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Switching to Country?!

#81
Hi Steve,

stevecaronna said:
Thanks BC, We actually spoke just after your trip here last year. It is great to be in this situation. Our drummer actually owns the band and really takes care of everything. She and I are the only original members, sometimes it takes time to get things right you know. We have been together since early 2014, just after my last top 40's rock band split. I knew at that time I was going back to country rock. We are very busy between LA and MS and starting to play more casinos and festivals than ever. Those are the most fun with the best benefits for sure. I am hoping to retire from my day job in 2 years and hoping my country band is still going strong so we can kick it up a notch and hit the road for days or weeks at a time. That is our goal.
Good to hear from you again.
Steve
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Forgive my memory. :p I'm a couple of years away from retirement too and have the same plan, to gig more. Not only will it be a nice supplement to my retirement income, and maybe put off having to collect Social Security until I qualify for the maximum, but it will get me out of the house and keep me busy so I don't get old all of a sudden. ;)

Keep up the good work! Yay band!


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
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#82
Johnny Crab said:
Listen to more old country and especially the bands named after the guy in the front with a guitar. A LOT of those guys have their own sense of timing and when to change, it's not the same for each verse/chorus/etc. in a LOT of their songs. When you have a walk-on guest(friend of the guy hiring your band that night) walk on stage with his old beat up acoustic/electric, plug in, and proceed to play HIS songs that have such timing....it pays in spades to have performed "uniquely-timed" songs. Drummer and I smile a lot at each other during such "tests".

Sounds like we're all three similar in our planning, years to "possible retirement", and plans later. I'll fess-up, about 3 years & 7 months to get to "full retirement age" if the rules don't change again.
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I must be one year older than you because in 2 1/2 years I will be 65. I think that is full retirement age for us that is. I feel bad for people half my age because they will have to be 70 or something to be able to retire. I just know I can't wait, that's all I know.
 
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#83
stevecaronna said:
I must be one year older than you because in 2 1/2 years I will be 65. I think that is full retirement age for us that is. I feel bad for people half my age because they will have to be 70 or something to be able to retire. I just know I can't wait, that's all I know.
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I still have few years to go but I find myself drifting off at work counting the months left. Would sorely love to do an early retirement...

Edit: I had an earlier post in this thread, I can start by trying a switch to country!
 
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I'm in the process of putting one foot into the country pool at the moment. I've always played Classic Metal or Classic Rock/oldies in bands up until now so it's quite a change for me. Band is guitar, steel guitar, drums and bass with male and female vocalists. I've been given a preliminary list of what I need to learn. It's all Classic Country....Merle Haggard, Keith Whitley, Hank Williams (Sr and Jr), Alan Jackson, Lee Ann Womack, Patty Loveless, Mindy McCreedy. It will be pretty much a Root-Fifth world and I've been warned by someone to never play a Chromatic note when walking, or the band will look at you funny....LOL.
 
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#88
musicman7722 said:
Back on Track :)

I would like to add about 10 country tunes to my play list. My lead singer who is sort of a cross between Janis Joplin, Tina Turner and the singer from Concrete Blonde. Can any of you recommend some could crossover tunes that would fit her voice?
TY
Chris
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that's definitely a rockier female voice. Most country females are princesses, not rockers.
But there are a few that come to mind: Elle King is not the typical country princess. Lucinda Williams is the reigning badd-axx female country rocker, before her it was probably a toss-up between Dixie Chicks and Emmylou Harris. Before that, Tanya Tucker and June Carter Cash. That's a pretty good list of about 6 careers to check out.
 
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mwbonsall said:
I think we need a new thread, "Bass Players Dreaming of an Early Retirement". I'm with you, just need to hang out until February next year.

Mark
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For years now, I had logged my retirement date in my mind. Getting close, I recently looked it up, and I was off by 8 months to the bad. I don't know how I got it wrong but I did. I've been stomping around mad ever since ;).
 
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Jimmy4string said:
*bump*
Really considering this now as I am getting to that point in our band where I just dont look forward to anything.
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Two words (and two pictures):

Rock:
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Country:
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Two more words: "Do it!"
 
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Runnerman said:
I've been given a preliminary list of what I need to learn. It's all Classic Country....Merle Haggard, Keith Whitley, Hank Williams (Sr and Jr), Alan Jackson, Lee Ann Womack, Patty Loveless, Mindy McCreedy. It will be pretty much a Root-Fifth world and I've been warned by someone to never play a Chromatic note when walking, or the band will look at you funny....LOL.
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That is a list I think many of us who are interested in learning Country would like to see...can you share it?
There are so many sub groups (Classic, 80's, 90's, New, Red Dirt, TX Red Dirt and and...) but is seems that the place to start is with a Classic Country foundation.
Thanking you in advance...
 
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DaDo625 said:
That is a list I think many of us who are interested in learning Country would like to see...can you share it?
There are so many sub groups (Classic, 80's, 90's, New, Red Dirt, TX Red Dirt and and...) but is seems that the place to start is with a Classic Country foundation.
Thanking you in advance...
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Sure, I'd be happy to share it...a little too much Merle but it is what it is.

A Fire I Can't Put Out - Merle Haggard
Till A Tear Becomes a Rose -Keith Whitley
Big City - Merle Haggard
Cold Cold Heart - Hank Williams Jr.
Silver Wings- Merle Haggard
You Don't Have Very Far Too Go - Merle Haggard
Here In The Real World - Alan Jackson
You Win Again- Hank Williams Jr.
Somewhere Between Your Heart and Mine - Merle Haggard
The Fool- Lee Ann Womack
The Old Man From the Mountain- Merle Haggard
Mama Tried - Merle Haggard
Your Cheatin Heart - Hank Williams Jr.
Holding Things Together - Merle Haggard
Don't Close Your Eyes - Keith Whitley
Nothing But the Wheel - Patty Loveless
I Saw the Light - Hank Williams
A Man On His Own - Hank Williams Jr.
A Place to Fall Apart - Merle Haggard
Grandpa - The Judds
To Do What I Do - Alan Jackson
That's The Way Love Goes - Merle Haggard
Working Man Blues - Merle Haggard
 
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