lonestar Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 [quote name='beerdragon' post='579718' date='Aug 24 2009, 11:49 PM']Whats wrong with Humphrey Lyttelton![/quote] He died a while ago Quote
Alien Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 Fat Fingers McGee here! The alternative blues name game: 1. Think of an affliction 2. Think of a fruit 3. Think of a US president eg. Blind Lemon Jefferson, or possibly Squinting Mango Nixon A Quote
The Funk Posted August 24, 2009 Posted August 24, 2009 [quote name='Alien' post='579754' date='Aug 25 2009, 12:40 AM']The alternative blues name game: 1. Think of an affliction 2. Think of a fruit 3. Think of a US president eg. Blind Lemon Jefferson, or possibly Squinting Mango Nixon[/quote] Syphilitic Kumquat Obama? I don't think I'm very good at this. When I was younger, I tried coming up with a very 'funk' sounding name. I tried Cornelius Funk for a while and then Curtis Jackson. The second one stopped being usable once 50 Cent came along. For the record, Miles Davis sounds like the name of a repressed Welsh librarian. Quote
grumble Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 Ugly Eyes Parker at your service Makes me feel like Marty Feldman !! Quote
Pete Academy Posted August 25, 2009 Author Posted August 25, 2009 How could we forget the late Steely Dan sax player, Cornelius Bumpus? Quote
BottomEndian Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 [quote name='Alien' post='579754' date='Aug 25 2009, 12:40 AM']The alternative blues name game: 1. Think of an affliction 2. Think of a fruit 3. Think of a US president eg. Blind Lemon Jefferson, or possibly Squinting Mango Nixon[/quote] Surely the ultimate blues player would thus be Dead Elderberry Bush? Quote
kingofthestuntmen Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 So is Stanley Clarke the exception that proves the rule..? Quote
Bottle Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 [quote name='MacDaddy' post='579585' date='Aug 24 2009, 09:33 PM']Blues name generator. [url="http://www.outliermusic.com/jokes_bluesname.htm"]http://www.outliermusic.com/jokes_bluesname.htm[/url] Apparently I'm [i]Blind Fingers Jones.[/i][/quote] I'm now to be known as Happy Fingers Davis (oo-err missus ) Quote
Bilbo Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 Benny Carter, Chris Potter, Paul Chambers, Doug Watkins, Ron Carter, Bessie Smith, Bill Evans, Jo Jones, Billy Taylor, Sarah Vaughan, Barry Harris, Joe Turner, James Carter, Lenny White, Fred Anderson, Percy Heath, Jeff Andrews, Benny Bailey, Arthur Taylor, Clifford Brown, Tony Bennett, Joe Beck, Gary Burton, Eddie Daniels, Bill Crow, Bill Dobbins, Michael Gibbs, Jim Hall, Tony WIlliams..... as opposed to Steve Vai, Flea, Prince, Lady Ga Ga, Madonna, Ms. Dynamite, The Edge, Bono, Simon Le Bon, Jon Bon Jovi, Yousson Dour, Neneh Cherry, Melissa Auf der Maur (Smashing Pumpkins), Geezer Butler, David Ellefson, Lemmy Kilminster, Doctor Robert, I think you are all projecting....... Quote
Pete Academy Posted August 25, 2009 Author Posted August 25, 2009 [quote name='kingofthestuntmen' post='579991' date='Aug 25 2009, 11:06 AM']So is Stanley Clarke the exception that proves the rule..?[/quote] There's always one. Quote
HeavyJay Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 [list] [*]Hercules Rockefeller [*]Rembrandt Q. Einstein [*]Handsome B. Wonderful [/list] Or have I got the wrong name generator? Quote
thisnameistaken Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 I once found out I didn't get a gig because they'd given it to a bloke called Hamlet Luton. Fair play, I would've given it to him too. Quote
iamapirate Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 [quote name='dood' post='580020' date='Aug 25 2009, 10:27 AM']ok, I'm game! I am:- Old Fingers Jenkins![/quote] I knew fish fingers were a fruit! Quote
jamiejames Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 Worked with a sax player once called Thunderbolt Jackson, claimed it was his real name, although I never saw any proof of that. Quote
DarkHorse Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 Please be up-standing for the blues by, yours truly, "Skinny Bones Bailey" Quote
mrcrow Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 chet baker, artie shaw, dizzy gillespie, benny goodman, chas mcdevitt, monty sunshine, buggsy berrigan, stan getz, caichito, dave brubeck, charlie parker, bob busby, tommy taylor, david fitzerald, and more cool bass here i agree hip names are cool Quote
MacDaddy Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 [quote name='The Funk' post='579759' date='Aug 25 2009, 12:55 AM']Syphilitic Kumquat Obama? I don't think I'm very good at this. [/quote] tea --> screen moment Sounds like the kind of album Frank Zappa would do if he was still alive. Quote
Low End Bee Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 Names are important. As Peter Eustinov said. Sophia Loren wouldn't have married Carlo Ponti if he was english. Charlie Bridges doesn't sound half as sophisticated. Quote
mrcrow Posted August 26, 2009 Posted August 26, 2009 [quote name='Low End Bee' post='580774' date='Aug 25 2009, 10:58 PM']Names are important. As Peter Eustinov said. Sophia Loren wouldn't have married Carlo Ponti if he was english. Charlie Bridges doesn't sound half as sophisticated.[/quote] good one... what about dick van dyke...changed his name from penis van lesbian Quote
BigBeefChief Posted August 26, 2009 Posted August 26, 2009 [quote name='mrcrow' post='581773' date='Aug 26 2009, 07:20 PM']what about dick van dyke...changed his name from penis van lesbian[/quote] Is that true?? Quote
Pete Academy Posted August 26, 2009 Author Posted August 26, 2009 Giuseppe Verdi...plain old Joe Green. Quote
Pete Academy Posted August 26, 2009 Author Posted August 26, 2009 There's a a composer called Karl Scheit. Pronounced sh*te, I think. Unfortunate. Quote
leonshelley01 Posted August 26, 2009 Posted August 26, 2009 Pretty Dog Davis. I'm keeping that one! Quote
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