The Last Bass Outpost
Main Forums => The Outpost Cafe => Topic started by: pamlicojack on July 02, 2009, 06:26:01 PM
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It's that time of year when thousands will decend upon Winston-Salem NC for the 9th annual HEAVY REBEL WEEKENDER. Three days of rock and roll, rockabilly, honky-tonk, punk, garage, metal, and loads more. The beer will be flowing (except for me who doesn't drink, the rat rods and classic beaters will be on display, the mud wrestling will be dirty, and the music for the 85+ bands will be HOT! I'm not even going to get into the wet wifebeater show or the upright bass slapdown.
I am honored to be playing it again this year (my 6th and with a third different band.) the Rayguns will be hitting the Jailhouse stage at 5:45 on Friday and the show won't wrap up until Dash Rip Rock closes it down on Sunday night.
I hope everyone has a safe Fourth of July Holiday filled with family, friends, good food, and fireworks. Even though it won't be as cool as mine... :mrgreen:
www.heavyrebel.net for all the details, pics, schedules, and more. Hopefully I'll have some pics up next week after I recover. Denis will be there too and hopefully will make a full report after his hangover subsides...
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It will definitely outrock mine, not much of musical interest to me going on around here. Hope you have a great time.
Dash Rip Rock... who'da thunk they'd still be around?
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Your event is bigger no doubt but we'll be headling a similar thing here on Seattle's waterfront.
Our old friend Miss Goody Goody (The girl so nice they named her twice!) is the poster model. hopefully I'll get some pics to share.
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/veronicasteed/july4th.jpg)
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It will definitely outrock mine, not much of musical interest to me going on around here. Hope you have a great time.
Dash Rip Rock... who'da thunk they'd still be around?
This is their 25th anniversary. I hadn't seen them in nearly 20 years (Whenever Boiled Alive came out)
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Seeing Crosby, Stills & Nash tonight - do old hippies count? - and Manfred Mann's Earth Band - do old proggies count? - on Sunday ...
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It's that time of year when thousands will decend upon Winston-Salem NC for the 9th annual HEAVY REBEL WEEKENDER. Three days of rock and roll, rockabilly, honky-tonk, punk, garage, metal, and loads more. The beer will be flowing (except for me who doesn't drink, the rat rods and classic beaters will be on display, the mud wrestling will be dirty, and the music for the 85+ bands will be HOT! I'm not even going to get into the wet wifebeater show or the upright bass slapdown.
I am honored to be playing it again this year (my 6th and with a third different band.) the Rayguns will be hitting the Jailhouse stage at 5:45 on Friday and the show won't wrap up until Dash Rip Rock closes it down on Sunday night.
I hope everyone has a safe Fourth of July Holiday filled with family, friends, good food, and fireworks. Even though it won't be as cool as mine... :mrgreen:
www.heavyrebel.net for all the details, pics, schedules, and more. Hopefully I'll have some pics up next week after I recover. Denis will be there too and hopefully will make a full report after his hangover subsides...
It's going to be a great time, like it always is. I'll try and take pics of any cool basses I see in action. A report from me after a hangover may not be the most objective thing ever though.
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Playing a support slot tomorrow, and sharing lead vocals on one song... ;D
Have a great holiday US buddies... 8)
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Geez...all I'm doing is playing what will likely be an empty biker bar. The money is good, but I think I know what to expect.
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Playing a support slot tomorrow, and sharing lead vocals on one song... ;D
Have a great holiday US buddies... 8)
Ahh yeah!................. We're celebrating the throwing off of the yoke of english tyranny! ;)
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We are playing a party in Waco that we've done the past 3 years. Good money and food plus I get to try out my new Markbass SD800. That damned Guitar Center and their stinking list sale! :mrgreen: I will also be playing a bass that my friend Bill White built for me. He has a company called Zo's Guitars and I've known him for over 30 years so I specified a 5 string Jazz Bass for him to build.
Plus we are going to play "Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough" and I'm looking forward to doing all of those cool fills.
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You may outrock, but you will not out-cool.
We're headed to Red Rocks near Denver to hear Blues Traveler in their annual July 4th concert!
They be jammin'!
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I'll be heading out in about an hour. You guys have a great 4th! I hope to get home by 5 a.m. tomorrow.......... :bored:
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Everyone have a great, safe 4th! We're headed out in about two hours.
Tomorrow I'll change the front brake pads on our '99 Blazer in preparation for an 800-mile trip to Lake Tahoe next weekend.
