hair, it must’ve taken ages to find enough of that colour to make a full syrup, unless judicious amounts of peroxide was used on the standard colouration of said hair.

Or stuck it on his head (Elton John style).

Always.* *This is despite the moaning, groaning and threats of powdered mash. Without a daily peeling session, the day seems wrong somehow. We have some nice Maris Pipers and even some posh, little Anyas available. Fun fact - Mark King used to be the spud basher at a West End hotel, in order to top up his paltry wages at Macari’s.** **Not true in the slightest.

What? Where? Are there signs to it? Are they legible?

Local restrictions mean that I’ll probably be doing what I did last NYE (and, to be honest, pretty much any NYE), which is sweet FA, interspersed with lamenting how bad the hootenanny is again (well it’s traditional, isn’t it?).

Absolutely!

Plenty of guitar players here (they just keep it quiet) so you’re in good company. Needing advice on spending your money on new bass related items? Oh, you’ve really come to the right place.

I feel the words, beware someone with just one post complaining, coming on. Not to say that there isn’t a genuine grievance here, albeit delayed, but we have seen this before. For my part, any work I’ve had done at The Gallery has been top notch and very reasonably priced. When they defretted my EB USA SUB, the end result was nothing short of stellar.

Hopefully, that’ll sort out the cut & paste descriptions in the Modern Vintage pages (and probably others) where the P types are all described as having lollipop tuners, where they plainly are not. Yeah, it’s nit picking but it’s what we do do, no?

Wibble!

The position markers are wrong, but it’s ok, he can’t see them.

To paraphrase Eva Green in Casino Royale, “There clip on tuners and then there are clip on tuners, TCs are the latter.” @0:46

Mmm, tort on black, yummy.

17-11-70 - Elton John. Dee Murray just being brilliant. So - Peter Gabriel. Tony Levin’s finest album with PG? Maybe. You also get Larry Klein too. Robben Ford & The Blue Line - album of the same name. Roscoe Beck at his finest. No Parlez & Secret of Association - Paul Young. Pino slip sliding and inspiring untold numbers of bass players. Continuum - John Mayer. Pino showing his other side and you get Willie Weeks too! Crosby Stiils & Nash - CS&N. Steven Stills showing off his bass chops, as well as everything else. The Yes Album, Fragile, Close to the Edge - Yes. Chris Squire mixed up close and personal; the tone, the technique. Rush ‘80 - ‘93. My favourite era. Geddy, nuff said. Back to Oakland & Tower of Power - TOP. Rocco, again, nuff said. Props to @funkgod for mentioning The Peddlers. The Fantastic Peddlers was one of my late dad’s favourite albums and I was raised on it, regular weekend listening in my youth.

Get Up & Boogie - Silver Convention