Thunderbird Club

[Engle]

I’ve come clean and admitted I have a problem. I’ve told her about the 11th Tbird that will soon be joining the flock. Although I don’t think she has figured out there are already ten spread out in various places. I’m a goner when the music room is set up and all are in one place.

I’ll send you some pictures from my music room!

 

[Bassmike62]

Should post about Thunderbirds though. This one might've been posted in the past, but anyhoo...

Thunderbird funky demo - YouTube

 

[Bassmike62]

Similarly I grew up listening to James Jamerson, Carol Kaye, Duck Dunn et al without knowing who they were, but recognizing how cool those bass lines were. It’s not until the last decade or so that I got many opportunities to play any of that music. I’m in a Motown/R&B band now and it’s so much fun!

That has to be fun indeed.
I once auditionned for such a band and got the gig, but the project died at 2nd rehearsal. Shame, we had 2 really good singers (lady and gent) and the drummer was nothing short of awesome.

 

[BklynKen]

Yeah. No NYE gig so no go out. Oh. Currently 80F and sunny.

Still good enough for a good stout, no?

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

my lord how things have changed…..download the schematics for free from the internet, troubleshoot, order components online and receive at my house 2 days later….mid holidays season!….crazy….this would have taken months and a few automobile trips just 25 years ago…..sometimes, we (humans) get it right….

 

[RedVee]

Happy New Year, Mate! Have one on me, Geoff!


Ok, maybe you'd rather not and have a better option!

Thanks Donnie.
Great ad, the beer???? Not so great.

I have a 6 pack of Guinness cans (with widget) to do a quality inspection on later. Hmmm, looking forward to that.

That Jameson bloke before, he makes Whiskey doesn’t he? I’ve got some of that around as well.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Jaco playing that was a direct link to Charlie Parker - both unparelleled as relentlessly creative forces.

both (geniuses) gone by 35….as Billy Joel once put it…”Only the Good….”

 

[JIO]

Agree


I like learning new stuff about music & musicians.
I don't always find that the newly learned stuff always suits my tastes, but I'm still glad to have learned it


Where your influences started in the mid-60s, with that music & those players, mine was mid-80s going into the '90s - bassists like Steve Harris, Duff McKagan, Sean Yseult, and a few holdovers from the '70s like Geezer. People whose musical style(s) really spoke to me more than others, I guess

Started gravitating to music at an early age. My parents had 78's (big band & show-tunes) and my older sister had a small metal box of 45's of Top-40 radio pop hits. I was an avid follower of AM Top-40 radio and would listen for that weeks #1 religiously. I first went to see/hear (free or very cheap) live combo's (no one called them bands or groups) playing those same hits locally when I was in grade school. After witnessing that, I wanted 'in' and was the only person in my direct family who was musical. My dad's sister (my aunt) played the organ. Got my first $40 (new Japanese, pre "MIJ" designation) bass in '66. It was actually one of the few long-scales then, a Stadium (brand - also badged St George) and my dad & I assembled a Heathkit solid-state 2x15 bass combo amp. R&R - here I come! I was in a High School combo with a booking agent, so we played regularly at weddings, school 'sock-hops', and at SAC Headquarters officers club based in Omaha Nebraska.

I was pretty clueless back then about gear or tone, but my favorite bass-players were Bill Wyman, Jack Bruce, Tim Bogart and Jack Cassidy. Knew of Entwistle and a few others, but those few were who I gravitated to as a new bass-player. For sure I also liked Paul McCartney, but he was way more than just a bass-player.

 

[RedVee]

Over the last few days I’ve discovered Julia Hofer of Thomanns. Austrian girl that started on the Cello. Looks to be very talented and good on camera with her demos.

 

[RedVee]

Should post about Thunderbirds though. This one might've been posted in the past, but anyhoo...

Thunderbird funky demo - YouTube

But that’s not your grandfather’s Thunderbird, that’s a 2015 with the magic pickups.

