dmccombe7 Posted January 7 Posted January 7 48 minutes ago, grapefruitmoon said: Assume this was The Heathery in Wishaw, Dave? Remember my uncle and aunt going there when I was wee - my dads aunt stayed (and still stays) on Heathery Road. I do vaguely remember my uncle telling me he saw Magnum in there, I told the guitarist in my old band this and he looked at me like I was an idiot! Thought maybe I'd just made it up/had a false memory, but looks like I didn't. I'll have to find out this week who else they saw there. We knew the owner at the time and that's when he asked if we fancied helping load in with some of the bands. It was usually the more well known bands that had a lot of gear. If i remember right Iron Maiden turned up with one of Elton Johns trucks that still had some of his stage rigs in flightcases with his name on it. One of the lighting rigs in a long flightcase lost its braking on the hill at the rear and was heading for the main roundabout traffic but we managed to stop it in time. It was an articulated truck they had. That was the largest vehicle we helped from but some great memories. There is a FB page for The Heathery that i am an Admin on. Some great pics on it. Dave 1 2 Quote
Bluewine Posted January 8 Posted January 8 12 hours ago, Lozz196 said: It’s a great stage/venue, Dave, I’ve been fortunate enough to play there a few times, a venue that as a youngster I dreamed of playing. Cool Lozz, for me it would be Milwaukee's Shank Hall ( it's not a hall it's a club )..I finally got to play there twice opening for signed headliners. Daryl 3 Quote
dmccombe7 Posted January 8 Posted January 8 11 hours ago, mikebass456 said: Back into rehearsal mode again..... oooh !!! i do like a Ric bass. Dave Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Saw Norman Watt-Roy with JOB at the 100 Club last year. Felt like a time capsule. 8 Quote
mikebass456 Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Managed to get to see NWR with Dylan Howe and Wilko Johnson at Yardbirds in Grimsby quite a few years ago now. He was absolutely on it the whole gig - tight as anything all of them.....🤘🤘Happy days...... 5 Quote
Obrienp Posted January 8 Posted January 8 2 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said: Saw Norman Watt-Roy with JOB at the 100 Club last year. Felt like a time capsule. They were one of the opening acts at the Dereham Blues Festival last year. I was really looking forward to seeing and hearing NWR but the acoustics were a bit odd where we were on the balcony. He was so far back in the mix that I couldn’t hear him clearly a lot of the time. I was really disappointed. 2 1 Quote
mikebass456 Posted January 8 Posted January 8 5 minutes ago, Obrienp said: They were one of the opening acts at the Dereham Blues Festival last year. I was really looking forward to seeing and hearing NWR but the acoustics were a bit odd where we were on the balcony. He was so far back in the mix that I couldn’t hear him clearly a lot of the time. I was really disappointed. The Yardbirds gig I saw him at with Wilko was on a 2 foot high stage, and he was literally within touching distance - mesmerising the whole night! 🤘 3 Quote
dmccombe7 Posted January 8 Posted January 8 NWR is one of those bassists you just want to go see. His technique and style is phenomenal and i'm not even a big fan of that syle of music but i do like hearing his basslines. Hit Me was just a classic bassline. Dave 1 Quote
neepheid Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Can we please get back to discussing how people's gigs where they were playing at went? This thread has gone a bit off the rails recently with discussions about upcoming gigs (there's a different thread for that) and other extraneous stuff about gigs people have attended. 8 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted January 8 Posted January 8 It's just midweek chit-chat while we are all between gigs. 2 Quote
Norris Posted January 11 Posted January 11 Tonight's gig was brought to you by max-strength paracetamol and sudafed. I guess I must have picked up something from the great unwashed crowd at one of our gigs around NYE. I felt a bit dodgy last Thursday night and by Friday morning felt too bad for work! The cold/virus/manflu has waxed and wained over the last week, ending with an invasion of my sinuses this morning that woke me at 5am in pain. Any sane bass player would have pulled the gig. Not me! We only have a couple this month, so I dosed myself up with (legal) drugs and went for it. Not so much jigging about as normal, a bit "heady" bending down to set up and pack down, but otherwise quite an enjoyable gig. Nice pub, decent crowd, hot & sweaty. Hopefully it might have fried off a few of the unwelcome guests infesting me at the moment. I forgot to take any photos. Usual rig with just the Sire P7-5 this time for some P-bass loveliness. Solovair boots are getting to be quite comfortable now. Let's hope I wake up feeling a bit better after some of Dr Jim Beam's post-gig medicine... 20 Quote
skidder652003 Posted January 11 Posted January 11 Was expecting a dead pub tonight but was pleasantly surprised how busy it was. Some people actually caught the train to come and see us from the next town We havent played for a few weeks so again I wasn't expecting much but we played pretty well considering. Landlord and I swapped numbers for more gigs after March. I'll be asking for a little more in the fee. Still not sure I'm enjoying flats on my Jazz. They're heavy gauge as well so my hands are aching after a 2 hour gig, may have to go back to Elixr nanowebs.. No backline, bass to pedalboard (Laney Digbeth preamp) then to desk, in ear monitor and Porter and Davies KT Platform. Passed some guy half asleep in a hedge down a country road on the way home. Felt sorry for him and turned around but when I slowed down he suddenly sprang to life and tried to get in the back of the car without saying anything. Freaked me out so I took off. Called the police when I got home, hopefully they will find him and get him home but it felt sketchy at the time. Home for cheese and toast and a glass of vino, 1.20am. 21 Quote
