Musicianship?

Depends on who's playing the other guitar. I'm just the dep now although I was in the band for around 15 years. One guitarist is a 'my ears are closed and I'm going to fit in as many notes as I can wherever there's a gap, with the utmost amount of distortion that this amp can muster' type player. The other uses sweet tones and has his ears open all night. They've told me that they want to lose the first guy and get me back.

Got a gig this Saturday with them and luckily for me it's with the 2nd of the two. The rest of the band are great...old friends now.

The other band I gig with are pro and there are no bad vibes there either.

People gotta listen to each other when they play........or stay at home and play with themselves....and I mean that literally!!

Geoff

Band wise its very good just now. Our keys man jumped ship about 6mths ago and to my surprise our guitarist wanted to try with a second lead player. This was a shock as he is a former pro and I just didn't figure it. He had someone in mind and so far its been a blast. A real shot in the arm new dynamic. I've christened them "Prima" and "Donna" 'cos they are really getting off on it just now. Sharing the space and really driving it on, hope it lasts!

Musically, I'm not there to compete so I'm no threat to their axe nirvana. I see my role as nurturing their ego's, keeping them lubed and explaining why and when I think they screwed up and how another piece of hardware isn't necessarily the answer.

I do love 'em though. Shame we don't have as much time as enthusiasm at the moment.

Ooops sorry Jeff, I missed that you had asked a question here. Instrument wise, I started out drumming, but you know that you are really bad drummer when people ask if you can sing . I could so I did. If I can summon up sufficient air now and multitask the harmonica might get an airing. As to the band, we're only doing covers. In Germany there's no market for older guys doing their own music. At the festivals and clubs they just wanna hear stuff they know rehashed. We're covering rock with a dash I guess; Purple, Whitesnake,Thin Lizzy, Aerosmith, UFO, ZZTop, Thunder, Mellencamp, Trower and Gallagher. AC/DC are on the list but frankly, its a stretch. When its good its a lot of fun. When its bad its even funnier

Jeff, You ok Bro?

Yeah I figured as much. But I still wanted to check to be sure.

Glad your ok. But if you told me you were "normal" I would have no choice but to Baker Act you!

Thats a bit like how I feel, I aint a great player but I do listen very well and take in everything that I can to learn. A lot of good musicians seem to "take me under the wing" so to speak, I havent played properly for ages due to work commitments but I recently got asked to join in with some good players who've been around the block a few times, makes you feel pretty good when good musicians are asking you to come and jam / do gigs especially when I'm so much younger than them or mebe they just need a kid to lift all them amps

To be quiet honest I think thats how I prefer it I'd love to do my own stuff with people but if far more experienced players are gonna show me the ropes I'm more than happy to ride it out and fit a few of my own things in Its just so hard to find people who are interested in playing what your interested in playing these days (blues)