 

[JIO]

both (geniuses) gone by 35….as Billy Joel once put it…”Only the Good….”

Near the end, Jaco had sort of a death wish and did dangerous things, one of which lead to his death from a nightclub bouncer. It's a truly sad story and even the people he offended were crushed hearing the news.

Although Pablo Picasso was "never called ässhöle" according to the Modern Lovers in 1976... he was to a certain extent. He carried a revolver loaded with blanks which he used to shoot at people who asked about the meaning behind his paintings. (1958) Ego-issues anyone?

 

[BklynKen]

Over the last few days I’ve discovered Julia Hofer of Thomanns. Austrian girl that started on the Cello. Looks to be very talented and good on camera with her demos.

I like Julia's stuff a lot. She's a great player and seems to have a lot of fun with it. It's too bad there's no way to just get her stuff from there. It's lumped in with all the other Thomann stuff.

 

[JJR58]

My New Years sentiments.
Seriously though.
Be well good people.

I killed the pineapple

 

[Stealth57]

Near the end, Jaco had sort of a death wish and did dangerous things, one of which lead to his death from a nightclub bouncer. It's a truly sad story and even the people he offended were crushed hearing the news.

Although Pablo Picasso was "never called ässhöle" according to the Modern Lovers in 1976... he was to a certain extent. He carried a revolver loaded with blanks which he used to shoot at people who asked about the meaning behind his paintings. (1958) Ego-issues anyone?

Read about the feud with Dali. I was in Figueres at the Dali museum and there is a picture of a horse’s arse entitled Picasso.

 

[dagrev]

Mel Schacher... yup. His basswork on American Band is something. Duck too. Less familiar with the other 2, apart from Peter Cetera's amazing voice.
Myself, I tend to be drawn to rock bassists/vocalists, JJ being an exception among them. Guys like Geddy Lee, Michael Anthony, Paul McCartney, CF Turner (BTO) and also Breen LeBoeuf, a Franco-Ontarian that moved to Montreal in the 70s and to hold the low-end for the band Offenbach, a band who mostly did french-language hard-rock, with an occasionnal english outing. He wasn't the main singer in that band (Keyboardist Gerry Boulet was, as well as BL) and they were never well-known outside the french-canadian market, but these guys rocked it as solid as it came and Breen even backed Celine Dion at one point later in his career, that's how good a singer he is. I'm nowhere these guys of course and simply associating myself with such a lot could be considered blasphemy, but I work hard at providing both solid bass and decent backvocals in the current band (Journey, Loverboy, BonJovi et al covers) and the occasional main vox in other projects, so these guys are what I'm shooting at. Lifelong process .

Mel Schacher is great an an influence. Listen to Peter Cetera's playing, especially early on. He's hardly mentioned as an amazing player but is likely as good as good can be. And to be able to sing (not that stuff Scott's roadie does) on top of playing.

 

[JIO]

The best laid plans of ducks and men...

Got an emergency call earlier from our guitarist Paul - our rehearsal space was flooding. Jumped in the Element and quickly found wide-spread chaos with road closures at every turn due to our constant Bay Area rain the last few days. A drive that normally takes 10 minutes now taking a circuitous route got me there 45mins later. Drove through a big flooded intersection slowly there and back - luckily the Element is a bit tall being an SUV. Many cars weren't risking shorting out their spark-plugs - it was deep and opposing traffic was creating big waves like in a boats wake.

Our beloved space under Paul & Sandy's living space/house was/is a slip&slide verging on wading pool. Luckily my Carvin cab is up on a 4" platform and Kirstin has the keys - but our carpets are all under-water. (one being a decent kilim of mine) Things (mic stands, guitar stands, anything touching the concrete floor) were wet, but luckily Paul caught it in time to move things to dry spots until I got there. (those dry spots quickly becoming not so dry spots) My Teiscobird and Factorbird were there - but are ok. (Factorbird gig-bag is pretty wet, along with the soft bass-drum bag) Loaded it all in the rain and dried it off when I got home.

