New Band, who dis? First Gig Report! now with vids!

stickyfiddle

Well this was fun... 

I've mentioned this in a few other threads lately as I've gone through the planning stages. I got together with the other half of a friend a few months ago as she was looking for a new band for some themed cover shows. I called up all my favourite players and had the bones of a band sorted within a couple of weeks. Last night was our first show "Fleetwood Mac & Friends". 

We got a 180-head sell out so the venue was super happy before we started, and we got it looking and sounding fantastic. AND THEN we played well. roughly 2/3 FM and 1/3 other stuff over 2 hours, 2 encores and a real good time. 

Also a metric shitload of singing - almost every song with 2/3/4 part harmonies and I was on lead vox for about a third of the set. First time doing that and other than a couple of dropped lyrics I'm very happy with it. Also the first gig for the LPC, ES-355 AND Laurel Canyon, all of which did a marvellous job. 

Now we need to work out what we're doing next!! 

Videos lower down! 



Guitar corner... 

ElectricXII

Nice one @stickyfiddle . Glad it went well, and your rig looks the part.

GoFish

Nice one, Love the strap on the LPC.

The venue looks good too. 

Congrations ... you done it.

strumjoughlamps

Awesome… and Mark Strong on bass  

darthed1981

Nice one!!!

maltingsaudio

Stage looks a lot bigger than the original photo, looks great

Chuffola

Get those vids up!

littlegreenman

strumjoughlamps said:

Awesome… and Tony Levin on bass  

FTFY  

stickyfiddle

strumjoughlamps said:

Awesome… and Mark Strong on bass  

That's Fred, the legend from France - drove all the way from Dubai for multiple rehearsals and is all round just an awesome groovy dude. 

Though I think Fred gets off lightly; the bassist from my jam band looks more like Johnny Sins...  

stickyfiddle

Vids!! 

There are way more to come and hopefully in slightly better quality, but gives an idea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS0vbadNPNs 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx0K1o9MCg4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_qQX6wZB8A

axisus

Excellent!

RocknRollDave

I love this.

stickyfiddle

RocknRollDave said:

I love this.

Cheers chap  

pt22

Nice mate! Living the dream. 

Chuffola

Love it! Excellent stuff - singing great too

Danny1969

For a first gig it's pretty impressive, defo got the bones of a professional band 

stickyfiddle

Chuffola said:

Love it! Excellent stuff - singing great too

Cheers! Singing somewhat terrifying if I’m honest. Not because I can’t do it, I just hate my own voice. I guess most people do. 

I just got some higher quality vids. Need to work out if I can insert/replace them in YouTube and not lose play counts 

stickyfiddle

Danny1969 said:

For a first gig it's pretty impressive, defo got the bones of a professional band 

This means a lot coming from you! We're all around 40 and have done a bunch of other stuff, except the bassist, who is about 55 and has done a bunch of other stuff

Not sure there's enough market here to go full pro but I'm trying to build a proper set of credentials and knowledge to come do it at home in another 3-5 years when we plan to chuck it all in here.