Let me turn this around for a moment: I suspect they are not concerned with your comfort..... Did you happen to miss a pillow?
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The Combo Club
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Let me turn this around for a moment: They said they were concerned about comfort, and added carpeting. I suggested carpeting was not that comfortable and perhaps a pillow would be..... Did you happen to miss my attempt at humor? Oh, never mind...
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Love everything about that album and Michaels playing on it! Fair Warning and the debut album are by far my favorites. Ed had the flair and Michael locked in with Alex beautifully, not only on the recordings, but live as well. Saw them a few times and were always very tight!
Hold it, I'm not classically trained. I can't read papyrus!
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And this is what happens when you’re overtired and spelling everything wrong. Thank goodness I don’t do that stuff for a living...
I does what I has to do, SR. Papa needs a brand new pair of shoes!
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And this is what happens when you’re overtired and spelling everything wrong. Thank goodness I don’t do that stuff for a living...
I does what I has to do, SR. Papa needs a brand new pair of shoes!
I'm what happens when retired from that living
And call it “My Combo.”
Love it! Pick me up, M, and let’s go find an outdoor festival we can sit and listen to. Newport Folk, perhaps? I’m ready to jump off the merry-go-round right now.
Of course we’ll bring our basses in case there’s a jam or something. SR, you wanna come too?
And may I add both of these peoples sang with guys with limited range where their high harmonies came in handy; especially in VH’s case. Roth has less range then I do!
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What I've been thinking hard on
(yes that was burning wood you smelled)
is something like a New Riders of the Purple Sage band (that I know will be well-received, owing to "the scene")
which is also something like re-living my youth when we had a NRPS kind of originals band
the thing is (as correctly pointed out to me) is to pull this off you need both players who can sing, and a pedal steel player. They don't come cheap (thanks @Passinwind for the reality check).
"I can't stop for nothing
I'm just playing in the band"
Just a set of considerations, not a barrier to success. Check out who can play and sing like a [strong word] that rhymes with ... something
that's one old Fender he's got there
(yes that was burning wood you smelled)
is something like a New Riders of the Purple Sage band (that I know will be well-received, owing to "the scene")
which is also something like re-living my youth when we had a NRPS kind of originals band
the thing is (as correctly pointed out to me) is to pull this off you need both players who can sing, and a pedal steel player. They don't come cheap (thanks @Passinwind for the reality check).
"I can't stop for nothing
I'm just playing in the band"
Just a set of considerations, not a barrier to success. Check out who can play and sing like a [strong word] that rhymes with ... something
that's one old Fender he's got there
OK. If the song was recorded originally with droning roots, then that's gonna sound 'right' 'cos that's the way we first hear it. Still bores me to tears.
Take the bass line to the Four Tops' "I Can't Help Myself(Sugarpie Honeybunch)". That's an interesting bass part. And again, I'm not saying I'm right*, but I am saying how it hits me.
*actually, I am
I playfully jumped in on this subject last night, but realize we’re not going to change minds and that’s fine. No need to because it’s an opinion topic.
That being said, as much as I respect the jazz cats out there, it completely bores me to death. Too much wanking for my tastes.
And while I’m not gonna says Michael Anthony is the final word in players, he’s far better than what was shone in VH. Watch a Chickenfoot video and you can see the difference.
I’ll admit though, GP, that the music you enjoy playing, and possibly listening to, is interesting and a challenge, at least for me to play smoothly. Case in point, SR and I worked on Wilson Pickett’s ‘In the Midnight Hour’ and that dang thing, to me, was a lot of work! Not that there were Victor Wooten runs or anything, but the use of open notes in conjunction with its consistent uptempo rhythm wore me out after two minutes.
We recorded versions of it and he thought for the most part I got it, but I wouldn’t fool anyone I was Duck Dunn. So while I found it a fun challenge, I also wouldn’t want a steady diet of that style either. I’m just as happy supplying foundation to a piece that needs it and I guess they was my point. It’s what fits the song, whether it be Sugarpie Honeybunch or La Grange.
ZZ Top is in my top 5 for favorite bands, so I like Dusty's playing and singing. Michael Anthony seems like a great guy (he now plays with Sammy Hagar after d@uchebag Eddie kicked him out of VH so Eddie's son, Wolfie, can play bass). With Eddie overplaying on every song, MA was needed to keep some stability in the songs, but I still would not consider him a great bassist, IMHO.
FWIW, I am a fan of Sammy Hagar and is/was not a fan of Eddie Van Halen....
I appreciate your candor and honesty. Overplaying is Over-rated
. Yup- FL’s the guy throwing all the extra butter patties into his fanny pack at Denny’s
(just kidding, but a great visual!
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Even though I like(d*) playing it, "Time is tight" is a bit challenging to keep going throughout the song.
We(I) do Midnight Hour-in A, my key-and I don't use any open strings. Also, dear old Mustang Sally, again in A. We do it a little brighter than the original. Seems to work gooder for the dancers. Now that I think(?)of it, most of the songs I sing we do in either G or A. 'Cept things that should be in G or A. Those wind up in C-or occasionally Db.
EDIT: I sing Old Time R&R(in G). As much as that song has been played, I'd never listened/paid attention to the bass line so I did what I thought would work(it seems to). This is it with a friend of the band singing it(in C, but same pattern). From ~6 years ago.
* the one guitarist's organ sim pedal died. We ain't working enuff-for enuff $-to replace it.
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It's just "old school" selfies and emoticons.
Nope, but now I'm missing a pillow, tough.
Would love to but, I think my hair is too short...
It wasn’t old when he played that!
If that's a criteria, I think I may be in...
Not that I'm invited to hang with the cool kids
