Mike Watt/Pelham Blue NR Bird

[Johnbob]

This article popped up on RollingStone.com today. I know most of you have already seen Mike Watt's Pelham Blue NR Bird but I have never seen this photo before so I thought I would post it. I'm excited to see fIREHOSE again, they were a big influence for me when I started playing bass. I saw them a lot growing up.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mike-watt-on-the-firehose-reunion-20120130

[4005]

I think I have a later photo of that Bird, ok yeah here it is,

[Johnbob]

Yeah, I have that one too. That's the one that I usually see around.

[chromium]

Nice pic!

It reminded me that I had seen these shots on a facebook group's page, archiving concert photos and flyers from an old Tucson, AZ venue that I used to play...





(photos were taken by someone named Chris Hamby; http://www.facebook.com/groups/56003372224/photos/)

[godofthunder]

  I love my rebuilt Pelham Blue NR!  Shameless plug here. good shots right around 1:45-2:00

[slinkp]

Here's Watt flailing on it in all his unbridled sloppy glory...

[godofthunder]

 That's awesome!

[Bionic-Joe]

Reminds me of Primus......

[slinkp]

 I love my rebuilt Pelham Blue NR!  Shameless plug here. good shots right around 1:45-2:00

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Great. I only wish the camera mic hadn't been QUITE so close to the guitar amp

[godofthunder]

  The camera is picking up a lot of the guitar hell he was right in front of his amp, still a fair amount of bass to be heard I learned long ago that if I want to be in the video I gotta go stand by the guitar player.

[leftybass]

I learned long ago that if I want to be in the video I gotta go stand by the guitar player.

Aint it the truth! We play "My Generation" for our encore, when it comes to the bass solo I check out the audience, invariably they're looking at the lead guitarist! 

[slinkp]

That just makes it authentic ... it's just like all the old TV clips of the Who doing it