Lozz196 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 1 hour ago, Leonard Smalls said: Perhaps I'll have to have a word next time we're in Hereford and those mosh-boys decide they want to do the can-can like last time... Reminds me of the first time I went to Rebellion, a whole load of punks & skins line-dancing to The Sweet. Rather bizarre but they were enjoying themselves immensely. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 3 hours ago, dclaassen said: Petty sure the reference is to the "dancer" in front of you guys...sound really solid to me! Oh right. I took it as a reference to the lead guitarist I mentioned. No idea who the dancer was, but he's at his mate's wedding so I hope he had fun. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 7 hours ago, Bassfinger said: Jesus H Trump. And that's a grown adult male! Having a laugh is one thing, but being an utter prat is quite another. You have my sympathies. A textbook example of 'throwing some shapes'. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 7 hours ago, dclaassen said: Petty sure the reference is to the "dancer" in front of you guys...sound really solid to me! Dancing? Looked like he was having some kind of medical episode. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martthebass Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 (edited) Bit late at the posting but a few pics have turned up from the weekend gig at The Peacock in Huddersfield last weekend. This was the first pub I played, as a dep at the time, with Glam Fever and it’s still one we look forward to. Edited June 4 by martthebass 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 11 minutes ago, martthebass said: Bit late at the posting but a few pics have turned up from the weekend gig at The Peacock in Huddersfield last weekend. This was the first gig I played, as a dep at the time, with Glam Fever and it’s still one we look forward to. What do you play your Sandberg through? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martthebass Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 1 hour ago, Mickeyboro said: What do you play your Sandberg through? MarkBass set up Mick, little Marcus 500 with 2 x NY121. Fits in the Mini…. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knirirr Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Last night's gig (and the "open rehearsal" the night before) weren't too bad. We got a reasonable number of dancers in, and the rhythm section (bass, drums, tres, percussion) kept good time despite some soloists' attempts to shake the foundations on occasion. First time I've gigged with a fretted bass, which was strange. The venue was here. I've not been since before they revamped it to add a bar; it's a rather nice performance space now. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knirirr Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 With apologies for two posts in a row, I thought I'd mention today's gig at the Ramsden fete. The music went very well - lots of children dancing to it and people hanging around to listen past official chucking out time, until the electricity was cut off half way through our last number. I somehow left my amp's kettle lead behind as well and had to scrounge one; my bass's acoustic volume was not enough for the drummer. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 1 hour ago, knirirr said: my bass's acoustic volume was not enough for the drummer. They never are sadly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 On 06/06/2024 at 09:20, knirirr said: That looks suspiciously like a line dance or similar. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knirirr Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 26 minutes ago, ezbass said: That looks suspiciously like a line dance or similar. It was a salsa class, and I took that photo during the practice session before the band started playing. Not that I would consider myself qualified to comment on dancing... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 An early start, in the beer garden of a rough assed pub just outside Bristol. We were a last minute stand in, which worked as our planned gig had been cancelled. I've never seen so many drunken scaffolders in the same place before. With their families. At 5pm. Football came on in the pub and the garden emptied. We played the second set to the occasional smoker. The place was so filthy I stopped at a Macdonalds to wash on the way home. 1 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martthebass Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 A 60th BD party at a social club on the outskirts of York last night. Normally I’m not a fan on ‘celebratory’ gigs but it turns out a number of the guests had supported us at bikers rallies around the patch so we had a cracking night. One thing though - why did we have to share the dressing room with a hoard of balloons (that were nothing to do with the event)…? 