46 degrees...
They played the one song...just long enough for the feeling to start going out of your hands.
(And, I'd bet there were heaters under the stage.)
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...and they don't even have heaters on stage???
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46 degrees...
They played the one song...just long enough for the feeling to start going out of your hands.
(And, I'd bet there were heaters under the stage.)
I've played down in the twenties. No individual control over your fingers. So, just had to play lobster claw style and make it simple.
I've loved Ann and Nancy for as long as they've been around. They are huge Zeppelin fans (I often think Ann is one of the few vocalists that could do Zep covers justice in terms of singing Robert's parts), and here, the two of them do a duet version of 'The Battle of Evermore'. Obviously recorded through the room off the mains, nonetheless a powerful performance with Nancy on the Maggie Bell 2nd part and JPJ's mandolin riff, and Nancy on one of their signature Martins and powerful lead vocals. She really catches fire on the outro, then looks over at Nancy with this sort of 'OK, where was I/I'm back' from the rush of her performance. Exceptional.
Two hippie chicks with their thumb out for a ride to The Black Country. What an absolute gas. I love it when the truly talented can conjure magic and call down the lightning right before your eyes.
Lowendtech
Happily trending in my own peculiar direction.
Oh yeah. Seen it and done it. Cut the finger tips off some gloves and away we went. Oh, and a hot pocket in each glove. Worked ok. I was more worried about my bass. Strings were just sucking the heat out of my fingertips though.
Snowglobe festival in Tahoe, 2015. -18 degrees with wind chill. That was not an easy one.
I've done a few. Played while it was snowing once. It's one thing when your fingers get numb, another altogether when they actually hurt. 3 or 4 sets of that and I feel like I've earned my rock 'n' roll merit badge. One of those, a morning Redskins tailgate party at the stadium, was the first gig of a Xmas Eve triple before the pandemic. Man, was that a looooooong day! 
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Ductapeman
Ringmaster and Resident Geriatric
We took a gig at Eastern Washington State College decades ago now, didn't know till we got there that we were to play outside-- in February, in two feet of snow. I now know that it is completely possible to play bass while wearing mittens.
Are we sure it wasn’t tracks? I have played a gig 3 hour gig (bass) outdoors at 19 degrees no heaters and not fun. Plus, I was a sub.
I also played Baritone horn for a Steeler halftime show that was also below 20 degrees back in the 60’s. I kept the mouthpiece in my mouth when we weren’t playing. Thank heavens our uniforms included gloves,with the finger tips were trimmed so only the contact point on the fingers were exposed.
She was doing ok considering the cold air, countless gigs, & 73 trips around the sun….
I get it! I was singing "Dirty White Boy" years ago just like I had done many times. I went to hit the last high note and it was just like someone punched me in the throat. Surgery followed a week later to repair my right vocal cord. Ever since then the cold definitely affects my voice. I won't book an outside gig after September.
Playing outside in the cold can be tough, but it’s not impossible. Here’s Chris Wood absolutely crushing it on upright bass and bgv’s in the frigid Colorado winter:
I’ve done an outdoor show in Canada back in the ‘80s. I couldn’t say what the temperature was but I can tell you there’s a lot of cold metal on a bass guitar.
That's a superb version! It was Fairport Convention's Sandy Denny who sang the original female vocal.
She gets a pass from me. A lot of performers can't hit the high notes like they used to. No shame in that. She still has a wonderful voice.
Rob Halford, whose vocal high notes could shatter every window within a five mile radius back in the day, hasn't been able to hit those notes for years. The last time I saw Judas Priest was 20 yrs ago, and I noticed it then. He still sounds good.
Those flames on the stage definitely added some warmth.
Rob Halford, whose vocal high notes could shatter every window within a five mile radius back in the day, hasn't been able to hit those notes for years. The last time I saw Judas Priest was 20 yrs ago, and I noticed it then. He still sounds good.
Those flames on the stage definitely added some warmth.
Warming that much air outdoors from such a low heat would take a lot of doing. Are there heaters that are up to it? Most, if not all, of the heat would be lost upwards.
That's an Alembic Bass right? Pretty sure it comes with a heated neck for that price!
Jom Tones would tell you: She's a Lady!Your first rock chick crush, too?
Woah-Oh-Oh, she's a lady
We went to different high schools together.
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That's a superb version! It was Fairport Convention's Sandy Denny who sang the original female vocal.
D'Oh! I know that, but I somehow missed on that recollection.
Thanks Wyrdlow.
