Western Jam 7th October 2023 @ Firebird Studios, Bristol

Brocco · August 2023

I can provide rhythm guitar on these tracks if required:

Black Crowes - Hard to handle

CCR - Fortunate Son

Neil Young - Rocking in the Free World

The Cult - Lil Devil

Undertones - Teenage Kicks

Free - Alright Now

Beatles_Come Together

Bad Company_Feel Like Makin Love

Free_Wishing Well

Neilybob · August 2023

I can do lead on All Right Now

Neilybob · August 2023

I’ll sos my bass player and see if he wants to join us.

stratman3142 · August 2023

Alright Now could be fun, debating how to precisely play the rhythm

I saw Free live a few times and have my own take on it. Although I think he varied how he played it.

stratman3142 · August 2023

I've updated the list. Let me know if there are any mistakes of omissions. I'd be surprised if there aren't any.

@guitargeek62 : I've put you down for bass roles at the moment, as that role is harder to fill than guitar. But we can change things if we get a bass player. I've put both of us down for guitar and bass on Rocking In The Free World. We can swap as we see fit.

@Jonathangus : I've put you down for lead on Teenage Kicks and I Love Rock N Roll, 2nd guitar on Molly's Chambers and vocals on Comfortably Numb

@Brocco : I've put you down for rhythm (2nd guitar) on the ones you requested

@Neilybob : I've put you down for lead on Alright Now and moved myself on to bass

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Neilybob · August 2023

stratman3142 said:

I've updated the list. Let me know if there are any mistakes of omissions. I'd be surprised if there aren't any.

@guitargeek62 : I've put you down for bass roles at the moment, as that role is harder to fill than guitar. But we can change things if we get a bass player. I've put both of us down for guitar and bass on Rocking In The Free World. We can swap as we see fit.

@Jonathangus : I've put you down for lead on Teenage Kicks and I Love Rock N Roll, 2nd guitar on Molly's Chambers and vocals on Comfortably Numb

@Brocco : I've put you down for rhythm (2nd guitar) on the ones you requested

@Neilybob : I've put you down for lead on Alright Now and moved myself on to bass

https://i.imgur.com/ZVrYBpY.png

Thank you.

Do you want to do 2 run throughs of All Right Now?

stratman3142 · August 2023

Neilybob said:

Thank you.

Do you want to do 2 run throughs of All Right Now?

No problem We can decide on the day if necessary. The main thing is to fill all the roles for at least one run through.

Neilybob · August 2023

stratman3142 said:

Neilybob said:

Thank you.

Do you want to do 2 run throughs of All Right Now?

No problem We can decide on the day if necessary. The main thing is to fill all the roles for at least one run through.

Totally agree.

Will have a review tonight and update what I can. I think we may struggle for vocalists now unless @mrkb can do drums and vocals?

stratman3142 · August 2023

Neilybob said:

Will have a review tonight and update what I can. I think we may struggle for vocalists now unless @mrkb can do drums and vocals?

We've also got @roberty, @bobblehat and @Jonathangus as potential vocalists.

I think @bobblehat and @roberty ;sang a few of the new ones on the list, that we did at previous jams.

Vibetronic · August 2023

I can do (or rather, ones I know well enough)

Rocking in the Free World
Pretty Vacant
All Right Now
Feel Like Making Love
Wishing Well
I Love Rock n Roll

There's a few others there I could get roughly down. Happy doing lead/rhythm/second run-throughs etc etc

Neilybob · August 2023

I'm happy to fill in some of the gaps once the list has been updated.

bobblehat · August 2023

I sang and played rhythm or lead on quite a few of the ones that have been added to list and more than happy to do them again. If you have an set list then put me down for any roles that I did previously.

stratman3142 · August 2023

bobblehat said:

I sang and played rhythm or lead on quite a few of the ones that have been added to list and more than happy to do them again. If you have an set list then put me down for any roles that I did previously.

I've got previous lists. I'll include them in the next update, which I'll do within the next few days.

mart · August 2023

stratman3142 said:

mrkb said:

Is @mart available to add grooving basslines this time?

I've not heard from him this time. Definitely a huge asset to the jams.

Yeah, sorry, life has been a bit chaotic here, so I haven't been able to commit. I'll see if I can pin things down a bit and give a definite yes or no.

stratman3142 · August 2023

mart said:

stratman3142 said:

mrkb said:

Is @mart available to add grooving basslines this time?

I've not heard from him this time. Definitely a huge asset to the jams.

Yeah, sorry, life has been a bit chaotic here, so I haven't been able to commit. I'll see if I can pin things down a bit and give a definite yes or no.

We could really do with a proper bass player. No disrepect intended to the guitarists that have volunteered to play bass (and that includes me)

guitargeek62 · August 2023

@stratman3142 - no disrespect felt at all - I'm very much a guitar player who owns a bass, not a bass player!

spark240 · August 2023

List looks interesting....Ill try and get there and just drop in where possible ;-)

stratman3142 · August 2023

Vibetronic said:

I can do (or rather, ones I know well enough)

Rocking in the Free World
Pretty Vacant
All Right Now
Feel Like Making Love
Wishing Well
I Love Rock n Roll

There's a few others there I could get roughly down. Happy doing lead/rhythm/second run-throughs etc etc

OK I'll put you down for lead on those.
In some cases we'll have two options for lead.

