mangotango Posted February 12, 2019 Posted February 12, 2019 Shez Raja, Pizza Express Soho in November. The debut of his new Fodera/Aguilar set-up - bloomin' good it sounded too! New tunes from a forthcoming album. Fantastic stuff all round. Quote
kevin_lindsay Posted February 12, 2019 Posted February 12, 2019 Tears For Fears / Alison Moyet at The Hydro in Glasgow last night was a belter of a gig. Fantastic sound. Audience up on their feet for the sets of both acts. Pity the O2 in London didn't seem to have the same atmosphere? Quote
el borracho Posted February 19, 2019 Posted February 19, 2019 The Struts. Incredible audience reaction - the entire crowd was singing the chorus of the first song seconds into the gig and carried on all night. Must have felt great on stage! Quote
cetera Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 Kate Bush tribute 'Cloudbusting' last Friday night at the Half Moon, Putney featuring our very own @sprocketflup on fretted, fretless and electric cello! So many great songs, so many fantastic basslines.... and so many tears of emotion. Wow!! (pun) It doesn't get better than that! 1 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons. B****y brilliant 🙂 Quote
HengistPod Posted February 21, 2019 Posted February 21, 2019 My son's band, Orynthia, at Krakatoa in Aberdeen last Friday (not counting my own gig on Saturday ). They won the annual Battle of the Bands competition on the night - good effort seeing as over 100 acts entered originally, and £2K in their pocket that they're buying studio time with. They're actually very good. The other guitarist tours Europe with a prog act called Sithu Aye, and has an endorsement with Sandberg Guitars. Elements of Pallas, Haken, stuff like that in their sound. If they pull their fingers out they could do very well. As a technical musician, the little bugger left me behind years ago. 1 Quote
ubit Posted February 21, 2019 Author Posted February 21, 2019 6 minutes ago, HengistPod said: As a technical musician, the little bugger left me behind years ago. Not doubting his ability at all but to be fair, nowadays it’s so much easier to practice when you are young. All the online help you can get that we never had. Before anyone says you can still do it, bedroom practice when you are 14-16 is the best practice you will ever get. You just have so much more time. Quote
Angelus Posted February 21, 2019 Posted February 21, 2019 Steely Dan last night, fantastic night. Worth the ticket fee, for a change. Had Stevie Winwood as support, he was good, but didn’t have a bass player, so that didn’t impress me. 2 Quote
casapete Posted March 3, 2019 Posted March 3, 2019 Los Pacaminos, last night in Hull. Led by Paul Young, they're a 7 piece Tex-Mex style band, playing originals and a few covers too. Despite not being a capacity audience in Hull Truck theatre, they were excellent - entertaining, funny and also great players and vocalists. Bassist had a P-bass with a red glitter scratchplate , which sounds hideous but was strangely quite nice. They are currently doing gigs all over the UK, a lot in intimate venues - if you just fancy a good night out then I can't recommend them enough. Quote
pineweasel Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 Saw JZ Replacement last night at Mau Mau Bar, a great little place on Portobello Road. An intense but funky sax/bass/drums trio with Tim Lefebvre on bass, and a real treat to see him do his stuff up close. Some great tones, especially the gnarly distortion he was getting from a Microtubes X7. Excellent drums and sax from Jamie Murray and Zhenya Strigalev too. They are playing a late show tonight at Ronnie Scotts - recommended if you like that sort of thing. Quote
ezbass Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 (edited) I’m going to the ‘Thunderthumbs - Celebrating The Music Of Louis Johnson’ gig tonight. Report to follow. Edited March 12, 2019 by ezbass 1 Quote
mangotango Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, ezbass said: I’m going to the ‘Thunderthumbs - Celebrating The Music Of Louis Johnson’ gig tonight. Report to follow. Gonna Stomp all night? Quote
ezbass Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 Just now, mangotango said: Gonna Stomp all night? We’ll see. 1 Quote
lurksalot Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 Big boy bloater and the limits it was a great show really enjoyed it , i was with a bunch of mates and we had a brilliant evening Quote
