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Okay guys, I know we have all kinds of musicians here, especially guitar players and we know how much everyone like live music. Tell us about your bands, please. Most guitar players (or other instruments) have been in bands. I'd like for you to share band names, how old you were and what kind of music you played.

It doesn't matter to me if you had a metal band that was laughably bad when you were 12 that played at junior high parties or if you had a record contract once upon a time. I'm sure everyone will enjoy hearing about it.
 
1982-1984 Band name = South River Bend
Music was Traditional Country
Played bars, shows, Lodges, etc.
I was lead singer and lead guitar player
Age 36

Loved the music, hated the bars.

Also played with Bluegrass groups for many years as singer and rhythm guitarist.
 
64' or 65'. while in the Air Force, was stand in for various instruments for "Knowbody Else" who later changed their name to Black Oak Arkansas in, believe it or not, Black Oak Arkansas (about 5 miles from Hooterville (Blytheville) Ark
 
89-90 bass guitar with a UK 10 piece brass ensemble that also included drums and a keyboard (making 13 instruments in total), band name 'Ten O' The Best'.

90-91 bass guitar with a UK R & B band, band name 'Flight 505' taken from a Rolling Stones song of the same name and the song we ended every gig with although we rocked it up to make it sound way better than the original IMHO.

98-99 bass guitar in a Canadian basement band. Just a few guys who used to get together once a week to jam and have fun. Only played one gig and used the band name 'Mid-Life Crisis' as the rhythm player/singer was going through one! :icon_lol:

These days I tend to just play bass and guitar on my own for fun but sometimes have jam sessions at a buddies place where we invariably play country/bluegrass (his area of expertise) or 50's/60's pop/rock tunes with some occasional Clapton tunes thrown in to keep me happy.
 
Was a singer/songwriter for about 12 years (84-96). Was in several bands as the frontman (vocalist), mostly hard commercial style rock ala Poison, Warrant, L.A. Guns, Skid Row, etc, doing the club deal and opening for bigger names. Definitely lived the rockstar life, other than the drugs which I have never touched, while doing a full time job also. I look back now and wonder how I worked full time and still lived at the bars every night, ah to be young again, LOL. And the women, oh wait, we can't go into that here :redface::redface:

At least I don't have to worry about a mid life crisis as I have had my fun, LOL.:cool:
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Lets see here.....

Ummmmmm..it was about 37 years ago , I was a drummer for a band I formed with some HS budddies...We were called *The ProLific Orb*

We played schools, nightclubs , parties, and many places free just for the girls that came with it....LOL

Over a summer, forgotten now, We aquaired two members from a well known local band called the *Norfolk Aliens* and we were looking for a new name to go with our new sound....I was soon to be involved in some bad voodoo, and was kindly taken to jail, where I stayed for an extended stay...

In honor of my being an idiot, the band got another local drummer, and changed the name to my namesake *Mason* soon they released their only album, called *Harbour* It has some local fame , and that was it for me...


Here is the CD, origionally released locally on vinyl http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1209481
 
from 82-84 i played rythym guitar and bass for bottoms up, a tribute/cover band. we played bars parties and what was called "abate meetings" but were really giant parties for outlaw bikers.

85-85 played guitar for fate, a band i started for the purpose of becoming a rock star. with a brilliant display of irony, my true "fate" was not to be a rock star but to instead be a sheetmetal working single dad. not as glamorous, but definitely more rewarding.

these days i sit and play along to mp3s wondering why i'm not nearly as good as my memory tells me i used to be.
 
cheezyflier said:
these days i sit and play along to mp3s wondering why i'm not nearly as good as my memory tells me i used to be.
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Ahhh you too huh! :icon_lol:

Mind you, as part of my long standing illness, I suffer from short-term memory loss at times which means I have forgotten how to play more songs than I am likely to learn in the future. There are lots of songs I hear where I think 'I used to play that' but couldn't even start to play it now. :confused::frown:
 
I do not belong to a band...

But definitely sings while in the bathroom....

Hannah and I sing karaoke every night at home...

I started singing before I could talk.... :isadizzy:
 
I'm a veteran of such bands as:

The Electric Gypsies
Foam
The gigolos
Flaccid
Garth Brooks Reunion (purely a troll name. we played death metal)
Niner
Sound Grenade
@$$ war (another troll name)


The gigolos were positively horrible, as were my first bunches of bands as a teenager. This was during the grunge movement when it was cool to sound horrible. It made us more hardcore.:mixedsmi:
 
b52bob said:
64' or 65'. while in the Air Force, was stand in for various instruments for "Knowbody Else" who later changed their name to Black Oak Arkansas in, believe it or not, Black Oak Arkansas (about 5 miles from Hooterville (Blytheville) Ark
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"Jim Dandy to the recue
Jim Dandy to the rescue..."

Bones
 
tigisfat said:
Don't ever doubt the omnipotence of the cowbell again. :ernae:
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Am not a musician, but always wanted to play drums. I've always been fascinated with the coordination it takes to play them!

I did, however, chauffeur quite a few performers, back in the late 70s and mid 80s:

Bob Seger (super nice guy)
Charlie Daniels (friendliest performer I ever met)
Alice Cooper (very smart man....has a Masters in Buisness!)
Blackfoot
Hall and Oates
Billy Joel (very friendly, but manager was a jerk)
.38 Special
Peter Frampton
The Outlaws
Gino Vanelli ( a perfectionist. If the acoustics were'nt to his liking, he would cancel)
Tom Jones (a real womanizer! No surprise, eh?)
Little River Band (great guys......just regular folks)
David Letterman (a REAL jerk)
Doc Severinsen
Sharon Gless
Melissa Sue Anderson
Brooke Shields
Victor Borge (twice....and he was a true gentleman)
Miles Davis
The Gaithers
Tom Brokaw


NC

 
I have no musical ability in me at all despite trying.

Wanted to try to play Sax in school, the music teacher said I was too small at the time and forced me to play clarinet which I hated.

Tried drums, bought a cheap set one year ... didn't go anywhere with them. Sold em

Tried Bass, bought a good one one year ... didn't go anywhere with it either ... Still got it back at the folks place if I'm not mistaken.

Other than that, I have a difficult time tuning a radio even. Just no talent what so ever.

I can't even sing. If I had to sing to save my life, you'd probably be better off shooting me.
 
played the piano when I was a kid, blues became my favorite. I never learned to read music so I learned to imporvise and play by ear. In college I found a little bar that had live blues jam nights that I would frequently play at. Also was in the college jazz band as the pianist for a couple of years. After college I found a local pub that also had open mic/jam sessions that I would play at. But it is a hobby I enjoy, its hard for me to see a piano and not want to sit down and play some blues.

Cheers
TJ
 
But...but....there's none of those guys wearing a flying helmet....BACKWARDS!....so how do we know which one is H???????????

My guess is the guy in the middle of the back row as I can't imagine H with long hair after seeing more recent pics of him a while ago.
 
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