Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[bobyoung53]

"Yeah, me and da' bois is gonna do some numbas here, now................."

Wouldn't that have been something!

I didn't know until earlier this evening that The Choir had turned into a bunch of raspberries.

Yeah and they were another great band. Aren't you from somewhere in that area?

 

[alaskaleftybass]

I've noticed a lot more GOF's relate to the 60's and 70's. I was a pro in the late 70's but really hit it in the 80's, starting with 1980. Toured for many years playing pop rock of that era. I don't see a lot of that here on GOF. Am I the odd man out? Don't answer that...

 

[GonePlaid]

I've noticed a lot more GOF's relate to the 60's and 70's. I was a pro in the late 70's but really hit it in the 80's, starting with 1980. Toured for many years playing pop rock of that era. I don't see a lot of that here on GOF. Am I the odd man out? Don't answer that...

I'm inclined to think that what we played in the 70's/80's, and what influenced our playing just might be 2-or more-different things.
The audience we played for(until last month)is 55+ to 80ish. They mostly wanna hear 60's-80's light rock and crossover country. So thass whut we play. The newest song we do is "Tennessee Whisky", which I have trouble playing-while I'm falling asleep. BOR-ing.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Yeah and they were another great band. Aren't you from somewhere in that area?

Yeah, The Choir and the Dead Boys were from this area, as was The Raspberries. A friend of mine, Jeff, went to school with Eric Carmen.

The Raspberries even loand Jeff and my keyboard player friend (Jeff's brother, Roy) their gear for a gig their band, Song Without Words, did one evening at Andrew's School for Girls.

 

[2tonic]

Is that similar to this:View attachment 3802757

No!
Just.................NO!

For healing udders, but works great on knuckles, soles, and elbows.

 

[beans-on-toast]

No!
Just.................NO!
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For healing udders, but works great on knuckles, soles, and elbows.

I use that one as well. It’s a heavier naval jelly with lanolin and an antiseptic. Good help in repairing rough bits when doing wood work or construction jobs. Cracks on your fingers during the winter can make playing painful. Worst case, I resort to medical crazy glue to close finger splits so I can play but don’t want it to get that bad so maintenance creams help.

A small amount of this product also works on dog paws that are too rough or cracked.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I've noticed a lot more GOF's relate to the 60's and 70's. I was a pro in the late 70's but really hit it in the 80's, starting with 1980. Toured for many years playing pop rock of that era. I don't see a lot of that here on GOF. Am I the odd man out? Don't answer that...

I learned very early that I hate traveling to play. I didn’t like circuits and dives. Getting up early, it’s cold, dew on the vehicles, a long boring drive ahead, arriving with a numb feeling, hotels/motels. The worst thing about being on the road is being sick but you have to go on. Eating well balanced meals and exercising is important but is sometimes hard to do. It used to be that airfare fares were affordable, but that ended.

A regular gig is best like Mike was saying. I gave up a studio gig this past winter that I had been doing for many years. I put my car in winter storage. It involved a two hour drive out to the country on Saturday. Driving home on icy highways just took too much out of me.

 

[the harp unstrung]

It’s me and mine offering you and yours a wish for a happy, Soulful, Safe Sunday...



What??!! A Twin Spin?!!

 

[GwenOnBass]

Nine out of ten dermatologists agree fingertip skin fissures cause Eucerin.

Road work is road work and everyone who has been on the road knows how difficult it can be to take care of yourself out there.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Live From Daryl’s House is a great series. In this one, we are told a story about string gauge and BB King, he liked a light gauge. There’s a similar story about Clapton. His secret weapon when he was recording Beano was light gauge strings. He would buy an 8 gauge banjo string for the low E, the other strings were as light as he could get.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Nine out of ten dermatologists agree fingertip skin fissures cause Eucerin.

Road work is road work and everyone who has been on the road knows how difficult it can be to take care of yourself out there.

SRV would get cuts on his finger tips and would superglue the finger to his forearm and rip a layer of skin off. This apparently gave him enough thickness on his tips to play without blood.

I use a product called liquid bandage, the glue seals the cuts on tips well. I occasionally get cuts from dental floss more so than from string wear. Also get razor knife cut when wiring circuits and with knives in the kitchen. But once the cut is there, playing makes it worse. A diamond file works well for sanding the skin along the cut, this helps it heal faster.

 

[Charlie Tango]

Live From Daryl’s House is a great series. In this one, we are told a story about string gauge and BB King, he liked a light gauge. There’s a similar story about Clapton. His secret weapon when he was recording Beano was light gauge strings. He would buy an 8 gauge banjo string for the low E, the other strings were as light as he could get.

Billy Gibbons' Dunlop brand string sets start with .007s, I do believe, and I think I saw a video of him discussing playing with .006s.

 

[Polish Thunder]

I've noticed a lot more GOF's relate to the 60's and 70's. I was a pro in the late 70's but really hit it in the 80's, starting with 1980. Toured for many years playing pop rock of that era. I don't see a lot of that here on GOF. Am I the odd man out? Don't answer that...

I, for one, would like to hear from all of the old touring pros about what bands you played in, music styles, and maybe a quick interesting story or two from back in the day.

 

[GwenOnBass]

I, for one, would like to hear from all of the old touring pros about what bands you played in, music styles, and maybe a quick interesting story or two from back in the day.

