Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[beans-on-toast]

Saturday reprise.

When The Beatles broke out of Liverpool, a group of girls thought that they'd form a band and grab some of that fame. They progressed from not playing at all to a touring group in a short timeframe. A lot of kids tried doing that. They did alright.






Some of the other Liverpool bands that were Beatle contemporaries.

 

[Fat Freddy]

Have I mentioned my new bass build wot's going on as I type?........
Fat Freddy's Special K

 

[GwenOnBass]

Now it's mentioned!

 

[spiritbass]

More true than humorous...

 

[Fat Freddy]

Now it's mentioned!

Yeah, it is, innit?....

 

[Jeff Scott]

Saturday reprise.

When The Beatles broke out of Liverpool, a group of girls thought that they'd form a band and grab some of that fame. They progressed from not playing at all to a touring group in a short timeframe. A lot of kids tried doing that. They did alright.






Some of the other Liverpool bands that were Beatle contemporaries.

I don't recall (a familiar GOF trend) do you ever frequent the Rick Resource Forum (RRF)? There is a member who ran the Iron Door club and is well versed in all things Mersey beat.

Google: Geoff Hogarth Iron Door

 

[2tonic]

Nowadays the reference to a logbook would be archaic. I suspect Georgia overdrive might be outdated too.

Georgia Overdrive will never go out of style!

 

[GwenOnBass]

Does a Wichita lineman resonate with trucker songs? Could it be the Wichita lineman was a streaker? WWFP (what would Flora Purim) do? What kind of stupid decade did we open with Meat Loaf trending?

 

[12BitSlab]

Saturday reprise.

When The Beatles broke out of Liverpool, a group of girls thought that they'd form a band and grab some of that fame. They progressed from not playing at all to a touring group in a short timeframe. A lot of kids tried doing that. They did alright.






Some of the other Liverpool bands that were Beatle contemporaries.

Thanks for posting that. I had never heard of the Liverbirds and I loved that video of them.

 

[GwenOnBass]

I don't recall (a familiar GOF trend) do you ever frequent the Rick Resource Forum (RRF)? There is a member who ran the Iron Door club and is well versed in all things Mersey beat.

Google: Geoff Hogarth Iron Door

"Geoff Hogarth Iron Door" sounds like Old English mispronounced by Spinal Tap.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I don't recall (a familiar GOF trend) do you ever frequent the Rick Resource Forum (RRF)? There is a member who ran the Iron Door club and is well versed in all things Mersey beat.

Google: Geoff Hogarth Iron Door

Not in many many years. It was always interesting to read John Hall's comments.

I worked with a guy who frequented the Cavern Club and others around Liverpool. Before the Cavern booked rock'n'roll artists, they were a jazz club which is what he was into. He was a bit older. The Beatles ruined the Cavern as far as he and his fellow jazz friends were concerned. He did see them play there.

He remembers them being chest thumping loud. The room shape focused the sound. McCartney had a BIG custom made bass cabinet (single 15" reflex) and a Selmer 30W amp that made bass loud like they never heard before.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Does a Wichita lineman resonate with trucker songs? Could it be the Wichita lineman was a streaker? WWFP (what would Flora Purim) do? What kind of stupid decade did we open with Meat Loaf trending?

I had a relative that was a lineman, working on new power line installations in remote areas. The bugs were bad but the money was good.

This never happened unless being chased by a bear.

 

[2tonic]

Have I mentioned my new bass build wot's going on as I type?........
Fat Freddy's Special K

Alder body, 1.5" Thick, deep belly cut.

Is this a sign of being a GOF?

 

[Fat Freddy]

Alder body, 1.5" Thick, deep belly cut.

Is this a sign of being a GOF?

No...It's a sign of being a fat GOF......

 

[Jeff Scott]

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Was that an outtake for the cover of Going For The One?

 

[Jeff Scott]

 

[alaskaleftybass]

I had a relative that was a lineman, working on new power line installations in remote areas. The bugs were bad but the money was good.

This never happened unless being chased by a bear.

View attachment 3655582

 

[beans-on-toast]

Great stories, great times that'll never be repeated. Throngs of kids born around the war that wanted entertaining. Lunchtime, evening and over night shows.

 

[SoulReflection]

Happy Soulful Sunday...

 

[GonePlaid]

Happy Soulful Sunday...

Ohhhhh, yeah!