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Old 11-10-2012, 01:43 PM
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The Fakers at The Stanhope Houe, New Jersey on Nov. 9. We opened for Grammy winner, Sugar Blue, and rocked the house!



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Old 11-13-2012, 06:49 AM
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The Fakers at The Stanhope Houe, New Jersey on Nov. 9. We opened for Grammy winner, Sugar Blue, and rocked the house!



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Old 11-14-2012, 09:18 AM
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"f I can just HOLD ON to my head, it won't fly away!
(Now how am I going to play a bar chord?)"

Oh No, the bass player is playing them high notes again.
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Old 11-14-2012, 04:59 PM
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Old 11-19-2012, 02:33 PM
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Well, the good news is that we found Waldo...and the chick in the black dress is asking how many roads does a man have to walk before...yada yada...whatever, let's just grab him and go!
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The band looked everywhere, but they still couldn't find Henry's contact lens.
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Old 11-19-2012, 02:47 PM
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Old 11-19-2012, 08:42 PM
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The band looked everywhere, but they still couldn't find Henry's contact lens.
But the overwhelming bass drum sound thru their coveted Shure 55A Fatboy 'supersized series' mic was eardrum shattering, as we can see here !
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Old 11-19-2012, 08:45 PM
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Old 11-20-2012, 11:30 AM
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Jude a noob was told it was very important to use that pink when playing by his TB brothers he wasn't sure which pinky they were talking about so he makes sure to use both while playing ahhh noobs you got to love'em
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Old 11-20-2012, 07:33 PM
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Jude a noob was told it was very important to use that pink when playing by his TB brothers he wasn't sure which pinky they were talking about so he makes sure to use both while playing ahhh noobs you got to love'em
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Old 11-21-2012, 06:39 PM
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Old 11-24-2012, 05:46 AM
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Old 11-24-2012, 09:08 AM
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No matter how many drinks he purchased, the singer could never find that last collector cup, the blue one -- eventually he got so drunk from drinking the beer from the cups that he purchased that he did a gig where he brought only the bass player.
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Old 11-26-2012, 09:14 AM
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"f I can just HOLD ON to my head, it won't fly away!
(Now how am I going to play a bar chord?)"

OH CRAP is my beer in the front or back? GUITARD moment
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Old 11-26-2012, 09:33 AM
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Crappy cell pic, but have fun with it. This was at last night's gig


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Old 11-26-2012, 09:38 AM
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Hope your friends at talkbass see you using that triad I am sure they will be impressed
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Old 11-26-2012, 10:06 AM
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During "Maple necks are theckthay and I know it"
cue eighties synth patch rashness
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