simonc61 Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Anyone played in any type of Blues Brothers band in the past or presently. May be such an opportunity down my way but not sure if the over-familiar set would quickly become tedious for a bassist, or indeed it might be a blast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Dave Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Because I was playing in a blues band about 15 years back we got asked a couple of times to do a Blues Bros set - which we were happy to do with the addition of a makeshift horn section consisting of a couple of pals from a soul band. It was a laugh. I got bored being the bass player in a blues band anyway so I expect this would have been the same had we done it regularly. My current band has been going years but I sing too - so even in our early blues incarnation I didn't get fed up. These days we don't really do any blues stuff at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 If you 'get' the music it would be a blast. I'd do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mart Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Reading your sig, I can't help wondering what "I know what I like" would sound like in a BB style. I reckon there's potential there, but it may not be something to suggest at the audition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Unless you are improvising a lot I would have thought any set will become "overfamiliar" if you are gigging frequently. I'd jump at such a chance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 My first band at school was a Blues Brothers type band; with a 3 piece brass section playing blues, soul and funk. We were dead ringers, except for the suits and glasses, and that was many years before they formed the Blues Brothers. Duck Dunn was the man. I'd jump at the chance to play in a Blues Brothers band again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 Cropper's back over on tour next Jan/Feb if you want to do some research? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 I've got tickets for 26th Jan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1355615609' post='1900702'] I've got tickets for 26th Jan. [/quote] Good man, I'm doing two & a probable third, one of which is being recorded, for a DVD I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzbass2000 Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Playing with a kicking horn section is great. You'll have a blast - go for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Played so many these BB type gigs in the past..way before the Commitments things took off, so I wouldn't be that fussed about the gig anymore. Great for a dep gig, maybe...as you'll have to have all those numbers down anyway, but too many bands of that ilk about so I'd be looking for something not so over-done. We do have a couple of singers from the licensed revues doing the rounds so having a decent Jake and Elwood on board would be great but they are just as bored with it now anyway, I suspect. So, not for me, Would be far more interested in grafting on a horn section for special shows to shake up my current gig, But if it appeals and the band is different from usual pub fare, then go for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonc61 Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 [quote name='Fuzzbass2000' timestamp='1355617700' post='1900727'] Playing with a kicking horn section is great. You'll have a blast - go for it! [/quote] Well they certainly have a full-on horn section so that could indeed be fun as you suggest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Some great duck dunn lines, the music generally means it will be a fun crowd booking you, great gig IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonc61 Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 [quote name='lojo' timestamp='1355672972' post='1901175'] Some great duck dunn lines, the music generally means it will be a fun crowd booking you, great gig IMO [/quote] Thanks Lojo, that's what I thought. Waiting for a call back from them - they still haven't found anyone. I might still be donning the tie and trilby - watch this space. (well it's the closest to a Blues brother!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 (edited) It is your duty to play in every Blues Brothers band you can. "No pharmaceutical product could ever equal the rush you get when the band hits that groove, the people are dancing, shouting, and swaying, and the house is rocking!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmDjBONCXEo&playnext=1&list=PLF820370288A36DD6&feature=results_main Edited December 16, 2012 by chris_b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonc61 Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1355691500' post='1901487'] It is your duty to play in every Blues Brothers band you can. "No pharmaceutical product could ever equal the rush you get when the band hits that groove, the people are dancing, shouting, and swaying, and the house is rocking!"[/quote] I've seen the light - they're emailing me a set list, audition early in the new year. We're getting the band back together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 [quote name='simonc61' timestamp='1355692393' post='1901497'] We're getting the band back together![/quote] Play it Steve! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNbdw7P17Ls Could never bring myself to watch BB2000, but I've got the twin-disc of the original film DVD & a DVD or two of their live stuff. Finding the Winterland 78 on YT was a new one on me - I'll have to get the DVD of that if there is one - and knock one up if not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHUFC BASS Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Fella how drinks in my local was once the bass player for The Boogie Brothers who were in the 1980s one of the first Blues Brothers tribute bands. He was gigging regularly to packed out venues. He left them a good while back now but really enjoyed his time with them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07NlFovY4GU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremen Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 [quote name='simonc61' timestamp='1355692393' post='1901497'] I've seen the light - they're emailing me a set list, audition early in the new year. We're getting the band back together! [/quote] Lucky bastard. (what everyone else said!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisthebass Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 [quote name='WHUFC BASS' timestamp='1355756006' post='1902218'] Fella how drinks in my local was once the bass player for The Boogie Brothers who were in the 1980s one of the first Blues Brothers tribute bands. He was gigging regularly to packed out venues. He left them a good while back now but really enjoyed his time with them. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07NlFovY4GU[/media] [/quote] Was his name John Woods? He was on the same Intermediate course with me at The Bass Institute in Acton when it was being run by Tony Muschamp in the late 1980's. I saw this band (albeit with a different female singer) about that time at a couple of pubs in London, and eventually supported The Blues Brothers Band (with most of the original members of the band from the film - I was at the gig) at the Hammersmith Odeon (as it was then) in about 1988 or '89. They were a good band - always wondered what happened to them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHUFC BASS Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 His name was Paul Power belive it or not (same as the old Man City captain). Really good bass player too, could sight read anything and played double bass in orchestras too. He still does a bit now and uses an old Wal bass. Only problem is he's an Arsenal fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBunny Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 [quote name='simonc61' timestamp='1355595658' post='1900440'] Anyone played in any type of Blues Brothers band in the past or presently. May be such an opportunity down my way but not sure if the over-familiar set would quickly become tedious for a bassist, or indeed it might be a blast? [/quote] Currently play in a Blues Brothers/Commitments Tribute. Same musicians go out as a Soul/Tamla/Party band and tend to combine the 2 at Functions. We did the US Car Show at Tatton Park to 30,000+ people and are booked to do the Northampton one next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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