My weak spot, the uncompromising PJ Harvey, some years back, one of my singer gals, mother of two ( later years teenagers ), live gig first up "Perfect Day Eliese" then "Rid of Me" major reoccurring hook line in that song is "Lick my legs i'm on fire, lick my legs i am desire" i play an 8 string bass with singer ( just us ), hard to describe the impact of a very attractive mum on stage, working a stalking song ( female perpertrator ) and that hook line, in a local golf club lounge… actually wanted us to be thrown out, nothing like a banned label to bring fame and fortune. Very large smile here.
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Family gatherings were always music, food and laughter when I grew up. Nothing beats a piano, a fiddle and a stomach steinway for getting your toes a-tapping!
Jim
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Larry Fischer was a street performer who came to the attention of Frank Zappa ......he suffered with mental health problems ( Fischer , not Zappa ) , and their relationship came to an end when Fischer threw a chair across the room narrowly missing Moon Unit who was a baby in a pram at the time ....
Was thinking of posting " My name is Larry " , or " Disco in `Frisco " , but then remembering this is the Laverda Forum chickened out .....
So instead here is Larry covering The Beach Boys " In my Room " , which takes on an even greater significance given what may or not have been going on inside his head .......
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An attack of The Cramps .......
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Nowadays they`d all be stood still holding their `phones up in the air ......
Your pressing my buttons now....Poison Ivy, is unique inside a unique, Lux gone, Ivy has chucked in live performance, a loving couple, no more obvious than in "Like a Bad Girl Should" video clip. Ivy worked as a domi to support the band , or so the story goes, whom am i to argue, true or no, it fits the imagery. Tah.... j
This is getting spooky now, are we related? Les Claypool... reference for any would be electric slap, am one such poor soul, make my hands do what Les can do...before i die please... the music gods have me almost, never quite.... sigh....j
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I called up a bloke on the UHF the other day, his truck was carrying a road roller.
Me “Copy the eastbound float with the steam roller”
Response “What the fuck is a steam roller?”
I must be getting old!
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Sends chills
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I have a banjolin ...... was a lot of fun back in the day but it needs a good tune-up now. The bridge has slipped and it may need serious work as I fear the neck may have warped a bit.
Jim
Instruments of the obscure, not sure Jim what your describing? Recently i repaired and brought into playing condition a 1920 banjo mandolin, English origin. Was bought new ( yes in 1920 ) by a lady performer, whom gave it to another lady i know ( one a resident at nursing home, the other activities manager ), Windsor Pyxie, nicely made though not a great player. Anything pre 1920 can be a problem in Sax at the least, tuned for A=442 Hz which is enough of a problem in this era at A=440Hz or the much missed "cycles per second" j.
Do 2 Hertz make a big difference to the ear?Instruments of the obscure, not sure Jim what your describing? Recently i repaired and brought into playing condition a 1920 banjo mandolin, English origin. Was bought new ( yes in 1920 ) by a lady performer, whom gave it to another lady i know ( one a resident at nursing home, the other activities manager ), Windsor Pyxie, nicely made though not a great player. Anything pre 1920 can be a problem in Sax at the least, tuned for A=442 Hz which is enough of a problem in this era at A=440Hz or the much missed "cycles per second" j.
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You would think it most improbable Paul, though as with instruments, it is the overtones that multiply as you scale from the tonic note or frequency and become noticeable when in company with other instruments in a band, would be ok on your own of course, j.
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Instruments of the obscure, not sure Jim what your describing? Recently i repaired and brought into playing condition a 1920 banjo mandolin, English origin. Was bought new ( yes in 1920 ) by a lady performer, whom gave it to another lady i know ( one a resident at nursing home, the other activities manager ), Windsor Pyxie, nicely made though not a great player. Anything pre 1920 can be a problem in Sax at the least, tuned for A=442 Hz which is enough of a problem in this era at A=440Hz or the much missed "cycles per second" j.
That is what I call a 'banjolin'. The one that I have doesn't have a resonator so it has more of a ragtime sound.
Jim
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True, and also to a speaker. Try pushing 31 hertz through a 29 hertz speaker = Mush
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More Fanny .........