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John Bonham is not dead!

Axtman

Axtman

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#1
He showed up at the jazz jam last night.

The guy played as if he was soloing unamplified in Shea Stadium! He turned it up to 11 and hit all the drums and cymbals as if he was playing Whack a Mole on crack! There was no dynamics or groove and he stepped on everyone's playing/soloing.

Next time I am going to tell him to chill out. If he doesn't then I will just leave.
 
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Axtman said:
He showed up at the jazz jam last night.

The guy played as if he was soloing unamplified in Shea Stadium! He turned it up to 11 and hit all the drums and cymbals as if he was playing Whack a Mole on crack! There was no dynamics or groove and he stepped on
everyone's playing/soloing.

Next time I am going to tell him to chill out. If he doesn't then I will just leave.
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That'll show him!:rage:
 
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Axtman said:
He showed up at the jazz jam last night.

The guy played as if he was soloing unamplified in Shea Stadium! He turned it up to 11 and hit all the drums and cymbals as if he was playing Whack a Mole on crack! There was no dynamics or groove and he stepped on everyone's playing/soloing.

Next time I am going to tell him to chill out. If he doesn't then I will just leave.
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That wasn't Bonham.
 
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This John says "No"
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Axtman said:
He showed up at the jazz jam last night.

The guy played as if he was soloing unamplified in Shea Stadium! He turned it up to 11 and hit all the drums and cymbals as if he was playing Whack a Mole on crack! There was no dynamics or groove and he stepped on everyone's playing/soloing.

Next time I am going to tell him to chill out. If he doesn't then I will just leave.
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I have to laugh.

I am the house bassist for a weekly jam.

One night, an individual who was showing up on a weekly basis, decided he wanted to play.

So we said ok, and got him up the second set.

First song, well.....it was a drum solo through the whole song.
Second song, rerun of the first movie
BL ended the third song ended after a verse and a chorus. Same movie different beat

That was probably the shortest 3rd set we ever played.

He hasn't show up since, so....I'm wondering if we are talkin the same guy. Seemed like he was intent on whack a mole as well.
 
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Next time he sits in I am going to turn up my amp really loud and play Smoke on the Water!

I over heard one patron say, "Are you going to throw those guys out? It's after 11!" We are supposed to stop at 11 but usually the bartender lets us keep playing.
 
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Vanilla Fudge, Febuary 1971. Bands plane is late - it's freezing cold outside - they haven't eaten all day. Walk out on stage 1 hour late. No one has left the building. First song is about five minutes long. Second song is "Break Song" and the drum solo goes on for 30 minutes. Band goes back stage and pigs out on cheeseburgers and Bud lite. Finally they stroll back on stage, and hand burgers and Bud to Carmine (drummer), so on song three they have no drums, just the other three. They do a long blues song that really went well with no drums. Finally, an hour after arriving on stage, everyone has been fed. NOW they rock the place. Where was I? Sitting with our drummer on the floor about 3 feet behind Carmine. Rock and roll for sure !
 
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Axtman said:
He showed up at the jazz jam last night.

The guy played as if he was soloing unamplified in Shea Stadium! He turned it up to 11 and hit all the drums and cymbals as if he was playing Whack a Mole on crack! There was no dynamics or groove and he stepped on everyone's playing/soloing.

Next time I am going to tell him to chill out. If he doesn't then I will just leave.
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Doesn't sound like Bonham to me. He was good!
 
#20
The ironic thing was one of the songs we played was "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise". He played it loud and fast!

He's lucky our regular piano player was not there. She would have thrown him out. The substitute piano player was great and did not overplay.
 

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