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Do you have a stage name?
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I’m “Catfish McCoy” because bass is the “bottom” of the musical spectrum and catfish sit on the bottom of the Mississippi River. Bandmate’s dad came up with it and it stuck.
I was Fat Paul for many years, I quit playing gigs, lost 100 pounds and started exercising. I am now, and have been FIT Paul for about five years. Good thing I retired from gigs, not many people will come out to see some guy named Jeffrey with a stage name of FIT Paul play blues..
This is a fun thread. I'm going to add a name or two that are REAL. At my job we load thousands of records a day so you really see some good ones.
These are NOT made up:
Winston Teets
Tad Small
These are NOT made up:
Winston Teets
Tad Small
Well, the band just calls me "the bass player." You know, like when something goes wrong and they ask start trying to figure out what went wrong, they always say it was "the bass player's" fault. I take it as a term of endearment!
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I use my middle name - the name you know me by here at TB - as my professional name. I'm known by my first name to my closest friends. Within the context of bass, this means that I am introduced to the audience as Morrighan, and take my set break with friends who know my by my first name.
Pbassmanca
In the pocket n' thumpy. So woody, so greasy...
I played in a four-piece country band once and we all had joke stage names that we would use to introduce ourselves on the occasion when a room we were playing had basically no crowd. I was Danny Magz, drummer was Dickie Silvers, guitarist was Billy Whitehorse and the lead singer Jack Connoly was.......Jack Connoly....
Evidently, according to those in attendance last time I played out, my stage name is "Usuk"...
Karsh
I used to have the nickname Krash but one time I spelled it wrong in an email and....
I used to have the nickname Krash but one time I spelled it wrong in an email and....
Freight Train has been my stage name ever since the early 70's when a club owner in Ft. Worth told our singer that every time I played there it sounded like a freight train was rumbling through.
Gadget (as in Inspector)
When something goes wrong or doesn't work at a gig (which always seems to happen) I am the one everyone turns to to get it fixed. I always have a way of getting things to work even if by unconventional means.
When something goes wrong or doesn't work at a gig (which always seems to happen) I am the one everyone turns to to get it fixed. I always have a way of getting things to work even if by unconventional means.
I had a stage name when I was in a cover band back in West Virginia. Our band, Lost Cause, wore bowling shirts and we gave each other stage names, which were embroidered on the shirts. I was "Sparky."
I've never been a nickname guy, but back in my college town there was a band that called their bass player Budget, and I think that's hilarious.
Dirty Jack Somethingorother.. That way you can book your band a DJ xyz and they'll be surprised when a band shows up.
I have used "Gusto" on a few album credits. Most of the time I have a hard enough time getting people to believe my name is Gus and not short for something else.. (August, Augustus, Gustavo, Gustopher... You
get the idea)
get the idea)
