Buzzy

The gig has now been cancelled. Thanks for all the offers to dep for me. I've replied to everyone who PM'd me. Mods - Please feel free to delete this post

Thanks for the PMs, I'm hoping to have a definite yes or no by Monday. I'll reply as soon as I know.

Just a feeler at the moment but I might need a dep for a gig in Kent on 2nd September. The set is mostly Stax and Motown classics. If anyone is interested pm me and we can have a (bass) chat.

This guys parents didnt think it through when they chose his name.

I've worked shifts for almost 20 years and it's been hard juggling shifts to fit in gigs. Only had to get a dep for a few gigs in all that time. Over the years I have used up a lot of my leave allowance to do it but I hate missing a gig. Last year I left the band I had been with for 13 years because the band raised the level of gigs. They were all happy to travel hundreds of miles on a Friday/Saturday night and they are getting more and more gigs in Europe. Only two of us in the band had day jobs and I was the only one working shifts. I got to the stage of taking two days leave to do one gig. The guys were really good about things and said that although they would use deps, I was the bass player so it would always be my call about which gigs I did or didn't play. I decide to leave as I couldn't give it the commitment it needed and I'm now the first call dep if the new guy can't do a gig and I also join them on Sax for the occasional gig. I joined a new band which does not want to be gigging more than a couple of times a month so I no longer have the stress of having to turn gigs down.

Thank for the responses everyone. Not a wedding but a charidee fund raiser. It's a request by the person who arranged the gig.

Hi Basschatters, has anyone got a transcription of Bob Babbitts bassline for Freda Paynes Band of Gold ? I need to learn it by Saturday for a party. thanks Buzzy

Back in the early 80s I was a huge fan of One the Juggler. I've never met anyone who's heard of them even though they used to fill up the Marquee back in the day and supported Elvis Costello at the RAH. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tgUOfhjVP4"]https://www.youtube....h?v=2tgUOfhjVP4[/url] In a strange twist of fate in the early 2000s I found myself in a tribute band with their bass player who had switched to guitar. Eventually I played Sax with them when their album was reissued a couple of years ago.

A great musician, I saw him with the Stones on the 76 tour, he played Nothing from Nothing and this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efLOr3tM1KI They had The Meters as the opening act as well !

I like it, bearing in mind the age of the band it's like they decided as its probably the last album they would come full circle and returned to where they started.

Bobby Keys played with the Stones for over 40 years and played on some of their classic tracks (Brown Sugar etc) but he was never going to be anything more than a hired side man.

a bit more Wolf, and a lecture about the Blues [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpKB6OZ_B4c"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpKB6OZ_B4c[/url]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09j6vMdKi3E"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09j6vMdKi3E[/url] Always good to go back to the source Love the way this is so relaxed but so powerful

2016 strikes again, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK2-nAR0Aks http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mose-allison-iconic-blues-and-jazz-pianist-dead-at-89-w450619

Also Jah Wobble Live tomorrow (Wednesday) 10:30 p.m. Strange channel Vintage TV, mostly endless videos that haven't stood the test of time but the occasional must see live session. Always worth checking the schedule.

Saw Paul Simon on Tuesday at the Albert Hall, amazing band and of course the fantastic Bakithi Kumalo on bass uke, EUB, 4 and 6 string fretless, and percussion. Now I've got GAS for a fretless.

Love this, but hard to pick a fave. All the albums have hidden gems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbIMx2MYNXk

Thanks guys, I'll check out the alternatives before commiting to Wix.

+1 for Tommy Cogbill, all his bass lines are like a lesson in how to get it right. I love the bass on this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk15q5paR1k

Check out Albert King's album I wanna get funky. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnn7zBN6n6g

I've been given the job of building my bands website. No experience in this sort of thing at all but have been advised to use Wix. So I've set up an account and started getting pictures, biogs etc that I want to put on the website. Any info or advice about getting this up and running as painlessly as possible would be much appreciated. One of the people in the band has already got a web address registered for the band, am I able to link this into the Wix website ? cheers Buzzy

Paul Simon in November, hoping Bakithi Kumalo is on bass

Meatloaf...the artist formally known as mince

One of the best live albums ever. Most people talk about the solo on the Everything is Everything but the whole album is an example of superb bass playing. I love the groove on The Ghetto.

Thanks for the replies, ironically I sold my upright last month as I hadnt used it for about a year. Think I'll use my P for a while before spending any more money, also see how far the bands gets before I commit.