Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[spiritbass]

Fixed it for you. As in . . .

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I don't recall seeing this pic before - very cool. Note the 'drum throne'.

 

[Jeff Scott]

In this situation, you need to carry a bullhorn, through which you announce that it's "double coupon day" at Old Country Buffet, or Golden Corral, but only for three more hours.

I'm sure I have recounted this in the past (and, most likely, will in the future given the opportunity ), one day we were across the street from Fox Hills Mall in Culver City (mid '80s) when we heard something pretty funny. There was a person at the traffic light, waiting for it to turn green so he/she could pull onto Sepulveda from the mall exit. What we heard was the cop sitting behind that car on his bullhorn saying, "The light can't get any greener!"

 

[beans-on-toast]

I love the way extra horns magically appear and disappear during the second clip!

Movie magic. The guy that introduced the second clip was Alan Freed. The payola scandal did him in.

I never knew that Elvis was a opening act in Vegas before he made it.

 

[spiritbass]

I never knew that Elvis was a opening act in Vegas before he made it.

Me either!

 

[12BitSlab]

The little amp in front of McCartney is an Elpico. It was green. He still has it. Dave Davis of the Kinks used one with a razor slashed speaker to get distortion on You Really Got Me. The Selmer Truvoice was Harrison’s amp. Lennon plugged into it as well. It was the Stadium model. Good for a laugh there. It isn’t a bad sounding amp.

Wow! I thought that I was sick with Trivia Disease! I'm impressed!

 

[beans-on-toast]

I wonder how many people started off knowing that they wanted to be bassists. I didn't. I dabbled in violin and piano but ended up working as a vocalist and that's what I was doing when I picked up the bass.

l didn’t care what I played. I just wanted to be there.

 

[12BitSlab]

I wonder how many people started off knowing that they wanted to be bassists. I didn't. I dabbled in violin and piano but ended up working as a vocalist and that's what I was doing when I picked up the bass.

I started at age 7 playing the trumpet. Strictly classical stuff so I had to play the notes EXACTLY as they were written. Then I found bass and found the freedom that I was looking for.

 

[steve_rolfeca]

I wonder how many people started off knowing that they wanted to be bassists. I didn't. I dabbled in violin and piano but ended up working as a vocalist and that's what I was doing when I picked up the bass.

It seems that I did, even before I knew how to express it.

I grew up in a musical household, and constantly begged my dad for lessons. When I was 8, he started me on guitar.

He always played a recorded snippet of something before each lesson. That was my favourite part, but I was a lousy student. It was a chore to get me to practice, and neither of us understood why.

When I was 11, he decided to check out an electric bass. The moment he plugged it in, all became clear: during our lessons, he used to point out the horn lines and solos in those recordings. It turned out that I had always been listening to the bass lines.

After that, my parents couldn’t keep me off the thing.

 

[Jeff Scott]

I never knew that Elvis was a opening act in Vegas before he made it.

Everybody's gotta start somewhere!

 

[GonePlaid]

I love the way extra horns magically appear and disappear during the second clip!

The 2nd singer's trumpet was on the piano, the lead singer's 'bone was on a stand behind the sax man.

 

[Passinwind]

I wonder how many people started off knowing that they wanted to be bassists. I didn't. I dabbled in violin and piano but ended up working as a vocalist and that's what I was doing when I picked up the bass.

I started on guitar but also had a year or two of experience playing bass by myself when my first band started. All four members mainly played guitar and we all tried a turn on bass and drums, and I was clearly the most into bass and the best at playing it. Since the music was going to include lots of Phil Lesh, Jack Casady, Kenny Gradney, and Rick Danko lines I was more than happy to buy a bass and jump in. At the time I was probably the best at lead guitar too, and the guy who ended up taking that role liked playing bass a lot but thought vocals and bass would be tough to handle at the same time, given that we were all beginners. Then the next band opportunity that came along was on bass, so that was mostly that.

