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Where Did The Good Ole' Days Go?

#142
alaskaleftybass said:
Does anyone remember the square tan metal outdoor speakers? They looked pretty robust and rugged but still sounded like a speaker announcing Revilie!

Anyway, in the late 60's a band I liked in Juneau Alaska had two of those square speakers. I think they bought them from used military surplus. ....
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I had a pair of them for our PA with a Bogan pa amp. Those speakers were like the ones they used in B grade sci-fi movies mounted on top of military vehicles riding thru town announcing that Godzilla or an atomic blast was coming and to get indoors.
 
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#144
Obe said:
I think enough time has passed that it would be hipster chic again!

Something I only saw once and I do want to see it again because it was hilarious. We were doing a multi-band show, and there was one band who had a guy with a handheld flashlight, he'd point it at the featured bandmember at the appropriate time, and then shake it back and forth for a strobe light effect. This combined with the color wheel would have been great!
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I see the potential for disaster..."Hey, let's go high tech for the next outdoor gig, I know where we can get laser pointers for next to nothing"..."Yeah, great, we need to save up for a bigger PA, 'cause the stage is right next to the airport"...
 
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How about sitting by the record player lifting the needle and setting it back a bit so the other band member can scribble down the words of a song you're working up or getting the changes down? We worked up The Who's song "Can't Explain" off of a record that had a scratch that caused one whole line of a verse to be skipped. We played the song including the skip.
 
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thenazz said:
How about sitting by the record player lifting the needle and setting it back a bit so the other band member can scribble down the words of a song you're working up or getting the changes down? We worked up The Who's song "Can't Explain" off of a record that had a scratch that caused one whole line of a verse to be skipped. We played the song including the skip.
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That is hilarious! I can sooo see that.
 
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#148
lfmn16 said:
The thing I miss most about about the late 60's and 70's is playing out six nights a week. We had a ton of fun. Not like today when it seems like everyone wants a one or two set gig that starts at 7:00.
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I agree, that was definitely the time of my life. I loved the nightlife and the dance halls. Almost the day my last band broke up in 1983, I started getting up at 5:00 AM, instead of going to sleep then. This last New Years' Eve, I got home at about 2:00 and it took two days to recover. Starting at 7:00 is good.
 
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thenazz said:
How about sitting by the record player lifting the needle and setting it back a bit so the other band member can scribble down the words of a song you're working up or getting the changes down? We worked up The Who's song "Can't Explain" off of a record that had a scratch that caused one whole line of a verse to be skipped. We played the song including the skip.
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I prefer using the record player needle method rather than using this modern piece of technology I have now and haven't figured out how to use. ;)

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#156
I remember a drummer friend of mine (he just turned 60) telling me of their days touring with a full Hammond B3 and Leslie and how much fun it especially was when they had to play upstairs gigs with no elevator. Never personally experienced that and don't feel like I missed out. OTOH he also told me those were the days they could roll a full crew on a DIY tour (5 guys in the band, sound man and light man), playing covers, and actually make a living at it.
 
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jaywa said:
I remember a drummer friend of mine (he just turned 60) telling me of their days touring with a full Hammond B3 and Leslie and how much fun it especially was when they had to play upstairs gigs with no elevator. Never personally experienced that and don't feel like I missed out. OTOH he also told me those were the days they could roll a full crew on a DIY tour (5 guys in the band, sound man and light man), playing covers, and actually make a living at it.
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You could! Not a good living mind you.. But I raised my oldest son on a 90% covers act for ten years.... Didn't to the Hammond/Leslie thing though... You have to love what you do to lug that upstairs... I do miss those spinning horns tho. They were cool.
 

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