Yep. I know these guys have used a drummer. I've personally seen a drummer with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. However, I still think it's unlikely a drummer will be present at a jam. I'm sure it happens occasionally, but I've never it.
Leni
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Double Bass Hey folks, questions about a Bluegrass jam.
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Yep. I know these guys have used a drummer. I've personally seen a drummer with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. However, I still think it's unlikely a drummer will be present at a jam. I'm sure it happens occasionally, but I've never it.
Leni
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Unlikely, but not unheard of.
Honestly, the whole argument is completely toxic and we need to move away from it as quickly as possible.
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Troublemaker. You and me should get a beer one day, are you gonna be in town on your tour with Mr. Mike?
MollyKay
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Yeah
where are you playing!?!
Mike Compton does a song I absolutely love Evening Prayer Blues.
Have a great gig! Drop by hint, hint.
Mike Compton does a song I absolutely love Evening Prayer Blues.
Have a great gig! Drop by hint, hint.
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Nashville, I should have specified. Do you ever get down this way? I rarely make it to NYC.
Hey all. I'm playing Sellersville PA on the 13th, Carlisle PA on the 14th, Raleigh NC 15th at pinecone and the 16th at Wingate University in NC. If anyone wants comps I'm sure I can hook you up. Just PM me.
Hey everyone,
Thanks for the great responses here, I really appreciate it. I'm sorry I made this thread and disappeared. I do most of my internetting at work and have been pretty busy the past week or so.
I think I'll go to the jam. My next chance will be in January. I'll see if I can pick up a book or at least try and learn a song or two beforehand. I'm looking forward to be playing with others: just learning and playing in my living room to my dogs is fun and all, but playing with others I'm sure will help the learning process along (It really helped with my electric playing). So I just need to suck it up and go!
joe
Thanks for the great responses here, I really appreciate it. I'm sorry I made this thread and disappeared. I do most of my internetting at work and have been pretty busy the past week or so.
I think I'll go to the jam. My next chance will be in January. I'll see if I can pick up a book or at least try and learn a song or two beforehand. I'm looking forward to be playing with others: just learning and playing in my living room to my dogs is fun and all, but playing with others I'm sure will help the learning process along (It really helped with my electric playing). So I just need to suck it up and go!
joe
Just go! You have nothing to lose. You are worried about looking bad, but it's just a jam and not Carnegie Hall. Better to try and possibly look bad than play at home by yourself!
MollyKay
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To take this thread slightly off course we had the great pleasure of being Jasons guest last evening for The Gathering. Jason provided us with the absolute best seats in the house, fifth row dead center and no one but us in the row of a packed house. We felt like the King and Queen for the evening an awesome evening. The venue is a lovely older theatre in downtown Carlisle. Its one of those main street movie houses that has survived and thrives in a community full of supporters.
The concert was wonderful on a day otherwise filled with such sorrow. The music was uplifting, heartfelt and wonderfully warming to immerse ourselves in on a chilly evening. Jason is a standout in this group swinging from simple Appalachian beats to a beautiful solo with Rhiannon Giddens. If you have not heard their bass/vocal version of "O Holy Night" you have really missed something special. The other stand out was Mike Compton playing Ebenezer Scrooge mandolin solo, a real treat for the Bill Monroe bluegrass fans. I had only ever heard that song once before performed by Link Removed
After the show we enjoyed meeting Jason in person for the first time and of course we Talked Bass. Jason played a borrowed Kay and made it sound like a fine Italian carved bass well almost. He sounded excellent; the entire group was a joy to listen to.
Thanks to Jason for his generosity and the thrill he got by squeezing the wrong Mollykay moments before he met me and my husband. An artist moment or so he says.
Well, the virtual scrim of the interweb is fine and useful but when we actually meet each other in person and share a love of music, and our chosen instrument then you know Talkbass is doing what it's truly meant to do, build community. It was indeed a very sad day and my prayers go out to the bereaved. We struggled a bit with the reality that we were going to perform this happy soulful music filled with hope and grace just hours before a tragedy of enormous consequence. But in a world prone towards violence we felt that this is what we do and this is what we can offer. William Parker once said to me upon walking in to my first bass lesson. "Well, you're already doing something great just carrying that bass around the East Village to come here". "What", I thought, "I haven't even played a note yet." Then he fixed his formidable gaze on me and said "you're carrying a musical instrument and not a gun". "Molly" and "bass monkey" are taller in real life than on the web and even more kind and generous. One day I'll be knocking on their door for a special plywood bass or just a cup of coffee and a visit.
Been in your situation as a total beginner. Showed up at my first jam and stood near the door terrified, someone would figure out I didn't know Bluegrass or belong there. Everyone was very welcoming. Now 1 1/2 years later, it feels like home. Here's the solution for you: Pete Wenick's DVD on "How to Bluegrass Jam" all the info you need is there. Get it TODAY!!
http://www.amazon.com/Bluegrass-Jam...d=1355832177&sr=8-2&keywords=pete+wernick+dvd
For your first 3 jams, limit yourself to playing just 1s & 5s. It will force you to listen to the time.
Good luck, let us know how it goes.
http://www.amazon.com/Bluegrass-Jam...d=1355832177&sr=8-2&keywords=pete+wernick+dvd
For your first 3 jams, limit yourself to playing just 1s & 5s. It will force you to listen to the time.
Good luck, let us know how it goes.
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Go play. Listen to which 3-4 musicians has the best timing. Then buddy up to them and go play with them. Remember, no bass player. Chances are you can hook up with the best around. Take advantage.
I'm a BG player in Los Angeles. I go to as many jams as I can. One thing i've generally found: in a jam, two basses is one too many. The sound can get muddled and confused really quickly. For this reason, I always take a guitar and a bass. If there's a bass player, I let him/her play and learn what I can by watching. 99% of the time, they'll see me come in with a bass and will be much appreciative that I have the good taste to enjoy their work. We'll usually trade five or six songs each. In most cases, look around and see who the lead dog is. Get on the other side of the circle from that person so you can make eye contact and watch fingerboards. You can learn a lot that way.
Columbia put an organ on some Bill Monroe tracks in the fifties (which he hated!) - doesn't make 'Organ' a bluegrass instrument.
Can you imagine hauling around a Hammond B3 with a Leslie at a festival? ;-)