Yesterday I changed both the flexible brake lines on the front discs in my daughter's '91 Camaro.
I'm entitled to a day of NON-automotive stuff!
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Our gig was themed to "who can wear the silliest/most outrageous hat" and our keyboard player, Louis, saying goodbye to his friends (flys "down-under" day after our gig on 15th August) and his other band playing one last gig with him and us supporting...
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/Front%20Page/20090704FP25.jpg)
Yes indeed, silly hats all round...
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/Front%20Page/20090704FP18.jpg)
Louis (with Tele) and Chris...
We played nine numbers, 6 of Chris', with the live debut of one of Louis songs from a CD he released in 2005 (plays pretty much everything on it) called "Stroke", to which I included a link to below...
http://www.garageband.com/mp3player?|pe1|S8LTM0LdsaSkZlm0Z2s (http://www.garageband.com/mp3player?|pe1|S8LTM0LdsaSkZlm0Z2s)
... and 2 covers, "Hold On, I'm Coming" and "Back In The USSR" - highly appropriate for 4th July... ;)
Here's one with a temporarily hatless Nick and me with the RD...
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/Front%20Page/20090704FP13.jpg)
My hat, an inflatible Stetson, is a delightful shade of blue, not possible to be seen under the red glare, internally lit with a collection of my daughters LED lights; a vision to behold... ;D
and a blury one with the Tequilabird...
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/Front%20Page/20090704FP9.jpg)
Yep, that is me singing, and be thankful I have no means of uploading video... ;)
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/Front%20Page/20090704FP21.jpg)
It was a nice wide stage but as both kits (one at each end) were present, with Louis centrally positioned, and 3 guitarists, total, it was a tad cosy - I had to be careful not to send Louis' Mac flying and avoid cymbal laceration to my right, not to mention taking out Louis' head... :o
and Mark... being of Scottish descent, we have yet to slip that yoke... :sad: but we are trying... ;)
PS - can anyone spot the small American Republican influence in any of the pics...?
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Two pix of Blues Traveler from row 38 at Red Rocks (http://www.redrocksonline.com)...hey, they were shot with a Blackberry - it was what I had!
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j306/apowell1/IMG00038.jpg)
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j306/apowell1/IMG00040.jpg)
These guys are really different. A little pop, a little rock, and a LOT of free-form jazz that let them flow from number to number with almost no breaks.
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I love BT. Our guitarist travelled over to the north coast of New South wales to see them play a few months ago. He rang me from the gig (Bastard!) and said here have a listen to what your missin'. :sad:
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The overall musicianship of that band is incredible. Their bass player, Tad Kinchla (his brother Chan Kinchla plays guitar) plays some kind of wacky 6-string with one of those strange extended upper horns. He did trade it for a more conventional 4-string for a few numbers.
(http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j306/apowell1/TadKinchlaBluesTraveler.jpg)
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I played two fests - July 2, and 3. Had the 4th off (it rained anyway), and had my daughter's 7th b-day party on Sunday. And today I'm in pain..... :sad:
She took these pics Friday night.
(http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs147.snc1/5456_1097443994827_1188420788_30251121_3664264_n.jpg)
(http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs127.snc1/5456_1097444634843_1188420788_30251126_4672662_n.jpg)
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Nice shots... Is that a Bachbird I see lurking in the background...?
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I had an early 4th of July gig with The Wendell Ing Band
at the end of a parade here
and I took my son Nick along to help me roadie.
It was a multi-band bill
and our set got cut short after only four tunes due to time/weather
which kinda sucked
(especially after having to be there at 8:30 AM to set up)
but the good news was,
we took the party back to Wendell's house only a few blocks away
where he keeps a slightly out of tune upright piano on his front porch.
Quite a few musicians were there
so everyone set up
and we had a real casual, instrument/microphone swapping jam for the rest of the day.
The part that really rocked though?
I got to watch Nick play a few tunes
(including Blues Traveler's "Runaround" oddly enough)
using my main bass for his first real sit in
with some of the finest local musicians I know
and he not only held his own
but was actually pretty good!
I was proud as could be
and it was a real "lump in the throat" moment for me
to watch him play my Steinberger with these guys.
I just thought I'd share....
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Rain in Hilo??!! That's a big surprise. :o
Not really. Got 400 inches of rain in 3 years living there.
Cool that your son Nick is following in your footsteps, Gonzo!!
My 4th weekend was very laid back. Got lotsa rest & watched a lotta movies on cable.
I braved the crowds to watch fireworks Sat. night & that was FUN!
