The Last Bass Outpost
Main Forums => The Outpost Cafe => Topic started by: Highlander on August 24, 2010, 05:06:21 PM
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Damn, I've gone and done it now... :o
Had an audition a few weeks back but it felt too political (existing (outgoing, not) bassist playing in too many bands for the primaries desires)...
Had an out-of-the-blue on Thursday so replied with a query which resulted in a phone call on Friday with learn a set list and one thing led to another...
Sunday, I went to an open-mic (Station Hotel, South Nutfield, Surrey for thos in the UK) ran by one of the guitarists in the band (along with their drummer and amicably outgoing jazz influenced bassist) - I had been forewarned what to expect so went down with the Jazz bass... played three numbers... a Boz Scaggs number called Some Change, While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Jeff Healey style) in the middle of the evening and a blues cover, Need Your Love So Bad (F Mac covered it) to finish the night...
Went very well... got invited to join on the spot, and with the bassist going on holiday for the next on (2nd Sunday of Sept) got asked if I'd like to do the next one as resident...
Oh well... in for a penny...
Anyway... they meet up most Mondays so I went down with the Peter Cook ("That was made for someone special" was Mark the lead's comment on stroking the lining of the case... ;D) and played for about 2-3 hours... great fun... 8)
Anyone else ever done this sort of thing...?
(PS...I'm now under pressure to get the RD back up-and-running as they'ld love to hear the fretless... :o ;D)
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That sounds like great fun to me. I wish you the best.
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Yay Kenny!
Now you just need some assless chaps to complete your stage ensemble. ;)
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Great, just, great! That image is now stuck in my mind and will not leave - Kenny, in a pair of pleather assless chaps and the bird...... :o
Congrats on the new gig Ken! Now you can justify your equipment to the wife ;)
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I'm not thinking chaps, no I'm not...
Hey, congrats Kenny...enjoy being so busy!
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I have a Dean Razorback to go with those chaps ...
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Yay Kenny!
Now you just need some assless chaps to complete your stage ensemble. ;)
Kenny auditioned for Manowar?
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Mark... I just ain't got the legs... ;)
And as for Uwe... the crisis goes from bad to worse... I reckon it's sporosis... (I thought he was supposed to be a calming influence, a kindly but authoritarian figure, teaching me the errors of my ways with my instruments... oh well... ;D)
... and as for the rest of you shameless chaps... (thanks for the wishes)
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Awesome Kenny! No point in buying all those basses and not having a use for them ;)
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(Shhh...! if Jackie susses that I'm in deep, and it will be steamy and brown... :o)
Ta Bro... ;)
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Didn't Kenny play bass in this band way back when? :mrgreen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dStKiyOu-Hc&feature=search
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Kenny,
You don't need nice legs for assless chaps.....................you need...... ;)
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Congrats Ken, these guys obviously like what they are hearing so you go in knowing that you are at least appreciated. A good way to be.
Enjoy mate.
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Congratulations, Kenny! Sounds like a fun gig.
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Cool gig. Make those assless chaps white for a fashion statement...
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Cool gig. Make those assless chaps white for a fashion statement...
ROFL! ;)
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... and as for the rest of you shameless chaps... (thanks for the wishes)
Heh, heh heh, "shameless chaps"...
Nice going on the gig, Kenny!
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Didn't Kenny play bass in this band way back when? :mrgreen:
Robert...! you promised not to tell... :o ;)
You don't need nice legs for assless chaps.....................you need...... ;)
Ah... well, er... Jackie said that that was the first thing she noticed about me... (some would say it's my best feature, but I don't think they were being complimentary)
But I just ain't gonna wax, Lady V, I just ain't gonna wax... ;D
Chaps (and ladies)... thanks again... (maybe I could suggest covering Aerosmith's Back In The Saddle Again... :mrgreen:)
They appear to be a nice easy going bunch and they have a professional attitude towards quality, which I appreciate... the stuff that was being played at the O/M varied from country and cajun to quite rocky, a bit of folk and a lot of blues...
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Sounds like quite an eclectic mix.
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Cool gig. Make those assless chaps white for a fashion statement...
