Older fellows still doing originals

[Mike N]

I'm 47 and the youngest in an original band. The guitarist is 48 and the singer is 50.

A sample can be found from the video link in my signature.

 

[N. Kentucky Bass]

Yahoo! I'll throw up another video from a recent gig. This one's a slow surf tune, another original called "Hailing At The Hotel."

 

[repoman]

I'm 57, as is my rythman guitar. Our lead vocalist is 38, drummer 52 and lead guitar is 60.
We do only originals and would love to just get a freakin' paying gig. (I keep telling them to NOT take the free-bee's anymore but to no avail. )

 

[Space Pickle]

Hey I thought your surf thing was good, Ukiah.

 

[xgator4u]

Being an AGE related thread I am astonished that bluewine ain't all over this.
Anyhow, 53 next month, Put me in the switched to covers group. Pretty much always played at least some covers, now pretty much all covers.

 

[Stewie26]

Being an AGE related thread I am astonished that bluewine ain't all over this.
Anyhow, 53 next month, Put me in the switched to covers group. Pretty much always played at least some covers, now pretty much all covers.

Bluewine was banned quite a while ago.

 

[repoman]

Hey I thought your surf thing was good, Ukiah.

I agree, that is awesome...I'm going to have to steal that for my band....

 

[Ender_rpm]

Left a thriving originals band in DC, moved to STL, in another original act, I'm 38, most of the other fellas are in that range. Old band Geetar was 50+, sometimes had to talk him out of sounding too much like Tom Scholz, but otherwise, and excellent fellow

 

[GlennW]

Yahoo! I'll throw up another video from a recent gig. This one's a slow surf tune, another original called "Hailing At The Hotel."

Holy Moly, that's unreal guitar tone (and playing).

But the tone...jeez...lemme guess, not a Peavey Bandit.

 

[N. Kentucky Bass]

Holy Moly, that's unreal guitar tone (and playing).

But the tone...jeez...lemme guess, not a Peavey Bandit.

nah, the guitarist is playing a Fender Strat re-issue through a Marshall tube amp w/a Tubby Tone speaker. WAIT - didn't you want to know about the BASS? A Rob Allen Solid 4, probably soon to be up for sale.

 

[Bunk McNulty]

I was way past 50 when I recorded this stuff in 2011:
Dirty South
Showed Me The Rose

The guy who ran the studio was high on Dirty South, but Showed Me The Rose got the biggest audience response in the last year, although with a different band. We were gonna record it again, but for non-musical reasons I left Asheville before we got around to it. Why do I keep doing it? Probably because I can't think of anything else to do.

 

[jimc]

I'm in a blues/rock band. Members age range from 55+ (I'm 59) and we still work in originals with blues classics and other covers. We're two thirds though writing a cd of originals. Here's one of them...

http://www.reverbnation.com/thejeffwatsonband/song/16648368-miss-misery

 

[Stewie26]

I'm in a blues/rock band. Members age range from 55+ (I'm 59) and we still work in originals with blues classics and other covers. We're two thirds though writing a cd of originals. Here's one of them...

http://www.reverbnation.com/thejeffwatsonband/song/16648368-miss-misery

Excellent Song! Also, someone did a nice job on the engineering. Everyone sits in the mix well and your bass lines are what the song calls for. Just sayin.

 

[jimc]

Well thanks, I appreciate that as I did the mix on this! Still a few things I'd like to change but, as they say, you never finish mixing, you just decide to stop at some point!

 

[squidtastic]

I'm knocking at the door of 50 and write, record and infrequently gig with 3 friends all about my age. We're probably each other's own biggest fans, and we do it mainly for the sheer love of creating.

 

[knumbskull]

I think as long as you're not trying to be something you're not, all is good.

 

[xgator4u]

Really, What did he do to get banned?
Too bad, I got a kick out of him.

Bluewine was banned quite a while ago.

 

[dalkowski]

Three words:
1. Guided
2. by
3. Voices

 

[Bassamatic]

I currently play with 2 cover bands and an original band. All are fun (classic hard and soft rock, blues, surf, etc.) and the originals band is more challenging. However, the cover bands get a lot more work, because people know the songs. It is a lot harder to get started and develop a following if you are doing all originals.

 

[2saddleslab]

Just played a hugely successful all original showcase last night, all of us being in are mid 50's. Playing music has always been fun, playing all originals is even better.