Thunderbird Club

[JIO]

Thanks. I think I’ll order a copy

I've played it twice so far - I dig it.

 

[JIO]

Good point, I (fortunately) forgot about all the “Boy Bands”. They were a big thing for my pre teen daughter in the early 2000’s. Thankfully she progressed into liking bands like 3 Doors Down, Finger 11 and Theory of a Dead Man. Not sure what genre they fit into - maybe modern post grunge or post alt?

Hah! Never heard of those bands! When I was teaching grad-level art, getting my students 'likes' of current music they were listening to was bonus. Kept me more 'up-to-date' and also confirmed that good music is always being made - just have to know who to listen to!

 

[JIO]

"THANK YOU JIO"
I really appreciate the support buddy!

ENJOY the albums...

I will and so far have!

 

[dagrev]

I really need to be more careful re what Apple thinks I’m trying to say.

If you keep that up you posts will start looking drunk like mine often turn out.

 

[Nocturnal]

Good point, I (fortunately) forgot about all the “Boy Bands”. They were a big thing for my pre teen daughter in the early 2000’s. Thankfully she progressed into liking bands like 3 Doors Down, Finger 11 and Theory of a Dead Man. Not sure what genre they fit into - maybe modern post grunge or post alt?

My daughter was all in with the boy bands, Brittany Spears, etc of that era, but also loved KISS and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. The early exposure to Cave, The Cure, and Sisters of Mercy lead her into her emo phase with My Chemical Romance and AFI before she got into more folky, acoustic stuff.

Now that I think about it, a lot of "alternative" bands seemed to be pretty successful back then as well and got regular exposure on MTV.

 

[Felix Lopez]

I will and so far have!

 

[dagrev]

Just keep your mouth shut and let me do the talking. It may, or it may not, work out.

Sound like a good plan to me.
I can do the first part.
I'm used to pulling off the second part all by myself.
Therefore, I like the first part even better.

 

[dagrev]

And another story. My brother played in an alt-country band some years ago. The BL/singer/songwriter was a fall-down drunk and complete womanizer. I don't know how he managed to attract women, but he did all the time. They had a fiddle player for a while who was a blond bombshell, and also completely nuts. She could fool you into thinking she was sane, but it was only a matter of time before something would happen. It was inevitable that BL and crazy fiddle player would eventually get together, and they did. It was also inevitable that they would have some kind of messy breakup, and they did. After all that drama, she showed up at one of their gigs in a bar in the Ballard neighborhood. Veronica and others who know Seattle will know there are a bunch of bars there with music, and they can be a little wooly at times. All was well at this show for a while. The band had the crazy fiddle player come up for a couple songs, which she did and life was good. After the band was done, BL was sitting somewhere and a woman came over and started getting affectionate. I don't think he even knew her. Crazy fiddle player took offense, and a complete brawl between the two women broke out. I wasn't there, but my brother said there were flying chairs and all kinds of mayhem for a short time. Country days and country nights, I guess. Apparently somebody restored order pretty fast and the cops never came. Crazy fiddle player didn't see any issues about what had just happened.

I wasn't at that show, but sure would have been amused to see it. Knowing all of the actors in the drama is what would have made it especially good. Crazy fiddle player didn't beat the slobbers out of BL, even though he pretty much deserved it. And was probably too drunk to defend himself anyway.

To continue the "Morons In Bands" theme.... I saw this Beato story about his early band. Proving why stupid people shouldn't drink. In fact, stupid people shouldn't.....well never mind.

 

[dagrev]

Now I'm seeing "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" three-way pistol standoff between Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, and Ed King. Maybe halfway through "Mississippi Kid"...

I got my pistols in my pocket boys I'm
I'm Alabama bound
(Allen, dancing around, knocks Ed into Gary, who runs into Leon)
I got my pistols in my pocket boys I'm
I'm Alabama bound
(Gary, bouncing off the immovable object that is Leon, stumbles back into Ed, who falls onto Allen, stepping on Ronnie's toe)
Well I'm not looking for no trouble
But nobody dogs me 'round
(Ronnie shoves Allen. Ed sees him coming, has had enough, draws a pistol, followed immediately by Allen and Gary doing the same. The rest of the band keeps playing and singing as if this is perfectly normal.. The pistol-wielding guitar players slowly move in a circle to simulate the camera pan from the movie. At the end of the song, all three shoot and smoke fills the stage. A random roadie staggers out and falls by the wedges, taking Ronnie's mic stand with him. As fake paramedics cart the "dead" roadie off, Ronnie explains that the next song is actually about having hit records, not projectiles, and the band tears into "Give Me Back My Bullets".)