But who could see them then? There are lots of places in old Blimey where the sun doesn't shine.
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Just a note (a blue one, or maybe two)
Like all things, much is subject to change…
Well, our rhythm guitarist (guy that runs the open mic) had a bad turn last week and we were not sure what was happening, also the regular drummer is away on urgent business so there is another dep in, so I have a scenario where a drummer and a bassist that have never worked together will be playing a bunch of tunes none may have played before, for the whole evening… :o
Anyway, the (still as yet un-named) band will be playing James McMurtry’s "Charlemaignes Home Town", Van Morrison's "Just Like Greta", and if time prevails, Pink Floyd’s "Comfortably Numb", and I’ll be playing whatever else is thrown at me…
(http://site.despair.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/knockknock.jpg)
;D
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Just roll with it Kenny ! You'll do fine don't forget to have fun !
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Yeah that kinda sounds like fun. Love the fact you are doing a James McMurtry song. That guy knows how to groove and tell a good story. Laconic is the word I would use. ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieOfuEnToTc
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Yeah that kinda sounds like fun. Love the fact you are doing a James McMurtry song. That guy knows how to groove and tell a good story. Laconic is the word I would use. ;D
Might have learned how to tell a good story from his dad, Larry, who wrote Lonesome Dove and The Last Picture Show among other things.
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I didnt know that. thanks
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Kenny, Hi.
Spotted this - out on the road again - congratulations. :)
Take a tip from me.
If you are doing an open mic, with a guitarist who knows the tunes
(assuming he/she is right handed) always stand to the right, with
the guitarist on the left. That way you can see what is going on. ;D
The other way round, you may as well wear a blindfold!!
Get out there lad!! ;D
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Well, wouldn't ya know... stage left... ;D
(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQP3ess9_22e2_AhpePOwrKNNeUDhn5a2mhorQ0Xy6L1cf7YcA&t=1&usg=__z9RMlq0q0bFzI3knASEYO0ZYe74=)
Yep I'm up for this one so I'll give you a report post train-wreck...
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Congratulations Kenny! Any gig is better than nothin'. 8)
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Cool, Kenny!!
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My Peter Cook 'Bird rose out of the ashes (even though I still haven't sorted out the volume issues) and what a great sound through a borrowed rig...
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/BLUES/20100912OM17.jpg)
L-R Mark (lead), dep drummer Mike, Chris (vox), moi, Geoff (rhythm/keys/slide) runs the gig
Well, I didn't need to bring the Hiwatt or the Marshall with me as another player wanted to bring his rig down - an (something with 600 in the title) Eden amp with an Eden 18" cab and an Eden 2x10 - ABSOLUTE MONSTER SOUND (in a pub...!?) - Gotta admit, the rig produced an absolutely beautiful sound, especially when I let the Mud loose...
Anyway, it turned out to have been a quiet night musician wise (last time there had been about 7 or 8 different acts/players playing a couple of numbers each). This time there were three distinct "bands" with a common drummer - the chap that owned the rig used a fretless Warwick Thumb and the other guy used an Alembic Essence (I think)...
We ended up playing seven (ish) numbers in total - first section with James McMurty's Charlagmagne's Home Town, Van Morrison's Just Like Greta finishing with Pink Floyds Comfortably Numb (all played with a balance on the MB and the RD pups), the second section was Boz Scagg's Some Change (RD pup) and Cream's Sunshine (Mudbucker in full flow) and three of us were involved in a jam (full bore MB) starting on Superstition (BBA style - instrumental) which wandered into Sympathy For The Devil to end the night... a thoroughly enjoyable night... with some very complimentary comments... The last three numbers we had not rehearsed and none of them I'd ever played in a band situation before... FUN!
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/BLUES/20100912OM7.jpg) (http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/BLUES/20100912OM2.jpg)
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Glad to see you not only in amongst it but enjoying it as well. :thumbsup:
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Nice that you wore muted colors, nothing flashy. :P
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Looks like fun Kenny!
where are the chaps? ;)
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I wanted to make up for the lack of Tequila on the bass, Dave... ;D
Sorry to let you down, Mark... I'll do my best for the next one (not...) ;)