Ahh!

BellBottomBlues · #1 03-16-2007, 12:52 PM

I've got a gig in exactly one week. Which wouldn't be a problemo except all the band members are away so to speak. So its just me and the drummer...

Guitarist 1 can't come to practice due to the weather
Guitarist 2 can't come because she wants to smoke
Guitarist 3 can't come because he's at work (understandable)
Singer is away at God camp.

Chirst on a biscuit...

We're doing a bunch of new numbers and its only me and the drummer.

I can't win :-(

rockwarnick · #2 03-16-2007, 01:27 PM

three guitarists? god camp? christ on a biscuit?

anyway, i dont see the problem. youve got bass and a drummer. what else do you need? go kick ass. and save me a biscuit

BellBottomBlues · #3 03-16-2007, 01:41 PM

neither of us can sing and I usually play counterpoint to 3 lead players eek...

hartke20g · #4 03-16-2007, 01:56 PM

find a guitarist who can sing to sub for the others- and go ahead and drop guitarist #2. that's quite possibly the stupidest excuse i've ever heard.

also: WTH @ 3 guitarists?

SirCanealot · #5 03-16-2007, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by BellBottomBlues

Guitarist 1 can't come to practice due to the weather
Guitarist 2 can't come because she wants to smoke

Weather? Smoking?

Err...?

Is there mad floods? And does she have some GOOOOD stuff to smoke or something? :/

BellBottomBlues · #6 03-16-2007, 02:06 PM

She said she was busy (I have two female lead players) and that usually means she's going to smoke. They (the leads) are both fantastic players but are very flakey.

I just called the girl who couldnt come because of the weather, and offered to give her a ride in my pick up (which is a 4x4) and she still said no. Blah!

EDIT: To SirCanealot, the weather here is maybe 2 inches of snow plus a bit of sleet. Not great weather but still doable when the studio is 4 blocks from your house.

The stuff she is smoking is blueberry haze I believe as I sold my last to her when I gave up pot.

tr68gt · #7 03-16-2007, 02:29 PM

Wow, Blueberry Haze? It comes in flavors now?

I was born too soon

Timmayx · #8 03-16-2007, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by BellBottomBlues

Singer is away at God camp.

I hope you don't mind me stealing that to use on my drummer and singer if they can't make a practice :lol:

SBassman · #9 03-16-2007, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by tr68gt

Wow, Blueberry Haze? It comes in flavors now?

I was born too soon

invader3k · #10 03-16-2007, 02:43 PM

Geez, get new band members. They all sound useless. If someone in our band said to me "I can't come to practice because of the weather" (unless it was really snowing hard out) or "I'm going to smoke instead", I'd say "Well, good luck with finding another band."

BellBottomBlues · #11 03-16-2007, 02:59 PM

The only people that have consistantly stayed in the band are the drummer and rhythm guitarist. Guess I should be finding some new leads soon...

IconBasser · #12 03-16-2007, 04:23 PM

well, if they'r eboth really good, you can probly keep one and just ditch the one who smokes. Is there really a good reason to have 2 leads? If you need 2, that probly means they aren't good enough on their own.

BellBottomBlues · #13 03-16-2007, 04:53 PM

I play heavily blues influenced rock kinda like Cream and Zeppelin, and then I get dual harmonies going. One is an 8yrs playing classically trained guitarist who wails out clapton-esque blues riffs like it was nothing.

The other (smoker) is also a fantastic singer (and the backup vocalist) and she's been playing blues guitar for ages and I think she played Jazzfest awhile back. Plus through her and my friend Larry I get most of my gear at factory price or close to it.

Opinions?

TheDarkReaver · #14 03-16-2007, 07:22 PM

any of you people heard of a little band called iron maiden?

IconBasser · #15 03-16-2007, 07:27 PM

... send her to rehab

hartke20g · #16 03-16-2007, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by BellBottomBlues

The other (smoker) is also a fantastic singer (and the backup vocalist)
Opinions?

not for long. soon she'll start sounding like tara reid.

BellBottomBlues · #17 03-16-2007, 10:50 PM

Yeah I heard of Maiden, big fan, but they ripped off (aka borrowed) the harmonized leads from a little band called wishbone ash.

People think I'm crazy because I like pre-dickenson maiden better...

B-NoteCowboy · #18 03-17-2007, 10:25 PM

I have two female lead players

Well crap man... there's the problem. One, sure. Two? Just askin for trouble*.

*females, please don't pms me. It's a joke, mostly.

BellBottomBlues · #19 03-18-2007, 09:56 AM

Well I was shoveling snow outside at work, the classical guitarist calls me and tells me she quit...

Why is it that all the good guitar players I know are chicks?

Timmayx · #20 03-18-2007, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by BellBottomBlues

Yeah I heard of Maiden, big fan, but they ripped off (aka borrowed) the harmonized leads from a little band called wishbone ash.

Oo Oo Me Me.

Twin leads are even better live