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Nice shots... Is that a Bachbird I see lurking in the background...?
Indeed it is!
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Nice pics Tom!
It's makin' me miss my '73 4001 pretty bad!
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Those are some nice pics! I don't have any action shots but here is one of my rig. The SD800 sounds great! I like it much more than the LMII which did not have enough power. (for me at least) My ancient Goliath cabinet seemed to really like it. The bass played and sounded great too. It was 104 when we got to Waco for load in and only cooled down to 90 by the time we left at 1:30 a.m.
(http://i25.tinypic.com/s4mgao.jpg)
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We've been busy this summer, here's a short vid from Seattle's Pride and some pics and video from the 4th of July at Seattle's Hwy. 99 Blues club
From Pride, I'm having a little fun with our singer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQRz_b0jdxc
And a little bit of "Ring of Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0mxHh2Ou2Q&feature=channel
From the 4th
A quick pic of "The Shanghai Pearl" one of Seattle's fave burlesque girls............
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/veronicasteed/shanghai.jpg)
And The Hard Money Saints, their bassist was quite good and I reaaly enjoyed watching him play.
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/veronicasteed/hardmoneysaints.jpg)
Here we're covering our only Beatles song...............One of several vidoes shot that night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy4X66-X8UI&feature=related
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Paul McCartney never looked nearly as good as this.
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Here's a few shots of various bands from the Heavy Rebel. you can find more over at www.loserville.net (http://www.loserville.net)
Mine
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/pamlicojack/HRW2009/SL372124.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/pamlicojack/HRW2009/SL372126.jpg)
Pulp 45 - the singer was AMAZING (and could play the Hell outta the bass)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/pamlicojack/HRW2009/SL372136.jpg)
Billy Velvet from Crank County Daredevils
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/pamlicojack/HRW2009/SL372154.jpg)
The Octane Saints from Richmond
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/pamlicojack/HRW2009/SL372187.jpg)
Sean Kershaw & the New Jack Ramblers from NYC
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/pamlicojack/HRW2009/SL372188.jpg)
Gojira-X from Richmond
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/pamlicojack/HRW2009/SL372190.jpg)
The Poonhounds from Raleigh
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/pamlicojack/HRW2009/SL372200.jpg)
Mad Tea Party from Asheville NC (my daughter's favorite band)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/pamlicojack/HRW2009/SL372205.jpg)
The Upright Bass Slapdown contest
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/pamlicojack/HRW2009/SL372229.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/pamlicojack/HRW2009/SL372230.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/pamlicojack/HRW2009/SL372238.jpg)
Yes, the lovely Billie Feather was a contestant
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/pamlicojack/HRW2009/SL372236.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/pamlicojack/HRW2009/SL372239.jpg)
Mexican surf-abilly with Viva Las Vegas
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/pamlicojack/HRW2009/SL372240.jpg)
Dash Rip Rock closed it out with a HUGE beer can melee...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/pamlicojack/HRW2009/SL372245.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/pamlicojack/HRW2009/SL372269.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/pamlicojack/HRW2009/SL372270.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/pamlicojack/HRW2009/SL372272.jpg)
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Had to post pics of Lust from Atlanta
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c310/southerngirlspa/HRW037.jpg)
Jimmy & the Teasers
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c310/southerngirlspa/HRW057.jpg)
There was a car & bike show
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c310/southerngirlspa/HRW072.jpg)
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c310/southerngirlspa/HRW097.jpg)
Mud rasslin' and fire breathing
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c310/southerngirlspa/HRW151.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2576/3696581822_e4265fe24c.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3442/3700445822_788760a7a6.jpg)
And burlesque...
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b45/Silibo/hrw09nikki3.jpg)
a good time was had by all. Hopefully, Denis will soon get over his hangover and post a few pics...
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Great pics. :thumbsup:
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OK, you win, hands-down... ;D
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Great pics. :thumbsup:
+1 :)
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OK, you win, hands-down... ;D
My thoughts exactly!
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Make your plans for next year. The HRW will celebrate its 10th anniversary next July...
www.heavyrebel.net (http://www.heavyrebel.net)
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Ah... but for "the pond" and a minor (who am I kidding) financial consideration... 8)
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some nice rat rods, and of course 3 string billy velvet.
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Ha good time was had by all. Hopefully, Denis will soon get over his hangover and post a few pics...
Been over the hangover, but I have something like 275 photos to go through. I will post soon but you did get some of the cooler basses in there. I did get one photo of a Thunderbird waiting patiently all by itself on the mainstage.