harmonicanick
83 posts
Dec 17, 2008
3:15 PM
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I have....he let me go...called to a meeting in a pub in the country..me and the keyboard player had the audacity to say that the set list (same for 2 years!!) needed a kick up the proverbial.
Well the female singer threw her dummy out the pram and the guitarist took it oh so personnally, that's her partner by the way; she was in an Abba tribute band before..
My critique was we are more caberet than blues (ouch)
We have exchanged Christmas greeetings in fact he has sent me a copy of Charlie Musselwhites new live cd 'Rough Dried' live at the triple door..cool
However rejected but not humbled I will return with a vengeance!!!!!
Any band politics out there to sympathise..harmonicanick xx
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MrVerylongusername
58 posts
Dec 17, 2008
4:07 PM
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Not as a harp player, but as singer.
I had a lengthy period of depression a few years back. At the time I was in a band with some workmates. Because I'd been signed off sick for 6 months, things got a bit awkward.
I was browsing the musicians classifieds one evening and found an ad - "Lead Singer wanted for established band" and the guitarists number underneath. My gig! the cheek of it! I was so tempted to ring up for an audition!
We're all mates again now and can laugh about it . Water under the bridge. There's even talk of a reunion gig...
My first band fizzled when the drummer sold my PA that he was looking after!
At least things are going well now... for the time being... I think...
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shaneboylan
58 posts
Dec 17, 2008
4:43 PM
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A bit pissed off since the lead singer and another guy in the band turned down a NYE gig in a decent bar.
But as Danny from Withnail and I says:
"That's politics"
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"Q. How many harmonica players does it take to change a light bulb?"
"A. Never mind the changes man, just blow!"
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MrVerylongusername
59 posts
Dec 18, 2008
1:12 AM
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Shared PA? don't get me started - never again...
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Jeff
175 posts
Dec 18, 2008
10:28 AM
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Haha, I think most everybody has a nightmare shared PA story. I've even seen a handful of cases on Judge Judy over that issue.
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NG
40 posts
Dec 18, 2008
12:16 PM
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I got dumped from my last band by the lead guitarist/ singer/ leader. I now realise to get what you want out of playing blues harp in a band the rest of the band need to be willing to compromise for you to get 'your' sound. Most lead guitarists aren't I have found.
I'm now in a much more harmonica-friendly band where I have blossomed as a player. Couldn't have worked out better.
I'm sure something similar will happen to you, eventually. Keep trying new line-ups!!
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Honkin On Bobo
14 posts
Dec 19, 2008
5:37 AM
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Nick,
You shouldn't feel humbled.
"She was in an Abba tribute band before."
Really, that's all you needed to say.
Last Edited by on Dec 19, 2008 5:38 AM
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oldwailer
388 posts
Dec 19, 2008
12:12 PM
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Could have been worse, Nick--you coulda been fired by the drummer!
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harmonicanick
86 posts
Dec 19, 2008
3:10 PM
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OW,
Listening to a true story about Ginger Baker, before Cream, he was playing drums with the Graham Bond Organisation who spearheaded the English r&b explosion in the '60's
Before he took a bowie knife to Jack Bruce when they were Cream he actually fired Jack from the G Bond band as the drummer, not the leader!!
Rock and Roll!!!
Nicko....
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