I'll move @guitargeek62 onto bass for Rocking In The Free World, as I think you said you were happy with either role. But we can chop and change on the day and I can play bass or guitar as well if required.

bobblehat said:

I sang and played rhythm or lead on quite a few of the ones that have been added to list and more than happy to do them again. If you have an set list then put me down for any roles that I did previously.

Looking back at the three previous jams, I think you did (or volunteered for) the following, so I've put you down for those roles:

Gold On The Ceilng: Vocals and 2nd (rhythm guitar)

Survival Car: Vocals and Lead Guitar

Fortunate Son: Vocals and Lead Guitar. We now have enough people to play this

Spread Your Love: Vocals and Lead Guitar

Keep Your Hands To Yourself: Vocals and Rhythm Guitar

Lil Devil: Vocals and Lead Guitar. We now have enough people to play this. IIRC you may want this a semitone lower, so we can retune if necessary

Rocks: Vocals and Lead Guitar

stratman3142 · August 2023

Here's an updated song list. The red boxes indicate where we only need one more role to get through the song.

As usual, let me know if there are any errors or if I've missed anything.

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stratman3142 · August 2023

@mart ; if you are available, feel free to bump me off any bass role, as you'll do a better job.

mrkb · August 2023

Have checked out a few of the "just needs drums" songs and think i can do
Just What I Needed
La Grange

Will see if I can pull off a rough/simplified "Boys are Back in town" backing

stratman3142 · August 2023

mrkb said:

Have checked out a few of the "just needs drums" songs and think i can do
Just What I Needed
La Grange

Will see if I can pull off a rough/simplified "Boys are Back in town" backing

Great that gives us two more songs with sufficient roles. I'll hold off on 'Boys Are Back In Town' until you're sure.

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stratman3142 · August 2023

The following songs just need one more role filling:

Vocals:
Alright Now

Bass:
Rocks
Spread Your Love
Survival Car
Keep Your Hands To Yourself

roberty · August 2023

stratman3142 said:

The following songs just need one more role filling:

Vocals:
Alright Now

Bass:
Rocks
Spread Your Love
Survival Car
Keep Your Hands To Yourself

I can do bass on those

stratman3142 · August 2023

roberty said:

stratman3142 said:

The following songs just need one more role filling:

Vocals:
Alright Now

Bass:
Rocks
Spread Your Love
Survival Car
Keep Your Hands To Yourself

I can do bass on those

That gives us a few more with sufficient roles. Updated list below.

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roberty · August 2023

@stratman3142 can you put me down for vocs and bass for come together and champagne supernova, and bass for comfortably numb ta and thank you

stratman3142 · August 2023

roberty said:

@stratman3142 can you put me down for vocs and bass for come together and champagne supernova, and bass for comfortably numb ta and thank you

Yes provided everyone remembers it's one bar one D before the 1st Comfortably Numb solo and two bars of D before the second solo. I did it at a gig this week and the backing played two bars of D before the first solo, which ended up making the solo sound somewhat ethereal

I'll include the changes at the next update.

mrkb · August 2023

stratman3142 said:

roberty said:

@stratman3142 can you put me down for vocs and bass for come together and champagne supernova, and bass for comfortably numb ta and thank you

Yes provided everyone remembers it's one bar one D before the 1st Comfortably Numb solo and two bars of D before the second solo. I did it at a gig this week and the backing played two bars of D before the first solo, which ended up making the solo sound somewhat ethereal

I'll include the changes at the next update.

Bloody soloists!! You play to whatever the backing chords are , not go off on your own widdly fest

stratman3142 · August 2023

mrkb said:

stratman3142 said:

roberty said:

@stratman3142 can you put me down for vocs and bass for come together and champagne supernova, and bass for comfortably numb ta and thank you

Yes provided everyone remembers it's one bar one D before the 1st Comfortably Numb solo and two bars of D before the second solo. I did it at a gig this week and the backing played two bars of D before the first solo, which ended up making the solo sound somewhat ethereal

I'll include the changes at the next update.

Bloody soloists!! You play to whatever the backing chords are , not go off on your own widdly fest

Well I play the 1st solo note for note rather than improvise, as it's a classic. I'd already started the solo, then the backing incorrectly added an extra bar of D, so now I'm effectively one bar ahead of the chords under the solo.

Things are sounding odd, but not actually out of tune. So I thought I'd stick to my guns, as I know I right, and hopefully someone would realise what had happened. Sadly not, but it all ended well

A combination of a dep bass player, a sudden short notice gig with lack of rehearsal, and me telling the keyboard player not to forget the extra bar of D before the final solo, which he mistook for the first solo

stratman3142 · August 2023

roberty said:

@stratman3142 can you put me down for vocs and bass for come together and champagne supernova, and bass for comfortably numb ta and thank you

Song list updated. Now we're getting somewhere.

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