General Music Chat

I would like to start a positive thread! I KNOW how negative life can be to us Humans Beings! I was watching some of your vids. today and after all these years of playing music and realizing how new this thing called music is to some of you. I must say I am starting to get the PASSION AND FIRE back! Forget the Politics for a little while!
This thread is ABOUT MUSIC! No RULES here! The simple question is what band were you in, which musical moment in time TOUCHED YOUR SOUL!

Here Is Mine! Dang I love a SYMPHONY!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAhpIjaz ... re=related

Shoot I am gonna have to watch this again and again!

J-H

Great tune - always loved it.

True story - I was playing this song in a club in (the old) underground Atlanta back in the day. Had a big ole Sun amp and blew the midrange right out of my left ear that night.

Oddly enough - I'd never actually heard the song at that time. We'd picked up a singer who liked it and taught us the chords. We were pretty close.

Talbot

Mike, Here is a version of this tune I had NEVER seen before this floored me tonight! This is very early DT!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dKYP2y0u1U

I know its CRAZY but this song FUNKED ME OUT BABY!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKPoHgKcqag

Lots of great memories. One stands out. The first gig we ever did was at the Main Street Exchange in Rockaway, New Jersey in the very early 80's. That place is now called The Exchange and the same bartender (Dave) now owns it and still bartends there I believe. I actually lied to the owner and told her we were "an old rock and roll" band, not a blues band. On the day of our first gig a Led Zeppelin tribute band was supposed to play there but the band broke up THAT day. The desperate owner called me and all the band members were available so we subbed last minute. After the first set the owner who had never heard a live blues band came up and asked us "what kind of music are you playing, it's great!" A few gigs there later a customer came trudging in, African American dressed in business attire, probably had a long day at work I imagine. He was probably expecting to hear the same old rock over bands and was walking towards the bar, stopped dead in his tracks, turned around, his eyes got real big, a huge smile on his face, and he backed slowly to the bar. He just stood there in dumbfounded amazement, smiling the entire set. I never did talk to him as he left right before our break. A lot of fun things have happened at gigs since, most notably a wet T shirt contest at a bonfire outdoor gig with hundreds of bikers, numerous encores, etc. But I'll never forget the look on that guy's face.

I love me some SOUL!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICKToz7B ... re=related

Thats awesome Bob! Its wild how "that one individuals" reaction sticks in your mind after all these years!
Thanks for sharing!

For me, my band Aint Yo Mama has two fans, Glen and Cindy, they have supported us for close to 20 years.

A few gigs ago, I introduced the new wife to Glen, and he told her that Aint Yo Mama was one of three if his favorite bands. He said next to Journey, and Ted Nugent, we were his favorite band on the planet. He said the first time i heard them at Side Street Pizza, back in 89 I was hooked for life.

I kinda got a little humbled at that one. I mean if I was a listener, I wouldnt come to see my own band that often, but these two if we are anywhere close to thier area, they always rearrange thier schedules to be there. Pretty Cool that you can make that sort of impact on two people, so whenever they come we always have to play Strangle Hold, Control and Highway Star, which is fine with me.

Another guy who knew me when I had a head full of hair always says you are the closest thing to Jimmy Page I have ever seen.

Then the younger guitar players who come in and listen and say I didnt know you were a shredder. Actually in my mind Im a blues based pentatonic scale hack, but I guess at times I make a little more impact than that.

Or when some guy comes in before we start playing and wants to sit in, I say sure look at the song list cause you will be it on guitar as I only have one amp hooked up. After one set most of them change thier mind for some reason.

And lastly, our last gig, I dont know if the stars were lined up, or what, but I had more fun just on the playing side that night than I can ever remember, we went in with out a set list and just winged it song to song, played around 10 tunes we havent played in years, and the four of us were just in perfect sync, all of us were in a good mood. The crowd was going nuts from the jump. From my standpoint it was just one of the most enjoyable gigs I ahve had or can remember, LOL!

Got a private Halloween party Oct 29, those are always fun, might have to get out a wig and the makeup for this one, LOL!!!! they say blondes have more fun!

I had a huge crush on Deborah Harry for years and years.

http://youtu.be/tt9R1BoTsXc

Damn, I miss shows like Midnight Special and Don Kirshner's Rock Concert.

Me too Mike, due to my getting old and set in my way's I swear they don't make tv shows that I like anymore! I feel like a friken relic here LOL! I do like ALL things Star Trek especially the Original series. They recently changed the only station that had Star Trek to a spanish television station go figure.
When I get home late night after a gig the only thing on most tv stations are those ads selling DVD's of "The Midnight Special" and "Don Kirshner's In Concert" Ah the good ole days!
The gigs I have been playing lately are all in North Houston so I drive about an hour to get home I always listen to Coast To Coast with Ian Punnit

My parents were in theater while I was kid - in musicals such as Kiss Me Kate. I spent many nights at their rehearsals, and during shows I would stay in the lighting control booth and watch the shows. I was also the coffee boy during intermissions, selling coffee great memories.

Perhaps one of my favorite recent musicals was the remake of Phantom of the Opera on the big screen. Some great singing performances - and great lyrics! I still find myself breaking into this one -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-LomTcQrzw

Me too Mike, due to my getting old and set in my way's I swear they don't make tv shows that I like anymore! I feel like a friken relic here LOL! I do like ALL things Star Trek especially the Original series. They recently changed the only station that had Star Trek to a spanish television station go figure.
When I get home late night after a gig the only thing on most tv stations are those ads selling DVD's of "The Midnight Special" and "Don Kirshner's In Concert" Ah the good ole days!
The gigs I have been playing lately are all in North Houston so I drive about an hour to get home I always listen to Coast To Coast with Ian Punnit

Live long and prosper.

Mike, you have got me answering the monitor screen with the live long and prosper sign LMAO!

For me it would be the contacts I have received telling me how our music has touched one's soul.

Honestly... it's not something I would have ever even dream of, much less expect.

It has moved me to tears.

The gigs have been fun.
My bandmates are now my very loved family.
The studio experience ... well no one I know would ever believe I've been in a recording studio instead of a a Kung Fu studio.
The ability and honor to be friends with many of you here and share your hopes and dreams as well.

But those instances, when out of nowhere, I get a simple message of thanks for just doing what I do because it has somehow touched another life.

It's like being in a deep dark dank dungeon, and noticing a shimmering beam of sunlight to suddenly appear for me to stand in and squinting look up to give thanks.