massachusetts bassists club

staindbass · #1 06-29-2011, 09:12 AM

i didnt see a club for massachusetts. anyone near western mass ? im a few miles from northampton. i was wondering if it would be a good idea to start a real club. we could meet once a month at my house to jam, ( i have a 1958 gretsch roundbadge kit and i play a little drums too) solo, play covers, tell stories, try each others instruments and amps, play favorite recordings, share groupie photos, badmouth certain talk bass members, all kinds of stuff. any other suggestions on what we could do for activities ? i will buy the pizza and chinese food and beer. in the 80's i used to go to a friends house and like 12 musicians would show up to jam and talk. it was a blast, and i miss it. johnny a. staind.

stratovani · #2 06-29-2011, 09:28 AM

I'm in Spencer, a few miles east from you on Route 9. I'll take #2 if you're starting a club!

staindbass · #3 08-13-2011, 12:54 PM

one more try !

Tunaman · #4 08-13-2011, 01:01 PM

I guess I can join... just playing at church in Wakefield MA though, no touring Boston like the good ole days!

Slowgypsy · #5 08-13-2011, 02:44 PM

I'm in. Live in NY, but have a place in the Amherst/Northampton area. If you put something together let me know.

Kraken · #6 08-13-2011, 03:15 PM

I Live near Northampton, but the one in the UK which is the wrong one, Gutted.

Anyway, good luck with this and let us all know if anything gets going.

JimmyM · #7 08-14-2011, 06:25 AM

Um, I'm not from Mass, but I play bass in Mass at least twice a year. Can I join?

hrodbert696 · #8 08-14-2011, 06:50 AM

I'm over the line in NH, but seacoast side. Can I be an honorary?

(a New Hampshireman asking to an honorary Massachusettian... my dad would kill me...)

jdthebassman · #9 08-14-2011, 09:46 AM

I live on the north shore can I join?

Mojo-Man · #10 08-14-2011, 09:54 AM

Played in Ma. for 22 years.
Was born there, the road is home for now.
But will return to Ma, in near future.

**j-raj** · #11 08-15-2011, 09:15 AM

Even though I was born in GA... I lived in BostonAmherstPlymouthSomervilleDartmouthWestwood from 1978-2000. Went to ZooMass/Amherst in the early 90's, gosh how I miss western Mass.

Slabobian Mesh · #12 08-16-2011, 02:43 PM

I live in Westfield, but am playing some fusion with an outfit out of NOHO, so keep me in mind if this takes off.
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BassBrass · #13 08-17-2011, 01:35 PM

Brighton, Andover and Jamaica Plain (gf's house) but I vacation in RI! Little Compton. Also Williamsburg MA, so I appreciate North Hampton.
I feel bad for how much taxes homeowners in NH have to pay! No sales tax so it all comes out of homeowners.

Lowest End · #14 08-17-2011, 01:39 PM

I live up in the Lowell area but play all over the state...

I'm in!

anonymous02282011 · #15 08-17-2011, 01:39 PM

I'm pretty much between Cambridge and Northampton ... opposite ends of the state.

I absolutely love western mass. If I could make a living there I'd totally settle, probably in the hill towns

MuzikMan · #16 08-17-2011, 04:42 PM

I'm in central Connecticut which is pretty darn close! Any way I can sneak in?

vettfingers · #17 08-18-2011, 12:45 AM

I live in Lynnfield[15 mi north of Boston}. I play throughout New England/New York. Let me know.

corinpills · #18 08-18-2011, 02:10 PM

I'm one. Used to live in Inman Square, economically exiled to Malden and gig all over Mass.

**j-raj** · #19 08-18-2011, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by corinpills

I'm one. Used to live in Inman Square, economically exiled to Malden and gig all over Mass.

That's almost like the opposite of what I did in the mid 90's, I went from Medford to Inman Sq... I miss the Boston area and western Mass.

heavychevy · #20 08-19-2011, 04:21 AM

I'm from Central MA (Auburn) and there are a dozen or so others that get together in this area a few times a year to do just this. It's always a great time! Some or most of them are members on here but probably not as active as most. We do most of our chatting on a local forum.