I seem to have slipped and accidently stuck myself into a gigging band playing ...(gulp)..folk music

fretmeister

Drew_fx said:

No.

This.

drwiddly

Bidley said:

Dearg Doom, great song.

Threshold, Pagan's Mind and Dearg Doom. We clearly have similar taste Mr Bidley!

Handsome_Chris

randomhandclaps said:

"STREETS OF LONDON!!!"

close2u

folk is great

although it can sometimes be a bit twee and earnest

folk bands, done right, can rock

Bidley

drwiddly said:

Bidley said:

Dearg Doom, great song.

Threshold, Pagan's Mind and Dearg Doom. We clearly have similar taste Mr Bidley!

@drwiddly
If you say you've heard (and love) the Lord Weird Slough Feg version of Dearg Doom, I think we might have to get married.

Funnily enough, if you say our display names one after the other quickly enough, it sounds like a folk song!

frankus

You're dead to me.

F**k music for fuck's sake man...

Col_Decker

lol I'm really starting to dig it man. Though the changes in the songs keep catching me out as the I,IV, and Vs are all in the wrong places and can switch 3 or 4 times on one line of the song. Still its a challange and good for my skillz I thinks, but easy it is not.

Col_Decker

In fact if I had to choose between playing bass in the folkies or guitar in my other band I'd probably choose the folkies. I think its the jumpers.

EricTheWeary

Having been to quite a few folk festivals and gigs I generally feel about it the way I feel about jazz - great to be there and exciting in the moment but a bit too much like hard work to listen to at home.

Housewives favorite Seth Lakeman has a real classic rock dynamic going on live and there is a fair bit of love for punk turned folk artist Frank Turner about the forum. 

frankus

He used to remind me of Simon Pegg... but these days... I'm not so sure. He's changed and not in "that's a relief you were starting to smell like a vagrant" kinda way.." like in the good old days.

That said I know the guy who played bass guitar on the recording of Day Trip To Bangor ... and my Dad was on TV at Sidmouth Folk Festival one year - on stage not in the audience.. and I know two of the blokes from Mawkin... all good people it's a crying shame they turned to the dark side....

If you buy a tankard on a carabina I will find you and I will kill you.

not_the_dj

frankus said:

If you buy a tankard on a carabina I will find you and I will kill you.

Carabina?.....ha....he needs a proper leather tankard strap

frankus

back in the 80s they kept them on the clips you get on dog-leads... but you're right if he buys a tankard it's enough.

Col_Decker

frankus said:

He used to remind me of Simon Pegg... but these days... I'm not so sure. He's changed and not in "that's a relief you were starting to smell like a vagrant" kinda way..you.

oh shit its like you atually know me, you're not behind me are you? lol Also I do have a tankard, and there is a carabena on my keyring. Oh noes.

not_the_dj

Tankards are great...I've got two. My beat up "travel tankard" and then my posh one I use at home.

Folk fest beer tents are the place to be!

(it's the new rock'n'roll you know)

frankus

Col_Decker said:

oh shit its like you atually know me, you're not behind me are you?

If I was, this is how I'd serenade you folk-stylee...

drwiddly

Bidley said:

drwiddly said:

Bidley said:

Dearg Doom, great song.

Threshold, Pagan's Mind and Dearg Doom. We clearly have similar taste Mr Bidley!

@drwiddly
If you say you've heard (and love) the Lord Weird Slough Feg version of Dearg Doom, I think we might have to get married.

Funnily enough, if you say our display names one after the other quickly enough, it sounds like a folk song!

No, I've heard (and liked) a couple of their albums but not the one with Dearg Doom - on the hunt now!

Gave you a lol for that last comment

HarrySeven

Col_Decker said:

 I recieved a telegram

Folk = archaic music

Telegram = archaic method of communication

Rocker

If you want to get a general picture of what is happening in the world of Bluegrass or Americana, get yourself a copy of the four disk Roots Music - An American Journey.

Everything from Cajun to Scottish/Irish to country rock.  A lot of the tracks are 'difficult' listening but if ever there was a Bluffers Guide to Bluegrass, this is it.

Col_Decker

Holy Thread Revival Batman!

 

Anyway I'm popping my bass-gig cherry tonight. I will be furished with a nice beard (as per folk gig protocol), and a Ibanez modern styled bass ... they're gonna really hate me aren't they?

mike_l

Col_Decker said:

Holy Thread Revival Batman!

 

Anyway I'm popping my bass-gig cherry tonight. I will be furished with a nice beard (as per folk gig protocol), and a Ibanez modern styled bass ... they're gonna really hate me aren't they?

Told you, wear a Slayer T shirt and scare the shit outta them.

Actually, just talk to them that should be scary enough.....