odysseus Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 On 21/02/2019 at 09:19, HengistPod said: My son's band, Orynthia, at Krakatoa in Aberdeen last Friday (not counting my own gig on Saturday ). They won the annual Battle of the Bands competition on the night - good effort seeing as over 100 acts entered originally, and £2K in their pocket that they're buying studio time with. They're actually very good. The other guitarist tours Europe with a prog act called Sithu Aye, and has an endorsement with Sandberg Guitars. Elements of Pallas, Haken, stuff like that in their sound. If they pull their fingers out they could do very well. With those kind of influences, I'm sold already!! Umm.... last band I saw was my mate's classic rock band Loco, in Tyack's Hotel, Camborne. The last 'name' band I saw was Saxon at Falmouth Pavilions probably 4 or 5 years ago.... Quote
pigface Posted March 12, 2019 Posted March 12, 2019 Ashamed as I am to admit to this*, it was Johnny Winter. *not because it was Johnny, but because it was so long ago 😧 Quote
cetera Posted March 12, 2019 Posted March 12, 2019 Dave Bickler (ex-Survivor singer and the voice of 'Eye Of The Tiger) at The Garage in London last night. Lots of melodic rock classics with a backing band made up of members of Son Of Man, FM, Buck & Evans and my own 'Leather & Lace'. His voice was pretty good after all these years and he seemed a splendid chap when I met him afterwards :) 1 Quote
ezbass Posted March 12, 2019 Posted March 12, 2019 So, I went to the ‘Thunder thumbs - Celebrating The Music Of Louis Johnson’ gig, last Friday and I’m pleased to report that it was as funky as a monkey, wearing funky trousers. The band were as tight as a gnat’s chuff and Phil Mulford’s playing was par excellence. I had expected an awful lot of clattery slapping and popping (think any bass show/exhibition you’ve ever been to) but no, the eq was set so that it didn’t become a clatterfest, just really solid, chest thumping bass. I saw another member of the BC family there, one @Nickytwister, who seemed to be really enjoying it (Nick is no slouch himself when it comes to funking it up). If you get a chance to see this show, take it, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. 1 Quote
Steve_M Posted March 12, 2019 Posted March 12, 2019 The last 'proper' gig I went to (bought a ticket and everything) was Victor Wooten Trio @ Ronnie Scotts, in October last year. Off to see Jeff Lorber Fusion (Ronnies again) with Jimmy Haslip on bass in April. That's one back-to-front-upside-down player that blows me away! 1 Quote
Baxlin Posted March 27, 2019 Posted March 27, 2019 BBC Concert Orchestra at Maida Vale studio last night, plus various singers, recording a programme for Radio 2 to be broadcast at Easter. What fantastic musicians! 1 Quote
Old Man Riva Posted March 27, 2019 Posted March 27, 2019 Yamato Japanese drummers at the Peacock Theatre London last night. Not seen anything like it before and it was a wonderful experience. They’re on a run at the theatre until 31st March, so if you fancy a bombardment of the senses along with a bit of fun (and can broadly clap in time, should you wish to join in at all!) then there are worse ways in which to spend an evening... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadaiko_Yamato 1 Quote
mangotango Posted March 27, 2019 Posted March 27, 2019 Just recently, Black Dyke Band (formerly, the Black Dyke Mills Brass Band). Absolutely wonderful, excellent musicianship throughout. Quote
paddy109 Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 I watched The Idles being supported by The Crows last night in Cardiff’s Tramshed. Two excellent bands that put on a great show. Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 2 hours ago, paddy109 said: I watched The Idles being supported by The Crows last night in Cardiff’s Tramshed. Two excellent bands that put on a great show. 🙂 Good venue? I've got tickets for Phil Campbell there in November - he should be good on home turf! Quote
paddy109 Posted March 28, 2019 Posted March 28, 2019 Just now, Stub Mandrel said: 🙂 Good venue? I've got tickets for Phil Campbell there in November - he should be good on home turf! I thought it was a great venue and sound. Absolutely rammed! There is a little bar upstairs that was hardly used. 1 Quote
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