Thunderbird Club

[JJR58]

There is a local bar with an open mic night. They give you a short set (5 songs). Here is the play list in no particular order. Any thoughts on the best order? We won't be ready until late January or February. Practice last night has the instruments pretty solid...but still down to vocals.

BB King, The Thrill is Gone
Doors, Roadhouse Blues
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Blue on Black
Jimi Hendrix, All Along the Watchtower
Kiss, I was Made for Lovin' You

I’d open with what ever song the crowd might be most familiar with.
Gets their attention so they wanna hear more.
But I guess it would also depend on the demographic of folks and what sorta stuff they’re into.

 

[Nocturnal]

BaCH, Lull, Dingwall, Spector, Greco, Acasia, Orville, Tokai, Cataldo, and even North built basses are all welcome in this household. What isn’t welcome here is an off brand that’s been purposefully mis labeled as a Gibson or Epiphone with the intent to deceive others.
All those brands mentioned above are darn fine guitars, and should be played and displayed proudly to acknowledge the builder. If Gibby says cease and desist then do so, that just makes what’s already been built worth that much more.

Don't forget Hamer and Jackson!!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

There is a local bar with an open mic night. They give you a short set (5 songs). Here is the play list in no particular order. Any thoughts on the best order? We won't be ready until late January or February. Practice last night has the instruments pretty solid...but still down to vocals.

BB King, The Thrill is Gone
Doors, Roadhouse Blues
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Blue on Black
Jimi Hendrix, All Along the Watchtower
Kiss, I was Made for Lovin' You

I think the BB King song is perfect for opening. If you can pull off a stellar Hendrix, that would be a great finale. Otherwise, I'd probably wrap with the Doors; rowdy and gets the crowd directly engaged.

 

[RedVee]

Happy Birthday & Anniversary Miles!
It is the 20th here.

(Just started on book 4)

 

[MCF]

True in most cases. It starts to become less rigid when a builder releases a limited run of basses. The 2013 NR or the 2015 Gibson Tbird are good examples as are the Gibson 2008 Guitar of the week builds. In all those cases I’d refer to them by the model year not the actual build date. If someone wanted to know the exact build date I would then elaborate. But calling a 2015 Tbird a 2014 or 2016 is just plain incorrect. It’s still technically a 2015 model.

In the case of the CP, AFAIK rhey were built for multiple years, so going by a serial number to identify the year is the correct way to go. BTW, just how long was the CP built? Dont think I’ve seen that info (I know, check the WIKI. I’ll be jumping over there today to enter the 2012 CP Pup spacing info).

You could still buy a new CP into 2018 from dealers who still had them in stock. I specifically recall coming close to buying one then, “just because” as they had stopped making them. But the final year of production escaped me when I tried to find that out a few years ago. I kinda assume it was in 2016 as those were phased out in favor of the Vintage Pro for 2017. But who knows.

 

[MCF]

There is a local bar with an open mic night. They give you a short set (5 songs). Here is the play list in no particular order. Any thoughts on the best order? We won't be ready until late January or February. Practice last night has the instruments pretty solid...but still down to vocals.

BB King, The Thrill is Gone
Doors, Roadhouse Blues
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Blue on Black
Jimi Hendrix, All Along the Watchtower
Kiss, I was Made for Lovin' You

Start with your second strongest. End with your best. Bury the weakest in the middle.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

yep.....dig this view...TT..

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

tomorrow night...should be cool, Clampers dig tunes and usually tip well....

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

There is a local bar with an open mic night. They give you a short set (5 songs). Here is the play list in no particular order. Any thoughts on the best order? We won't be ready until late January or February. Practice last night has the instruments pretty solid...but still down to vocals.

BB King, The Thrill is Gone
Doors, Roadhouse Blues
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Blue on Black
Jimi Hendrix, All Along the Watchtower
Kiss, I was Made for Lovin' You

what bar is it?

 

[Stealth57]

what bar is it?

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[RedVee]

The Aussie National Film and Sounds museum have added the 2024 batch of selected archival item.
Notably:
Chains by Tina Arena
Dr Who Theme
Victoria Bitter tv ad
The Speaking Clock (you’d ring it and it would give you the correct time.

