How was your gig last night?

[Jackroadkill]

1 hour ago, garyt said:

Last weekend’s gig was great with a covers band that I’ve been gigging with for the last 6 months.  But then I got the bullet 2 days before this weekend’s gig, completely out the blue, no warnings. 

 

Blimey - how come?

[dmccombe7]

1 hour ago, garyt said:

Last weekend’s gig was great with a covers band that I’ve been gigging with for the last 6 months.  But then I got the bullet 2 days before this weekend’s gig, completely out the blue, no warnings. 

WOW who does that.

Had you any idea at all that things weren't quite right. ?

Hopefully you get another band with higher morals than that.

Dave

[Mickeyboro]

On 01/03/2025 at 22:09, HeadlessBassist said:

A very late end to three hard days, after two days away teaching in the Cotswolds/Wiltshire, I continued onto Petersfield in Hampshire via a night in a Travelodge at FourMarks near Alton for a gig at the Petersfield Festival Hall with the three tribute act live show I play for. Excellent gig, sounded fantastic in the Festival Hall, but a long 180 mile trek home to Derbyshire afterwards. Getting home at 3am isn't getting any easier now I'm getting older.

Tell us more about your show - interesting!🙏

[casapete]

4 hours ago, Len_derby said:

 

Pete, as you’re doing regular spots at this, and other venues, do you have the opportunity to store gear there between gigs?

Afraid not Neil. We do three regular monthly gigs, and only the gig in Scarborough ( The Lookout on 

the Pier) has a PA we can use. Storage wouldn’t be an option for us anyway, as we need the gear 

for other stuff - my guitarist mate in the duo works an average of 5 nights a week I reckon, and

I do some stuff in a blues three piece. 
It’s a pain dragging PA around, but at least my Rumble combos are fairly lightweight. 

[garyt]

30 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

WOW who does that.

Had you any idea at all that things weren't quite right. ?

Hopefully you get another band with higher morals than that.

Dave

I honestly didn’t have a clue, and the gigs were great.  
Apparently I had been saying things at rehearsals that didn’t go down well, you know the usual things like focussing on dynamics and timing.  It was all a bit much for some of the band members.   Honestly, never had this in my life, and quite unprofessional to be unable to sort things out and mainly to waste my time. 

[HeadlessBassist]

1 hour ago, Mickeyboro said:

Tell us more about your show - interesting!🙏

 

We play mainly at Warners Resorts and Theatres, with a live show consisting of an Everly Brothers Tribute, a Buddy Holly Tribute and a Jerry Lee Lewis Tribute. I've been with them for about six years. 

[Mickeyboro]

8 hours ago, HeadlessBassist said:

 

We play mainly at Warners Resorts and Theatres, with a live show consisting of an Everly Brothers Tribute, a Buddy Holly Tribute and a Jerry Lee Lewis Tribute. I've been with them for about six years. 

Is that with the same group and different frontmen, or the same singer/s? Sounds fascinating. Bet you don’t play a headless… but do you play stand-up bass too? Picture please!

[HeadlessBassist]

26 minutes ago, Mickeyboro said:

Is that with the same group and different frontmen, or the same singer/s? Sounds fascinating. Bet you don’t play a headless… but do you play stand-up bass too? Picture please!

 

Same four singers - two brothers do the Everlys, one older guy does Buddy Holly, and another does Jerry Lee Lewis with all the stunt piano stuff. Add to all that the Bass and Drums and you have a nice regular six piece for a combined Live Show. (Players typically come from all over the country - Brothers and myself come from Derbyshire, Buddy from Norwich, Jerry from Ross-on-Wye and drummer from Milton Keynes!) Case of the best players for the job!

 

I'm a classical Double Bass player by trade, so I could use upright, but I use Fender Jazzes for these jobs (even though the Jazz wasn't technically born until 1960!) The "Headless" part comes from one of my two Status basses and a Cort Space Bass 5 that I use on other jobs.

Edited 9 hours ago by HeadlessBassist