The gig and tour stories are over in Bassists of the '60's Club.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

I, for one, would like to hear from all of the old touring pros about what bands you played in, music styles, and maybe a quick interesting story or two from back in the day.

I started playing professionally around Seattle in the late 70's. I can't remember the songs we played except on by Bill Withers-- Real Mother for Ya, and How Long Has This Been Going On. Beginning in 1980 we were approached by an older booking agent in Seattle and he offered us out of town gigs. While playing in Shelby Montana a lady gave us a business card and that call led us to years of playing in Alberta and B.C. She always booked out four months at a time, we'd take a month off then go back to Canada. One gig we had was at Great Slave Lake, where we had to drive for hours to Godforsaken country near a Native reservation.

The town was small but lots of oil money. We played Thursday through Saturday, or 'back threes.' On Saturday night another young band came in and watched us play. They liked us a lot, and we met and talked during a break. They were an up and coming band called Loverboy. With a bit of modesty I hope to say that we were a very good touring band, from months and months of practicing in closed bars in the mornings. Well, we asked the young band to get up onstage and play a couple songs. They played Turn Me Loose and Working for the Weekend. The bass player, a nice guy, had a sharpie and he signed my bass case. We all got their business card but never heard from them again. By the way, their performance was Electric. It was as if they KNEW they were a concert act and recording artists. That was ONE of my brushes with fame in my young days.

I was the guy who DID do the dive gigs, great hotel gigs, opening acts, middle of nowhere but well fed and housed gigs. Yes traveling was tiresome and often our rooms weren't very nice. But there was so much camaraderie and the musicians I worked with long term were gifted musicians and kind decent souls. I wouldn't trade one of those days for anything because one day one of my small gigs I discovered an angel just waiting for me to step into her life. Her name was Carey, and that was 33 years ago. We've been together ever since 1987 and it was the best path I could have traveled. I'm a lucky man.

 

[SoulReflection]

I started playing professionally around Seattle in the late 70's. I can't remember the songs we played except on by Bill Withers-- Real Mother for Ya, and How Long Has This Been Going On. Beginning in 1980 we were approached by an older booking agent in Seattle and he offered us out of town gigs. While playing in Shelby Montana a lady gave us a business card and that call led us to years of playing in Alberta and B.C. She always booked out four months at a time, we'd take a month off then go back to Canada. One gig we had was at Great Slave Lake, where we had to drive for hours to Godforsaken country near a Native reservation.

The town was small but lots of oil money. We played Thursday through Saturday, or 'back threes.' On Saturday night another young band came in and watched us play. They liked us a lot, and we met and talked during a break. They were an up and coming band called Loverboy. With a bit of modesty I hope to say that we were a very good touring band, from months and months of practicing in closed bars in the mornings. Well, we asked the young band to get up onstage and play a couple songs. They played Turn Me Loose and Working for the Weekend. The bass player, a nice guy, had a sharpie and he signed my bass case. We all got their business card but never heard from them again. By the way, their performance was Electric. It was as if they KNEW they were a concert act and recording artists. That was ONE of my brushes with fame in my young days.

I was the guy who DID do the dive gigs, great hotel gigs, opening acts, middle of nowhere but well fed and housed gigs. Yes traveling was tiresome and often our rooms weren't very nice. But there was so much camaraderie and the musicians I worked with long term were gifted musicians and kind decent souls. I wouldn't trade one of those days for anything because one day one of my small gigs I discovered an angel just waiting for me to step into her life. Her name was Carey, and that was 33 years ago. We've been together ever since 1987 and it was the best path I could have traveled. I'm a lucky man.

What a great historical post Will! Living in Canada at the time, I really enjoyed it. I am thinking there must have been some funny gig stories for you. We would love to hear them over at the '60's club .

 

[beans-on-toast]

Saturday Reprise

Noel Gallagher of Oasis doing a great version of one of his songs with his newer band. Oasis was huge in the UK, the song was heavily influenced by the Beatles and Bowie. The song was released on their second album in 1996. It was 24 years ago this past February, time flies.



The song is what you call a sing-a-long. As a songwriter, I can't imagine a higher compliment than the way that the audience is responding in this performance.



Chuck Berry wrote a sing-a-long song in 1972. He had to go to England to record this live version, folks there are used to singing along. It's hard to wrap my head around this being Chuck's only Billboard Number 1 song.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Authentic Blues or something here on what we all call Monday. One of the days in the week has to take the pipe and Monday gets the vote.

​

It's hard to wrap my head around this being Chuck's only Billboard Number 1 song.

Humans are so easily amused

 

[the harp unstrung]

I just Love these things...

 

[beans-on-toast]

Yesterday was Saturday, so implied my reprise post. So today must be Sunday. It avoids Bloos Monday so I can skip directly to spaghetti Tuesday tomorrow. Then Friday is in sight.

From a time when people made their own entertainment. Banjo and fiddle players could cut through in a crowed room. It’s interesting how they adapted blues to relate to country folk, they had a lot to moan about as well. They wanted the music at a faster pace. Much in the same way that country, blues, and swing morphed into rock’n’roll in the 50’s when they went electric and created a new louder form for the kids. The goal is to shout it all out, these are the things we are talking about...