Biggest gig of my life so far

211dave112
211dave112 Posts: 125
edited November 2009 in The bottom bracket
Got a gig tonight supporting Babyshambles, it's in Cricklade nr. Swindon if anyone fancies it!!

I am insanely excited and knocked a couple of minutes off of my commute home today!

my band www.myspace.com/napoleoninrags1

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  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,715
    Brain Pete Doherty with your guitar and I'll love you forever.

    Good luck though, sounds like a great break for you.
  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    Very best of luck, 211dave112,

    Hope you manage to get a fair few of your local fans to the gig - that should help you feel at home.

    I played Glastonbury with Billy Bragg once (just the once!) and I still remember the feeling of coming off stage and seeing Ray Davies going on after us. Believe me, it stays in the memory! :D

    EDIT - got the numbers in your sig the wrong way round. Just don't do as I just did...
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  • cee
    cee Posts: 4,553
    good luck! at least playing with baby shambles means that no matter what, you wont be the worst band there!

    :P :twisted: :D
    Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I believe in the future of the human race.

    H.G. Wells.
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    I would have posted after you knew he had turned up, if I was you!! :wink:
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    musician? whadda ya play? ...or do you just turn-up & adjust the mike stand? :D
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  • 211dave112
    211dave112 Posts: 125
    just got home, went so well. great crowd and babyshambles were great. got to go up to the hotel rooms to meet them all after and had a chat/photo's. and didn't get star struck! for once!

    thanks for the kind comments! and i play bass by the way, my first gig with my new band and after only 4 practices so this was a baptism of fire!!
  • all show no go
    all show no go Posts: 542
    The "ahem" pinnacle of my rock career was when my old band played on the same bill as Keane on a wet wednesday night at the Dublin Castle in Camden about eight years ago. (I'm a bass player too).
    Let's close our eyes and see what happens
  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    Wow, I'm a bassyclist as well! (Acoustic variety). I wonder how many of us there are on here. You wait ages for a bass and then three of them turn up all at once...

    Good to hear you had a great night 211dave112 - that sounds like pretty good going after only 4 rehearsals. Good test of the nerves!
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    211dave112 wrote:
    just got home, went so well. great crowd and babyshambles were great. got to go up to the hotel rooms to meet them all after and had a chat/photo's. and didn't get star struck! for once!

    thanks for the kind comments! and i play bass by the way, my first gig with my new band and after only 4 practices so this was a baptism of fire!!

    Hope the UCI testers don't pay you a visit for a few days! :lol:
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    deptfordmarmoset wrote:
    Wow, I'm a bassyclist as well! (Acoustic variety). I wonder how many of us there are on here. You wait ages for a bass and then three of them turn up all at once...

    Good to hear you had a great night 211dave112 - that sounds like pretty good going after only 4 rehearsals. Good test of the nerves!

    ....yeah, bassists usually come-in late. :wink:

    ex-drummer myself.
    ...most memorable gig was supporting Anti-Pasti in Manchester during the 80's ...in front of about 2000 skinhead punks :shock: ...needless to say the transit van broke down in the middle of Moss Side on the way back home. :shock:
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  • andy162
    andy162 Posts: 634
    My last groop played with British Sea Power a few times.Their hardcore fans are a partisan lot. If Hendrix came back from the dead just to support BSP them lot would still act with contrived uninterest with glum as f@ck faces. You do well to win over the main acts fans. If you did Dave, then hats off to ya!

    Best gig we played was in Reykjavic, half way through the set a girl jumped on stage dressed as a cat & started dancing. Tail, whiskers..the lot. Mighty, mighty fit & had all the moves. Surreal that night was. Top place.
  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    skyd0g wrote:
    deptfordmarmoset wrote:
    Wow, I'm a bassyclist as well! (Acoustic variety). I wonder how many of us there are on here. You wait ages for a bass and then three of them turn up all at once...

    Good to hear you had a great night 211dave112 - that sounds like pretty good going after only 4 rehearsals. Good test of the nerves!

    ....yeah, bassists usually come-in late. :wink:

    ex-drummer myself.
    ...most memorable gig was supporting Anti-Pasti in Manchester during the 80's ...in front of about 2000 skinhead punks :shock: ...needless to say the transit van broke down in the middle of Moss Side on the way back home. :shock:

    Drummers who make jokes about rhythm section musicians get sent to play on the naughty step around here


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  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    +1 forthe bassists union here. Strictly amateur.

    Don't know a lot of bassist jokes but here's my favourite:

    Q. What's the definition of a bass player?






    A. Cross between a drummer and a musician.
  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    So where are all the guitarists? Normally they're all over the shop.

    How many bass players does it take to change a lightbulb?

    One...Five....One....Five...One....Five....
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  • thejesusandsedischain
    thejesusandsedischain Posts: 195
    wow im a bass player as well what type of bass do you play,only joking thats as dull as taking about bikes. :wink:

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