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First "gig" in 31 years ...

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TTonyTTony Frets: 26143
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OK ... not so a "gig" - more of a musical distraction for a bank holiday barbecue party.

But, it's still the first time that I'll be playing in public in 31 years.

It all happens 2 weeks today.  We (gtr/vcls, bass/vcls, drummer/no-vocals) have a 7-8 song set and are aiming to play for 30mins or so.

It'll probably get video'd (the curse of the smartphone) so I'll try to get a copy if it's worth sharing ...

Wish us luck!!

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  • mike_lmike_l Frets: 5698

    Good luck with that......

    Get the jazz notes out tomorrow, or at least let me play them for you ;-) I'm good with j-notes

    Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21) 

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  • TTonyTTony Frets: 26143
    Never seem to run out of j-notes ...
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  • BellycasterBellycaster Frets: 5750
    Nice one. That's probably an ideal scenario to ease you back into playing in public. No one will give a monkeys about the Jazz notes if they had a couple of Lagers. ;)
    And they said that in our time, all that's good will fall from grace, even Saints would turn their face, in our time.
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  • GrunfeldGrunfeld Frets: 3950
    Nice one!  And I thought I was a slacker leaving it 20 years between gigs!

    What songs are you going to play?
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  • TTonyTTony Frets: 26143
    Grunfeld said:
    What songs are you going to play?

    Junior's Wailing (Quo)

    Rocky Mountain Way

    Teenage Kicks

    Baby Baby (Vibrators, c1977)

    In My Chair (Quo again)

    Milk & Alcohol

    Sharp Dressed Man

    Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day)

    I Knew the Bride (Dave Edmunds)

     

    The last 2 are for "encore" should we get that lucky, and should my voice still be surviving (it's getting better, slowly).  Not sure of the running order of the rest of them yet.

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  • GrunfeldGrunfeld Frets: 3950
    TTony said:
    Baby Baby (Vibrators, c1977)
    !! I used to love playing that with my last band.  (I think I may have tabbed the solo for ClareBear on here about a thousand years ago too)

    Great song!

    :ar!
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  • TTonyTTony Frets: 26143

    What a coincidence! 

    Although the Vibs still play it live (AFAIK) and it was pretty much their only ever "hit", I don't remember ever coming across anyone else who recognised or remembered it!!

    I do "an interpretation" of the solo ;)

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  • ChristophEarChristophEar Frets: 46
    Exciting, good for you @TTony! I look forward to seeing the video :D
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  • AidanspaghettiAidanspaghetti Frets: 806
    Good on ya for getting some Dave Edmunds in there ;)
    Planning on opening my next gig with "From small Things"!
    Bets of luck with the gig - great to get back playing!
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  • JookyChapJookyChap Frets: 4234
    Good on you TTony... I don't feel such a slacker now (it's only 19 years)

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  • ddloopingddlooping Frets: 325
    edited August 2013
    Nice one, Tony, have fun!! :)
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  • bigjonbigjon Frets: 680
    You're always welcome to another Cambridge jam night if you want to practise getting over your stage-fright :-)
    Current favourite chord - Gm9add13 x[5]5360, see http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/56152/chord-of-the-week-21-11-15-a-gmadd9add13-based-on-dido-s-white-flag
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  • TTonyTTony Frets: 26143

    Thanks all.

    Have just bought a decent (I hope) external mic for the iPad, so an audio recording at least should be available for fans to buy immediately afterwards ;)

    @bigjon - I hope to come along to some more jam nights.  Perhaps work out a track or two in advance?

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  • mike_lmike_l Frets: 5698

    @TTony Good luck with that mate.

    As an honorary Cambridge  Cartel member you should venture to more jam nights

    Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21) 

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  • bigjonbigjon Frets: 680
    TTony said:

    @bigjon - I hope to come along to some more jam nights.  Perhaps work out a track or two in advance?

    I'm on for that. My next jam-night foray is to the rock jam this Saturday. @Mike_L is going as well, let me know if you are going to be there and we'll make a plan. 
    Current favourite chord - Gm9add13 x[5]5360, see http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/56152/chord-of-the-week-21-11-15-a-gmadd9add13-based-on-dido-s-white-flag
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  • mike_lmike_l Frets: 5698
    @bigjon I'm hoping to play betterer than I did on sunday :-(

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  • TTonyTTony Frets: 26143

    Final "practice" yesterday.  The recording was lo-fi, but it suited the playing ...

     

    http://snd.sc/17W7HIs

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  • mike_lmike_l Frets: 5698

    @TTony impressively good. You should have played that last week at the jam, I think it would have gone down very well.

     

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  • ddloopingddlooping Frets: 325
    Not bad, Mr. TT. :)
    Bass & drums needs tightening though. ;)
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  • TTonyTTony Frets: 26143
    mike_l said:

    @TTony impressively good.

    ddlooping said:
    Not bad, Mr. TT. :)
    Bass & drums needs tightening though. ;)

    Thanks Mike - though I think DD was probably closer to reality with "not bad" ;)

     

    To be fair to my bandmates, the drummer would admit that he doesn't play nearly often enough to be "good", and the bassist was just back from 2 weeks holiday in which time he'd done no bassing at all, so he was probably a touch rusty. 

    It'll all be fine on the night ...

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  • OilCityPickupsOilCityPickups Frets: 7616
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    Brilliant to hear you are climbing on the 'horse' again. My new band got it's first pub gig booked a couple of days ago ... we need some hard rehearsal to pull everything into shape ... but the coming to an end of five years without a regular band for me. You also have a set list that's not a million miles from our own :)
    Good luck geezer!
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  • TTonyTTony Frets: 26143

    Cheers Ash :)

    Video evidence may be made available after the event, if we don't balls it up completely ....

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  • koneguitaristkoneguitarist Frets: 4052
    Gigged most of those songs, I knew the bride was a regular in our set until recently. Sounds great.
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  • TTonyTTony Frets: 26143
    edited August 2013

    Well, it's tomorrow.

    And the bassist has just decided that he cba coming over beforehand to do a proper set-up and run through (as we agreed to do last week).  He's just going to turn up half an hour beforehand.

    :x

    Bassist required.  Mid-Suffolk area.  :D

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  • TTonyTTony Frets: 26143
    We survived!

    Audio & video clips may follow tomorrow,

    Right now, I'm wined.
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  • monquixotemonquixote Frets: 17108
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    Good job Tony, feels good doesn't it :D

    Playing live is teh awesomes (I'm playing in Glemsford tomorrow) 

    If you do need a dep bass player in a pinch give me a call. 
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  • OilCityPickupsOilCityPickups Frets: 7616
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    Congratulations Tony mate ... yay you is back (in black???)
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  • TTonyTTony Frets: 26143

    For your amusements ...

    The recording equipment was low-tech!

     

    https://soundcloud.com/tuneyv/bbq-junior

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  • mike_lmike_l Frets: 5698
    Sounds good Tony.

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