music in the shed

We went to see and listen to these three, with a bass player, on Thursday evening.
Over two hours with high class musicians having evident pleasure playing together and sharing with the public.
It was also very touching because Françoise Hardy, Thomas Dutronc's mother had passed away 48 hours before, but obviously, the show must go on.
Thomas told us before starting that he would have liked to do one of his mothers songs but that every time he tried, he's break into tears.
But after two hours, he managed it, the two others improvising on the song that they didn't know.
Paul
 
As it may indulge. Extra demand playing an unknown progression, only able to see the rear of the guitarists hands/guitar neck, as this bass player was presented with. Did well, there is nothing equal to an upright bass for ability to blend in, ( myself ) witnessed it so many times supporting walk up others on stage, can be disarming how forgiving that instrument is for even modest competent DB musicians. Has limits for careless players however, then to even have the desire to play a DB upright bass demonstrates a belief to be the best you can be. While i love my electric solid body basses, there is no comparison at any level, words will never convey. j
 

............ .. there was a good advert for a Lurkers single which was a picture of a couple of London tower blocks with machine heads attached to the tops of them , so they resembled the necks of a couple of guitars ......
 

...... American soul singer PP Arnold was unhappy with her backing band ........ Someone suggested that soon to be Laverda SF750 owner Keith Emerson should be able to put a band together .......

When approached , he agreed , as long as they could also perform independently , as a warm up , before she appeared on stage ...... She said yes , so he did ......... hence the formation of The Nice .....

Jimi Hendrix was filming ELP from the side of the stage once , with a cine camera , and kept motioning to Emerson to throw a knife at the speaker stack next to him , so he could get it on film .......
Emerson was reluctant to do so , in case he missed and hit Jimi , but Hendrix kept waving at him to do it , so in the end he thought " Sod it " , and threw the knife .......... which hit the wooden side of the speaker cabinet , rebounded back across the stage , and hit bass player Greg Lake on the back of the head .........

Not sure if Hendrix captured all of this on film ........

If Hendrix had ever joined ELP , to form HELP ( as was rumoured at the time ) , then seeing them perform live would have been quite a sight , what with Jimi playing his guitar with his teeth , and Keith throwing knives all over the place .......

Another time ELP were playing a venue with an orchestra pit in front of the stage ...... Emerson`s keyboards were close to the edge of the stage ......
Halfway through the performance he did his leaping over the piano routine , forgetting how close he was to the edge of the stage , and promptly ended up about six foot down in the bottom of the pit ........

... " The other two back up on the stage were like ...... " Where`s he disappeared to , he was here a second ago .... " ..... " ......


Not sure about America being murdered by the hand of the inevitable ..........
............... I prefer Al Murray`s opinion about America being " A good idea that`s got out of hand ... " ......
 
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..... and finally .... Four fat old men who used to be The Sex Pistols ( and the original line up ) , almost manage to murder one of their best songs ....... and this was seventeen years ago ....... you should see the state of Steve Jones now ......... 😲 ..........

... " Put your family first .... love them and you will love life ... " sings John , fore shadowing the personal circumstances he found himself faced with some eleven years later ......
 
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rocketonarail said:

............ .. there was a good advert for a Lurkers single which was a picture of a couple of London tower blocks with machine heads attached to the tops of them , so they resembled the necks of a couple of guitars ......
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I used to drink with the Lurkers in the Coach & Horses Ickenham- I’m mates with the bass players sister Janine who worked at Moto Mecca in the spares!
 
rocketonarail said:

..... and finally .... Four fat old men who used to be The Sex Pistols ( and the original line up ) , almost manage to murder one of their best songs ....... and this was seventeen years ago ....... you should see the state of Steve Jones now ......... 😲 ..........

... " Put your family first .... love them and you will love life ... " sings John , fore shadowing the personal circumstances he found himself faced with some eleven years later ......
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Agree "Submission" a standout as it was in the day, cannot see properly, is that Glenn on bass, hope so. j
 
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Made me think of Concrete Blonde’s rendition of‘Ghost Riders in the Sky’, but I figured that you would be more likely to enjoy one where she played the bass, Jon.
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Johnette Napolitano....goddess here, Blood letting live on USA TV show is out of the galaxy good... Johnette cares for horses as rescue person for animals, these days. James Mankey guitar is cosmic good... bit of me too Tony... and Hamish, sorry cannot help myself...here it is. ( anything on Mexican Moon is standout )

 
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