 

[G-Dog]

Certainly not suggesting all bassists "evolved" in that way, but it seemed to be the case in the 60s. I was a decent section saxist until I found my true calling in 67 while in the Navy music program. Still played the horn(s) as a double for many years afterwards but bass is where my heart and head is at. Fooled with guitar for a very short time, but it never really 'grabbed' me like a bass does.

I wonder how many people started off knowing that they wanted to be bassists. I didn't. I dabbled in violin and piano but ended up working as a vocalist and that's what I was doing when I picked up the bass.

I blame bass for interrupting my fledging guitar "career"! I was rhythm & lead singer, with very occasional lead guitar flashes, in Junior High & High School. But, in college, I got distracted with playing bass and NOT singing.

Oh! What fun! Who knew? My previous bands had mostly ignored our bass owners, since they couldn't really play and didn't appear to want to learn, either. But, this group listened to, and even relied on(!), the bass for rhythm, dynamics, and cues! Our piano, bass, guitar & drums played all the top hits of the day and our 8, count 'em, Voice Majors sang fantastic solos and choral arrangements! What's not to love?

It was truly a growing experience. Traveled more, and farther, than I ever imagined before in my life! I gradually learned to finger pluck, though I still love to play bass with a pick, when appropriate. And it was a better education for my personal life than if I'd become the next Elvis!


Thankyewveramuch!
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[GwenOnBass]

By all appearances ours was a musical household. From here it feels like trying every instrument until I found one I can (nominally) do. Baby grand in the sitting room where my older sister's friends played jazz stuff every Friday night. Taken by the saxophonist (who went on to a fine studio career), it seemed sax for me. And you know, the whole thing, read the music and play what's written.

When the cool kids with electric guitars said "come join our band", I ask where's the music? Because that's all I knew. Few years later and a university degree (with the obligatory one music theory course), try the cello briefly. And then the bass. (And then big time out to see to life and everything.) And then the bass. Which is now and that works for me.

 

[Jeff Scott]

All four members mainly played guitar and we all tried a turn on bass and drums, and I was clearly the most into bass and the best at playing it.

This proves that the others weren't good enough to play bass.

 

[Al Kraft]

I was a trombone player for many years through college and beyond - classical/symphonic bands, jazz groups, swing/big bands, musicals, you name it, I played it. I dabbled a bit with guitar during those years, but just loved the bass. I still play guitar (mainly acoustic), but at heart am a bass player. Most groups seem to be looking for good bass player that can add that dimension to their sound in a complementary way, not just fill a hole.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Had a nice long walk today. Wound up where the police keep their officer dogs and horses in the park. Never been there before. One HUGE black horse saw us coming and ran over to the fence to greet us. I said hello, letting him sniff my fist for a while, then gave him a stroke on the neck.

There’s something very special about greeting an animal that makes me happy.

 

[SoulReflection]

Had a nice long walk today. Wound up where the police keep their officer dogs and horses in the park. Never been there before. One HUGE black horse saw us coming and ran over to the fence to greet us. I said hello, letting him sniff my fist for a while, then gave him a stroke on the neck.

There’s something very special about greeting an animal that makes me happy.

I feel happier when an animal greets me. Sure beats getting eaten .

 

[spiritbass]

I was a trombone player for many years through college and beyond - classical/symphonic bands, jazz groups, swing/big bands, musicals, you name it, I played it. I dabbled a bit with guitar during those years, but just loved the bass. I still play guitar (mainly acoustic), but at heart am a bass player. Most groups seem to be looking for good bass player that can add that dimension to their sound in a complementary way, not just fill a hole.

I didn't stick with piano or clarinet. I loved playing trombone and baritone horn (with High School and USCG band) until I traded my trombone for my first bass.

 

[mikeoso]

Neighbor wars are awful because the resentments never stop. I'm sorry you're dealing with this and hope it gets resolved without costing you a lot of money and time.

....and this is why Mikey lives in the country.

 

[LBS-bass]

....and this is why Mikey lives in the country.

You are living my dream