More at link

Tina Arena's Chains, original Doctor Who theme, Victoria Bitter ad named 2024 Sounds of Australia - ABC News
'A hard-earned thirst': VB ad among new Sounds of Australia

 

[RedVee]

There is a local bar with an open mic night. They give you a short set (5 songs). Here is the play list in no particular order. Any thoughts on the best order? We won't be ready until late January or February. Practice last night has the instruments pretty solid...but still down to vocals.

BB King, The Thrill is Gone
Doors, Roadhouse Blues
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Blue on Black
Jimi Hendrix, All Along the Watchtower
Kiss, I was Made for Lovin' You

I’d finish with Roadhouse Blues

 

[Miles_ONeal]

You could still buy a new CP into 2018 from dealers who still had them in stock. I specifically recall coming close to buying one then, “just because” as they had stopped making them. But the final year of production escaped me when I tried to find that out a few years ago. I kinda assume it was in 2016 as those were phased out in favor of the Vintage Pro for 2017. But who knows.

No. My CP and VP are both 2019s. The CP just quietly disappeared from Epi's website in (IIRC) 2020 right around NAMM.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

The Aussie National Film and Sounds museum have added the 2024 batch of selected archival item.
Notably:
Chains by Tina Arena
Dr Who Theme
Victoria Bitter tv ad
The Speaking Clock (you’d ring it and it would give you the correct time.

More at link

Tina Arena's Chains, original Doctor Who theme, Victoria Bitter ad named 2024 Sounds of Australia - ABC News
'A hard-earned thirst': VB ad among new Sounds of Australia

I remember calling for the time to set clocks or watches. And for a while it was Time and Weather.

 

[TBird1958]

There is a local bar with an open mic night. They give you a short set (5 songs). Here is the play list in no particular order. Any thoughts on the best order? We won't be ready until late January or February. Practice last night has the instruments pretty solid...but still down to vocals.

BB King, The Thrill is Gone
Doors, Roadhouse Blues
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Blue on Black
Jimi Hendrix, All Along the Watchtower
Kiss, I was Made for Lovin' You

Having written a lot of set lists, over the past 20 years of TNH I'm scratching my head a bit with the Kiss song. Not that I don't like it, it's the one I like best
of your short set, it's that it doesn't really fit with the other songs.

 

[Stealth57]

Having written a lot of set lists, over the past 20 years of TNH I'm scratching my head a bit with the Kiss song. Not that I don't like it, it's the one I like best
of your short set, it's that it doesn't really fit with the other songs.

My thoughts too, but I’m not the BL. When I joined them, I was told they were a blues/R&B band.

 

[RedVee]

I remember calling for the time to set clocks or watches. And for a while it was Time and Weather.

“At the 3rd stroke it will be 9:27 precisely “
Dong dong dong

 

[RedVee]

My thoughts too, but I’m not the BL. When I joined them, I was told they were a blues/R&B band.

If you want a break up song, or a FU song really. Cold Chisel wrote this for / about their US record label.
A bit of attitude in this one.

 

[Gaolee]

You could still buy a new CP into 2018 from dealers who still had them in stock. I specifically recall coming close to buying one then, “just because” as they had stopped making them. But the final year of production escaped me when I tried to find that out a few years ago. I kinda assume it was in 2016 as those were phased out in favor of the Vintage Pro for 2017. But who knows.

The local GC had a very used one a few years ago for something like $99. It looked pretty well battered, but it was a CP. That was just before Epiphone started making VPs. The one GC had looked awful but sure played well. The guy behind the counter didn't know exactly what it was, but got really interested in it when I started looking at it. I didn't need or want another 'burst Thunderbird at the time, and probably would have ended up refinishing it eventually. I suspect the GC guy ended up taking it home. With his employee discount, he probably got a stellar deal.

 

[Gaolee]

If you want a break up song, or a FU song really. Cold Chisel wrote this for / about their US record label.
A bit of attitude in this one.

Fire the cameraman. Too much visible bass player. That's not allowed.