That's good!

 

[MCF]

MCF here you can order the vinyl online:

https://www.felixlopez.org/music

Thank you so much for your support..

Thanks Felix.

Will order.

 

[JIO]

My daughter was all in with the boy bands, Brittany Spears, etc of that era, but also loved KISS and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. The early exposure to Cave, The Cure, and Sisters of Mercy lead her into her emo phase with My Chemical Romance and AFI before she got into more folky, acoustic stuff.

Now that I think about it, a lot of "alternative" bands seemed to be pretty successful back then as well and got regular exposure on MTV.

Love Nick Cave - w/Bond Girl we play "Red Right Hand".

 

[Stealth57]

I totally empathize with your drummer. I went to to what was then, in the early to mid eighties, one of the most rigorous (it has apparently changed) law schools in California. The Bar passage rate from there was on par with Stanford, Cal and UCLA (that has, unfortunately, changed too over the last twenty years or thereabouts). But 40% of first year class was gone by the end of the first year.

When asked for advice by those who think about going to law school, I tell them to treat it like a full time salaried job devoting 55 to 60 hours a week to it. Avoid distractions.

When I took off to go, I sold my bass gear (I kept my acoustic guitar) and knew it would be awhile until I got back into playing and gigging. It turned out to be a a much longer hiatus than planned. But that approach served me well. I graduated, passed the Bar exam on the first try and began working immediately.

It is a lot harder to do that today, given how expensive education has become and forcing years of debt on students. I was very fortunate.

I hope you can find someone soon Geo. The TSCs are special.

My daughter the psychologist was originally doing a double degree of PhD and JD. The JD was at Golden Gate in the City. Their goal was to have the same first pass percentage as the big Bay Area law schools. Instead of helping students reach that goal, they harassed any student they didn’t think would pass on the first try hoping that making their life miserable would get them to quit. My daughter even witnessed staff throwing away transfer papers for the top student in her class. Scum bags. Fortunately, my daughter figured out she didn’t need to be both a psychologist and lawyer to be an expert witness and didn’t return for her second year.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

If you keep that up you posts will start looking drunk like mine often turn out.

..

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

NBD for my Bday! My first bass was a Klira violin bass the second a '65 Hofner. As a young lad in '73 I thought all I would ever need was a Hofner after all it was good enough for Paul. How wrong I was, by '74 it was apparent that I needed a solid body bass. I couldn't afford much but I picked up a Univox Hiflyer bass at The House of Guitars for 30 bucks and road home on my bike with it over my shoulder. I didn't have it long but it served me well for maybe 12 months and then I sold it to a friend, it sent me on the path to discover Thunderbirds. This is the final piece of my "early years collection " a birthday gift from my dear wife. I found it on ebay for a price we both can live with and in better shape than most. I've included a picture from '74 with my first Hiflyer, note the Wishbone Ash T shirt!View attachment 5106561 View attachment 5106562 View attachment 5106563 View attachment 5106564 View attachment 5106565 View attachment 5106566

you’re a tall dude Scott….I played one of those in H/S band and it looked much bigger on me…..decent tone for a short scale if I recall right…

 

[Nocturnal]

Love Nick Cave - w/Bond Girl we play "Red Right Hand".

That is a great song!!

 

[GBassNorth]

Love Nick Cave - w/Bond Girl we play "Red Right Hand".

That song was my first introduction to Nick Cave’s music back in the mid 1990’s. Some really neat songs over the years from that band.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I really need to be more careful re what Apple thinks I’m trying to say.

I turned off autodefect long ago. My typos are not as bad as some of their guesses at fixing things.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

That's good!

Thanks!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

To continue the "Morons In Bands" theme.... I saw this Beato story about his early band. Proving why stupid people shouldn't drink. In fact, stupid people shouldn't.....well never mind.

That is World Class stupid - that destroyed their chance at World Class stages.

 

[JIO]

That song was my first introduction to Nick Cave’s music back in the mid 1990’s. Some really neat songs over the years from that band.

I first became aware of Nick Cave watching "Wings of Desire", Wim Wenders' great film from '87. Been a fan ever since.