Regular Jam-Nights in Cambridge

bigjon

Because I keep being asked for individual jam-night times, here are links for all of them!

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REGULAR JAM-NIGHTS IN CAMBRIDGE

For updates see

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jon-Kingsman-Music/231035300359856

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WEEKLY

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Sundays at the Earl of Beaconsfield - rock & blues

https://www.facebook.com/groups/mccaffreyjams/

Sundays at the Dobblers - blues

https://www.facebook.com/groups/cambridgebluesjam/?fref=ts

Tuesdays at the Earl of Beaconsfield - acoustic / blues

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/acousticjamsession

also Tuesdays at the Duke Of Cambridge - jazz

https://m.facebook.com/CambridgeJazzJamAtTheTramDepot

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FORTNIGHTLY

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Sundays at the Dobblers - blues

https://www.facebook.com/groups/cambridgebluesjam/?fref=ts

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MONTHLY

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Last Thursday of the month at La Raza - jazz-funk

http://www.facebook.com/jamclub1?ref=ts

First Sunday of the month at the Railway Vue - blues & soul

https://www.facebook.com/events/727505697368713/

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mike_l

I look forward to getting to a few more of these.

The last one was great fun.

bigjon

I'm planning on going to the 'Acoustic Jam' at the Beacy tomorrow. It's the best one for general musicianship, and the guy who runs it, Johnny Wright, is a fabulous guitarist in the SRV mould. There's usually one acoustic, one electric plugged direct into a Blues Junior, electric bass and mini-drumkit of hi-hat & snare. Folk play sitting down, and the volume levels are considerably reduced from what they were a week ago last Sunday (especially when @viz and I were playing ;-) )

mike_l

@bigjon, I'd come, but have to be at hospital in the morning....

I seem to remember you had to turn down the amp I was using as i was having a Nigel Tuffnell (It goes to 11) moment... (insert big shit-eating grin) :-) :-)

bigjon

I plan to attend the Blues Jam at the Beacy this Sunday, 11th August. 8.30pm start  :-bd

mike_l

I should be at one or other this weekend...... :-)

bigjon

mike_l said:

I should be at one or other this weekend...... :-)

How's about both - use Sat as a warm-up for Sun, get those non-pentatonic notes out of your system! ;-)

TTony

I'd like to pop over on Sunday, put some faces to names, etc.

mike_l

bigjon said:

mike_l said:

I should be at one or other this weekend...... :-)

How's about both - use Sat as a warm-up for Sun, get those non-pentatonic notes out of your system! ;-)

That's not possible, Everything I do is pentatonic....... Or variations thereof........ or jazznotes.... ;-)
@TTony, If I'm there, I'm the ugly my with the blue Charvel (I don't dare take the others......)

TTony

Cheers Mike. 

I'll be the slightly-lost looking person who can't drink beer anymore

bigjon

TTony said:

I'll be the slightly-lost looking person who can't drink beer anymore

As I usually drive there, my regular jam-night tipple is lime & soda (with ice & a straw, rock'n'roll)

mike_l

@TTony, my last outing I was drinking orange juice & lemonade, rock'n'effn'roll......

Sunday blues jam (unless @Viz is there) I'll be the one with a Floyd-loaded guitar.......

bigjon

Sadly the Earl of Derby have called time on the Saturday Night jam. One of the last songs played was 'Enter Sandman' with me on bass and @Mike_L on tight-as rhythm guitar plus a better-than-Kirk solo right at the end - a fitting send-off. I'll edit the original post while the jam looks for a new home.

mike_l

--insert slightly embarrassed but very happy smilie--

I was pleased with how I played, although having a great bassist helped immensely.....

 

BTW the bridge pup in the Jackson was created by non other than @van_hayden...........

 

 

mike_l

I'm doubting wether too many Jacksons come out to play at Jam nights....

TTony

I'm guessing that the various pub-based music nights are popular in Cambridge because of the large student population?

Or is that a wrong assumption??

I'm wondering whether the approach could be emulated elsewhere.  From what I saw at the Sunday night session, the pub was a lot busier than I'd expect most pubs to be on a Sunday evening.  If the other events are as well-attended, they must bring some useful revenue into the pub.

But would that only work for city-centre pubs with a large number of muso-students in the catchment area?

mike_l

I used to go to a Jam at St Neots, and on a sunday evening the pub was pretty full.

Shame to was a bit  cliquey

bigjon

Anyone wants to break their jazz-funk jam duck, I'm going to the monthly jam at La Raza tonight.

https://www.facebook.com/events/604560872921547/

bigjon

TTony said:

I'm guessing that the various pub-based music nights are popular in Cambridge because of the large student population?

Or is that a wrong assumption??

Strictly, it's a wrong assumption as the students themselves hardly ever come to the jam-nights. However, more loosely interpreted it explains a lot, as there are an awful lot of young single males with disposable income in Cambridge who are attached to a university at one remove, e.g. doing research or working at software companies that have spun off from the universities.

viz

Bigman what's this jam at the empreror where players get a free pint? Paul mccaffrey mentione it last sunday.

bigjon

viz said:

Bigman what's this jam at the empreror where players get a free pint? Paul mccaffrey mentione it last sunday.

have tagged you in the facebook post