4 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 (edited) Last night's extravaganza... Four band weekend for me. After the drunken scaffolders on Friday with my soul band, my originals were parachuted in by the booking agent to fill a cancellation in a town centre pub in darkest Somerset. Three mass brawls, several minor skirmishes, a gentleman being extravagantly sick in the gents whenever I went to the loo and constant demands for songs clearly not in our genre. Two large television screens broadcast sport throughout; a cricket match on one and horses running in circles around a track on the other. This isn't quite what I'd pictured when miming with a tennis racket in front of the mirror as a small boy. Edited June 9 by stewblack 3 8 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 4 minutes ago, stewblack said: Two large television screens broadcast sport throughout; a cricket match on one and horses running in circles around a track on the other. What is it with venues that put on live music and have television on at the same time? We won’t play with them on, period. One of our regular gigs has TV on when we arrive and we leave them on whilst setting up, but then turn them off just before we start playing. Sometimes not popular ( especially when a key match is on ) but we fill the pub with people who’ve come out to see us, not watch telly. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 A charity fundraiser for a local brain tumour charity at Southwold Arts Centre in Suffolk, with Elton Joel. First theatre show in a while after a string of festival dates. Not a huge stage so I opted for my Markbass traveller rig - LM3, 2x10 and 1x12 cabs. After a series of shows using just my Yamaha BB604 I used my 1970 P bass for most of this one and it sounded lovely. I’ve missed that sound! Lovely audience, cool venue and a really enjoyable evening. Three hour drive home aided by late night McDonald’s coffee stop and loud banging house music on Radio 1 to keep me awake. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 It was my sister’s 40th birthday party yesterday and naturally she asked my band to play, because we can play songs people know with just enough competence that they recognise them. The keys player has a Behringer XR18 desk but not a clue how to use it, so me, the guitarist and drummer all took turns to get it to work with some very glitchy software, and after an hour of fighting it, gave up. We ended up borrowing an unused Soundcraft desk from my mum’s local church and suddenly within minutes had a functioning PA we could all understand 🤣 Once I’d had a beer and calmed down we managed to play two great sets with a lovely, lively crowd, and I have taken the decision to (try to) permanently liberate the desk from the clutches of the Lord JC… 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 2 hours ago, martthebass said: A 60th BD party at a social club on the outskirts of York last night. Normally I’m not a fan on ‘celebratory’ gigs but it turns out a number of the guests had supported us at bikers rallies around the patch so we had a cracking night. One thing though - why did we have to share the dressing room with a hoard of balloons (that were nothing to do with the event)…? I thought those were the groupies boobies. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 1 hour ago, bassbiscuits said: Not a huge stage so I opted for my Markbass traveller ri You need to get Elton a Schroder piano. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martthebass Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 9 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said: I thought those were the groupies boobies. One of em looks distinctly scrotesque… 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Last night's Bendricks Rock gig was right up in the Rhondda at a big social club. Excellent stage and we had a dressing room with enough space for empty cases and still sit down. Even our own loo! Fortunately we decided to bring the bigger PA although the smaller one would probably have managed. We were standing in for another band who cancelled in good time and gave our details to the venue. Thanks! First few songs affected by nerves, but then we settled down. To be honest we need to work on song structure, we play a lot of songs with unusual structures and weren't too tight on a few. Even so, they were really into the music, especially the sabbath/purple/Zeppelin songs. Our setlist is spot on for the rock loving valleys. We played until 11:30. One of the guitarists said 'I get paid to set up and take down. The playing is why I do it and I'm happy to go all night'. This got posted on our Facebook, doesn't do the lights justice. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dclaassen Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 (edited) IMG_6757.mov Sawtry Festival with SDW. Great crowd and line dancers the whole 1 hour set. Home in 15 minutes at 5. The best kind of gig! I might have to hang onto my 1x15 for these. Trace head, GB 1x12s, Jazz bass 24. Edited June 9 by dclaassen 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Good one last night in Queensferry, great venue. Montitor sound was great until the ****ing drummer complained about too much bass and vocals. The sound man took that as “take all the bass and vocals out of the monitors” and it all went to s***. Anyway, sounded good out front apparently 🤘🏻 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 9 minutes ago, Rayman said: Good one last night in Queensferry, great venue. Montitor sound was great until the ****ing drummer complained about too much bass and vocals. The sound man took that as “take all the bass and vocals out of the monitors” and it all went to s***. Anyway, sounded good out front apparently 🤘🏻 Drummers, !!!!! Whereabouts in Queensferry were you ? Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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