Our plan was to pick it all up tomorrow and drive it directly to Pacifica. If I can believe the weather report for tomorrow - it's supposed to be clear/sunny with a few clouds. I hope.

 

[Bassmike62]

Mel Schacher is great an an influence. Listen to Peter Cetera's playing, especially early on. He's hardly mentioned as an amazing player but is likely as good as good can be. And to be able to sing (not that stuff Scott's roadie does) on top of playing.

 

[Stealth57]

The best laid plans of ducks and men...

Got an emergency call earlier from our guitarist Paul - our rehearsal space was flooding. Jumped in the Element and quickly found wide-spread chaos with road closures at every turn due to our constant Bay Area rain the last few days. A drive that normally takes 10 minutes now taking a circuitous route got me there 45mins later. Drove through a big flooded intersection slowly there and back - luckily the Element is a bit tall being an SUV. Many cars weren't risking shorting out their spark-plugs - it was deep and opposing traffic was creating big waves like in a boats wake.

Our beloved space under Paul & Sandy's living space/house was/is a slip&slide verging on wading pool. Luckily my Carvin cab is up on a 4" platform and Kirstin has the keys - but our carpets are all under-water. (one being a decent kilim of mine) Things (mic stands, guitar stands, anything touching the concrete floor) were wet, but luckily Paul caught it in time to move things to dry spots until I got there. (those dry spots quickly becoming not so dry spots) My Teiscobird and Factorbird were there - but are ok. (Factorbird gig-bag is pretty wet, along with the soft bass-drum bag) Loaded it all in the rain and dried it off when I got home.

Our plan was to pick it all up tomorrow and drive it directly to Pacifica. If I can believe the weather report for tomorrow - it's supposed to be clear/sunny with a few clouds. I hope.

Left SFO at 1:15 and got home at 3. Normally a 45 minute drive. 101 flooded, roads in Hayward closed, mudslides on 580…. But I picked up a new toy on the way

 

[AlexMG]

The best laid plans of ducks and men...

Got an emergency call earlier from our guitarist Paul - our rehearsal space was flooding. Jumped in the Element and quickly found wide-spread chaos with road closures at every turn due to our constant Bay Area rain the last few days. A drive that normally takes 10 minutes now taking a circuitous route got me there 45mins later. Drove through a big flooded intersection slowly there and back - luckily the Element is a bit tall being an SUV. Many cars weren't risking shorting out their spark-plugs - it was deep and opposing traffic was creating big waves like in a boats wake.

Our beloved space under Paul & Sandy's living space/house was/is a slip&slide verging on wading pool. Luckily my Carvin cab is up on a 4" platform and Kirstin has the keys - but our carpets are all under-water. (one being a decent kilim of mine) Things (mic stands, guitar stands, anything touching the concrete floor) were wet, but luckily Paul caught it in time to move things to dry spots until I got there. (those dry spots quickly becoming not so dry spots) My Teiscobird and Factorbird were there - but are ok. (Factorbird gig-bag is pretty wet, along with the soft bass-drum bag) Loaded it all in the rain and dried it off when I got home.

Our plan was to pick it all up tomorrow and drive it directly to Pacifica. If I can believe the weather report for tomorrow - it's supposed to be clear/sunny with a few clouds. I hope.

man, crazy storms with high wind horizontal rain. The streets are flooded and we’ve been without power since 3am in our neighborhood of Monterey, CA. Didn’t expect that for NYE. Makes me humble about all the people with colder weather on the other side of the country…

Good luck and be safe!!

 

[JIO]

man, crazy storms with high wind horizontal rain. The streets are flooded and we’ve been without power since 3am in our neighborhood of Monterey, CA. Didn’t expect that for NYE. Makes me humble about all the people with colder weather on the other side of the country…

Good luck and be safe!!

Rats! I hope you get power back on soon - talk about adding insult to injury! I guess all that talk about climate change is legit...