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Got beaten to it on Lemmy, so I'll add Kenny Gradney from Little Feat. Cool as the proverbial root vegetable.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1485275215' post='3222706'] What is your set list? [/quote] Ours? We play a mixture of classic rhythm and blues and rock 'n' roll, interspersed with a few originals and a smattering of the obvious (Sally, Sweet Home, Nutbush). We've got a repertoire of about 50 songs, so setlist is always done on the fly - band leader gauges the feel, and we play as such. However, on a night like Friday, there was nothing anyone could do!

Quite like a bit of Magazine on occasion - reminder to dig some out! Love 'Secondhand Daylight' and 'The Correct Use Of Soap' - both classics. TBH, I found the other albums a bit more mixed. The Peel Sessions album is amazing - can't recommend it enough. Bass tone on it is also fantastic in places.....the more relaxed and stripped-down feel of the sessions gives them a different feel to the albums. Side note - anyone ever noticed how the track 'Because You're Frightened' is a cheeky steal of 'Disorder' from Joy Division?

Depressing gig on Friday night. Pretty empty pub, audience that was there was all male, 55/65 age group. Only time the crowd reacted was a retread of Mustang Sally. This place was rammed before 2010....recent years, the crowds have shrunk. I really don't know how much more of this I can take!

Sad news. Great songwriter too - wrote the majority of the 1st post-Hunter album as well. Love Mott, terrible that we've now lost Overend and Buffin.

Burn is a classic. I'd personally go for Lay Down, Stay Down or Dealer. But TBH, it would be everything Mark 3 and 4. That's Purple for me. Much prefer that time to Mark 2.

Not for me I'm afraid - but if it sounds good, that's what matters!

Wonder if they do 'Fly By Night' by Rush?

I hope I didn't come across like a know-it-all on my previous post! Great band whoever was in it!

It's always been what NG has done, don't think it's an attention thing. He's made some great quotes over the years - I personally find him entertaining. Sweeping? Often, and probably. Winds people up? Almost certainly!

I'm not a fan of NG's music in the slightest - but I always enjoy his interviews. Love him or hate him, at least his says what he thinks, and provokes opinion. Like the previous 2 pages!

Failed guitarist..... ......**runs and hides in a very dark place**

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1483730914' post='3209712'] An amazing band. [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McLaughlin_(musician)"]John McLaughlin[/url] just plays the most amazing guitar on this track.. Its so Billy Cobham on the busy drums, The legendary Tony Levin on bass, Jan Hammer (i think) on acoustic piano. Over the top for most, but the musicians involved are at the top of there game. This music can change like nothing else. [/quote] Can I please add that on this track (and the album), it's Narada Michael Walden on drums and Ralphe Armstrong on bass. Gayle Moran is on keys. Superb album, the penultimate of the original MO records. I love the MO, and John Mclaughlin's solo work too. What a career! Raphe Armstrong is a superb player as well. Not a name you see very often, but well worth checking out. His work on the last of the 3 MO records alone would be enough for legendary status!

Big problem I find is that many pubs will only book the same old, same old. Anything different is often greeted by 'the regulars didn't like it. It seems some places pander to the rule of diminishing returns, like the places is being run like an exclusive little club. There's a pub around here that will seemingly only ever book classic rock covers. Even our old-skool R'n'B trio was deemed to far from what they want....so heaven help anything from the 21st century!

My '74 Ricky had been unloved for about 30 years when I bought it. Pretty much left as the day the owner played the last note. As a result, it had a certain 'character' when I bought it. Some restoration work later, and TBH, up close, I can still get a whiff of the original odour....it's been fully cleaned, and re-sprayed in places too! At least I now know what 1980's indie music actually smelt like......

Depressing, I find that I am regularly the youngest person, both in the bands and pubs - and I'm 42! If something doesn't change, the demographic issue will no doubt have serious implications for the industry. Every year I say will be my last playing pubs - I find that with all the issues, it's only the odd gig that's fun, many are simply a chore. I love music and (sometimes) playing, but I find the playing the same circuit of pubs, that decrease every year both in numbers and attendance, will eventually have me giving up.

I play my '74 4001 on max. Just push the gain and bass on the amp. Newer 4003s are a different matter, though...

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1483380083' post='3206712'] Gregory Porter always seems M.O.R. to me. Is he not, really? [/quote] I agree. Massive soul fan here....but I've not been turned onto GP. I'm not sure what it is....but something leaves a little cold, the opposite of soul.

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1483374619' post='3206640'] It still amazes me that they can hear how great the likes of Gregory Porter and Rag n Bone Man are but booked Roy wood and Chaka Khan who were both awful (from a totally objective point of view based on how they sound now, not based on the past glories!). [/quote] +1. I too though RW's vocals were very iffy indeed on 'See My Baby Jive'. Chaka too. Full marks for the (I think) original key, but it's a modern symptom of acts carrying on like they did 40+ years ago. It pains me to say it, but play by all means, but pass on the vocals. This applies to numerous acts! Geddy's vocals came in for serious criticism over the last 10 (+?) years on Rush tours. Macca too. These guys can still play to perfection, but vocally?

Hacker T Dog for me!

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1483291345' post='3205965'] Not sure what you mean.... [media]http://youtu.be/QAVm2bWulLc[/media] [/quote] I couldn't breathe watching the clip!

What about Chaka Khan? The outfit - it certainly 'gained your attention' if you know what I mean!

Gorgeous. One bass I never got around to owing is a Stingray. Can't think why, they look (and sound) amazing. Enjoy!

Give Rickenbacker a break - they've only been making and spraying basses for over half a century....! Even as a fan and player, their QC has long been a major problem in my book. I had a fair few 'iffy' 4003's - and they never sounded as I wanted, either. Sole 4001 owner now. Best Ric, and bass, I'll ever have. Neck sticky-ness not a problem, as due to missing paint, it's had a lovely refin!

UB40? Which one?!