Rich

No No No - Dawn Penn

Bonkers - Dizzee Rascal

Let It Go - Frozen OST

Line-oleum - NOFX

Whale Kipper Whelk Home In The Eel Side - Harry Secombe

Cliff You Leave Me Now - Chicago

The best one I ever had was during a gig with my old jazz-fusion trio at a jazz venue in Bristol. We had just finished a John Scofield tune and were about to launch into another 10-minute instrumental epic when this I've-had-one-alcopop-too-many student-type came up to me. "Do you do Iron Man by Black Sabbath?" he asked. I looked at him incredulously. "Do we sound like the sort of band that does Iron Man by Black Sabbath?" I replied with a laugh. We launched into the aforementioned instrumental epic, at the end of which there he was again. "Do you know Iron Man by Black Sabbath?" he asked. "No we bloody don't", I replied somewhat testily. I wandered away from him to try to signal that the exchange was definitely ended and we dived into another lengthy widdle. At the end, yup, there he was again. "Why won't you play Iron Man?" he demanded. I gave him my very best Paddington Bear Hard Stare. "Oh come on, you must know it!" he said. "Mate," I said in a firm this-conversation-is-over tone, "just f*** off, ok?". Thankfully, he got the message and did in fact f*** off. I'm pretty sure he was only doing it for a laugh anyway. Perhaps his pathetic mates put him up to it. (I wouldn't normally tell a punter to sex-&-travel, but this gimboid was seriously getting on my toot.)

There's no name on my bass gigbag, but it does the job very nicely. And it once belonged to dear OldGit, so it's going nowhere. Every time I pick it up, I can hear him asking for more baritone in the monitors My pedalboard and its associated cable snake lives in a rucksack that could have been made to measure, all the amp leads go in a bag in the back of the rack, and all my tools and batteries and bits & bobs are in a wee cantilever toolbox that I've had since I was 16.

Tea - Sam Brown

Hot Water - Level 42

As long as the tunes were good and it wasn't a genre that I actively disliked, then yes I probably would. Any gig is better than no gig (up to a point, anyway). However, you should probably let them know that it's not exactly your first choice.

Hands In Your Pocket · Richard Marx

Murder of the Planet Earth - It Bites

Yes, I saw that on FB. What a lovely eulogy. It put a proper lump in my throat.

I Just Don't Understand - Ann-Margret

Femur Of The Species - Space

What, you mean so badly that they'll end up in hospital, being operated on by a sturgeon?

The outpouring of sorrow and respect on here and on social media in general has been quite remarkable. A very common theme from all who met him seems to be 'loveliest man you could hope to meet'. I just hope he knew how loved and respected he was.

From what he said in the interview, it's a Fender Jazz with its fingerboard replaced with 100+year old ebony from an old upright. Body stripped to plain wood, Badass bridge, EMG pickups.

I'd just like to mussel in at this point, and crab the opportunity to say how much I'm looking forward to the Bash. To anyone codtemplating coming along for the first time, you'll be most whelkome. It's always a wonderful day and a great tenchion-reliever after a working week. So mullet over and perhaps weel see you there!