mikebass456 Posted January 11 Posted January 11 Good to hear you all got back ok after entertaining the great unwashed!😆😆 Looking forward to tonights gig reports tomorrow morning.....🤘🤘 3 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted January 11 Posted January 11 Well... I said no gigs this month but I now have three with Bluesfire. One I hadn't got the date for, one in Cardiff both in a fortnight the other side of the guitarist's other band supporting Cardinal Black. The other is tonight at my local club standing in for a band whose singer is poorly (my other band shares a guitarist with them). Just hope word gets about tonight round as people have being asking when we are back there but not booked until September. 12 Quote
knirirr Posted January 11 Posted January 11 Just got back from a gig. This was a party in honour of a local jazz musician who died just before Christmas (made it to 90, and this would have been his birthday). He was a friend of our BL, so we volunteered to entertain. Good gig - the audience were very appreciative and enjoyed the material (inc. dancing at the end). The highlight for me was some recitation over musical accompaniment of prose reflecting the deceased's other hobby of ancient archaeology. The result resembled an extended jazz version of the Spinal Tap Stonehenge intro, with soprano sax noodling. Nice! 20 1 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted January 12 Posted January 12 Well not a huge audience last night, about 35, but most of them came to see us and quite a few were local musicians. Had some of our best feedback ever 'the dog's bollocks' was one memorable judgement. We were very relaxed and played pretty loosely, Alex changed a few arrangements on the fly and I was in the mood for a bit of improvising. A bass player said 'I liked your solo on Bright Lights' - it wasn’t a solo, I just couldn't remember the (very simple) bass riff... 13 6 Quote
mikebass456 Posted January 12 Posted January 12 18 hours ago, fretmeister said: and a straight fret version!!! https://www.ibanez.com/eu/products/detail/ehb1505s_1p_01.html 34 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said: Well not a huge audience last night, about 35, but most of them came to see us and quite a few were local musicians. Had some of our best feedback ever 'the dog's bollocks' was one memorable judgement. We were very relaxed and played pretty loosely, Alex changed a few arrangements on the fly and I was in the mood for a bit of improvising. A bass player said 'I liked your solo on Bright Lights' - it wasn’t a solo, I just couldn't remember the (very simple) bass riff... Was it Sting who said that if you make a mistake, play it the same way again and look like you meant it? 2 2 Quote
dmccombe7 Posted January 12 Posted January 12 30 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said: A bass player said 'I liked your solo on Bright Lights' - it wasn’t a solo, I just couldn't remember the (very simple) bass riff... That's brilliant. I bet you were in 7th heaven after that comment. Even when you fluff something it sounds good. Happy days are made from good memories. Love it. Dave 2 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted January 12 Posted January 12 1 hour ago, mikebass456 said: Was it Sting who said that if you make a mistake, play it the same way again and look like you meant it? My mantra. 3 Quote
SICbass Posted January 12 Posted January 12 I read an interview with Wendy from Wendy and Lisa. She quoted Prince regarding going for it on stage, “Remember, it’s only a mistake if you stop.” 5 2 Quote
Cat Burrito Posted January 12 Posted January 12 We had an acoustic show case at The Cause in Chippenham. A truly fabulous space. Amazing sound guy who was genuinely interested in the bands, an audience who came to listen and the promoter even made us pizza! We played mainly original material, ending on a token cover. I played mainly mandocello, some guitar and a bit of mandolin at the end (so no bass yet in 2025). The other two acts were a folk singer and a fun time covers band, so a nice mix. The benchmark for which I will base other 2025 shows. 20 Quote
StingRayBoy42 Posted January 12 Posted January 12 1 minute ago, Cat Burrito said: We had an acoustic show case at The Cause in Chippenham. A truly fabulous space. Amazing sound guy who was genuinely interested in the bands, an audience who came to listen and the promoter even made us pizza! We played mainly original material, ending on a token cover. I played mainly mandocello, some guitar and a bit of mandolin at the end (so no bass yet in 2025). The other two acts were a folk singer and a fun time covers band, so a nice mix. The benchmark for which I will base other 2025 shows. VERY cool photo - Footwear details, please! 😀 1 3 Quote
knirirr Posted January 12 Posted January 12 7 hours ago, mikebass456 said: Was it Sting who said that if you make a mistake, play it the same way again and look like you meant it? Standard practice for jazz! 😉 3 Quote
cheddatom Posted January 13 Posted January 13 Artisan Tap in Newcastle-under-Lyme on Saturday night. Basically a home town gig for us. The local following seems to have really built over the last couple of years. For the first 10 years of the band we were more popular in Nottingham than we were in Stoke/Newcastle! Anyway, 120 tickets sold plus guest list and the place was dangerously full. We had 20 songs on the set list but our front man kept calling out random numbers. I reckon we played 30 in the end. Still struggling with my injury but what an ace night! 22 Quote
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