Thunderbird Club

[bylar13]

We just stood around trying not to look at him until he packed up his snare and cymbals. Singer said she nearly cried she was so shocked. Only last week he was going on about the songs being great, the energy, the musicianship, the fact he's allowed to play what he wants, blah blah, this is so great!

People are a drag.

 

[RedVee]

~30 minutes into rehearsal this evening, the drummer stopped playing and said 'I think you need a different drummer' and walked out. He was weird from the beginning tonight. Woulda been better if he'd cancelled, cos then I woulda loaded some drum tracks on my new toy.

Fvcking drvmmers...

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[fasterpussycat]

Well Crap. Better now than later, but that sucks. I wonder what happened. His other personality leaked out too much.

That's the consensus. We had an audition and two 3 hour sessions and I never felt entirely personally comfortable with him, but thought it was simply a matter of getting to know him better. Was fun to play with though. Last night his drumming was really weird and lacking in energy and we presume he was planning to walk out all along for whatever reason and just waiting to pick his moment. No great inconvenience for me as I live nearby, but our singer is 2 hours away, so massive frustration/pain in the arse for her.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

more "Blackfacing"....WT7?!.....apparently worth more than in their original "Silverface" config..

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You just now found this out???

 

[Miles_ONeal]

OK, not T-Bird related at all, and I know there's no answer--not even counseling. I realize we can all love different tones, but I hear people talk about getting that "upright tone." Unless one is playing certain Jazz or old school Bluegrass, why would you want to get that sound? I know it's a preference thing, but I must be a heretic because few things sound worse to me than a double bass. (Sticks are another matter.) I've filled in with a friend's Bluegrass band years a go in a pinch and didn't like the sound then either. Fretless I love. Not upright. I feel kind of on an island by thinking they basically sound awful. I'm really not a bad person. Wondering if anyone else has the courage to come out and admit this with me?

It has its place(s), but that’s a small percentage of the soundscape, at least in most hands. Then again, Monte Montgomery pulls off Hendrix on acoustic. Then again again, there is exactly one of him.

There’s old school country, and c&w, that demands a db.

 

[PillO]

I case anyone is interested. I'm letting my Franken T-Bird AKA Stormtrooper go. Great bass, just not seeing any action from me. I can't justify keeping a bass if I'm not playing it.

For Sale - Franken T-Bird

Sad to see a bird being let go, but happy that it will go to someone that will use it more. We will all pray to the mighty thunderbird that another finds you. Just not sure which one.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

You just now found this out???

yes, should've told me....

 

[PillO]

There’s old school country, and c&w, that demands a db.

I don't think that any genre demands any particular instrument. It is just a matter of creativity to re-imagine things.

 

[cableguy]

Sad to see a bird being let go, but happy that it will go to someone that will use it more. We will all pray to the mighty thunderbird that another finds you. Just not sure which one.
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I know someday I will find my T-Bird. I really dig the style. Someday I will be able to get a Spector NS-2X. Just a little out of my price range for now.

 

[GBassNorth]

Well we actually missed out on a gig in August as we couldn't contact him this week because it turns out no one had his phone number and it takes him 5 days to respond to emails. I feel less bad about that now, and we should find someone before the one we have booked for October.

Screwing a gig is a horse of a different color. I'd be calling for a Chechen kneecap job, that still leaves him his hands for future auditions.

Kentucky hey... how accurate is this ?



(I like the Black Stone Cherry stuff I’ve heard)

I don't follow them close but I do like what little I've heard.

As for Hollywood in Kentucky, it's probably not too far off. Funny thing is, now that I live just a couple dozen miles away from Hollywood I can honestly say, I see more rednecks and bubbas in pickup trucks out here than I ever saw in Kentucky.

SoCal is its own little world. I can't think of a single female I know out here that's over the age of 40 that hasn't had some form of plastic surgery or uplift or Botox or silicone implant done. Not so much of that in NorCal, but down here you're the exception if you haven't had it done. Seems like everybody down here wants to be something they're not, unlike the down to earth folks in KY who are mostly grateful for what they have. Very different worlds.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Sad to see a bird being let go, but happy that it will go to someone that will use it more. We will all pray to the mighty thunderbird that another finds you. Just not sure which one.

Hmm. Depending on what you mean by "finds me", I'm either excited or very much not interested.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

yes, should've told me....

Sorry. The official records[1] said that everyone got the word over 20 years ago.

[1] Double LP with folded amp group photo inserted, signed and notarized.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I don't think that any genre demands any particular instrument. It is just a matter of creativity to re-imagine things.

But then it's something completely different (which is fine if that's what is wanted). Certain old school C&W songs, for instance, require the DB to be themselves. Otherwise they are something else.

 

[Engle]

OK, not T-Bird related at all, and I know there's no answer--not even counseling. I realize we can all love different tones, but I hear people talk about getting that "upright tone." Unless one is playing certain Jazz or old school Bluegrass, why would you want to get that sound? I know it's a preference thing, but I must be a heretic because few things sound worse to me than a double bass. (Sticks are another matter.) I've filled in with a friend's Bluegrass band years a go in a pinch and didn't like the sound then either. Fretless I love. Not upright. I feel kind of on an island by thinking they basically sound awful. I'm really not a bad person. Wondering if anyone else has the courage to come out and admit this with me?

Hey you don’t like what you don’t like. Upright tones vary a lot. I personally find I like most of them.
Ever bowed one? Or been close to one being bowed?

 

[PillO]

But then it's something completely different (which is fine if that's what is wanted). Certain old school C&W songs, for instance, require the DB to be themselves. Otherwise they are something else.

Yes, you are right. I guess the issue I have is that I don't want to sound like someone else, I want to sound like me. Just because a song is great one way doesn't mean it can't be great another way.

 

[JJR58]

Who said they didn't prefer uprights? @PillO

Yes, you are right. I guess the issue I have is that I don't want to sound like someone else, I want to sound like me. Just because a song is great one way doesn't mean it can't be great another way.

Ha!, you won't. You'll sound like you. Bet it'd be cool too.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Sorry. The official records[1] said that everyone got the word over 20 years ago.

[1] Double LP with folded amp group photo inserted, signed and notarized.

no, didn't get it..must've been from these guys.....

 

[MCF]

my experience is that if you got paying gigs they'll stick around....this guy's been with this band 15 years and is an excellent singer as well..

Nice!

 

[MCF]

In retrospect it seems pretty innocent all things considered - very teeny-bopper. I never realized how Jamaican-sounding this song was. Cool bass-line also!

It was one of our staples in the seventies. It was fun to play and my guitar buddy/singer nailed it pretty good.

 

[MCF]

OK, not T-Bird related at all, and I know there's no answer--not even counseling. I realize we can all love different tones, but I hear people talk about getting that "upright tone." Unless one is playing certain Jazz or old school Bluegrass, why would you want to get that sound? I know it's a preference thing, but I must be a heretic because few things sound worse to me than a double bass. (Sticks are another matter.) I've filled in with a friend's Bluegrass band years a go in a pinch and didn't like the sound then either. Fretless I love. Not upright. I feel kind of on an island by thinking they basically sound awful. I'm really not a bad person. Wondering if anyone else has the courage to come out and admit this with me?

Not me. One of my early idols was James Kirkland in Ricky Nelson’s first band. Upright is the foundation of rockabilly, of which I’m a fan.