SuperBee
4956 posts
Sep 14, 2017
1:57 PM
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Hi, below is a link to a clip of my band performing a couple weeks ago. We are part timers but been at it for a year now. Except our drummer who had been jamming for about 18 months and sat in with us 5 months ago, this is only his 4th gig ever.
My rig is a hot rod Deville modified using some suggestions from mbh member 5F6H (haven't seen for a long time) and a CM mic, probably a LW Reverb pedal.
bright lights big city
Last Edited by SuperBee on Sep 14, 2017 2:08 PM
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Martin
1261 posts
Sep 14, 2017
3:26 PM
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It seems as if links to Facebook never work.
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SuperBee
4958 posts
Sep 14, 2017
3:48 PM
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Maybe you have to 'like' the page. Works for me but thanks for alerting me.
I have all the original video but I haven't cut it up yet. I was trying to take the easy option.
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DanP
340 posts
Sep 14, 2017
4:20 PM
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I clicked on the link and it worked for me.
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LSB
268 posts
Sep 14, 2017
4:31 PM
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Worked for me as well.
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Fil
344 posts
Sep 14, 2017
5:40 PM
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Popped right up for me. Bee, that was well done. Like your band. Like your sound.
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Phil Pennington
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1847
4437 posts
Sep 14, 2017
6:29 PM
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you should post more. i dig it
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SuperBee
4959 posts
Sep 14, 2017
6:31 PM
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Good to know the link works, thanks folks
Cheers Fil. I was having a lot of fun hollering and blowing some old-fashioned harp on this old song which I've grown to love.
This was around 11pm I guess. We went on at 1030, final act of 4 that night, for one set of 90 minutes. I think it's gig 15 for this band.
I love singing this with Rob and especially blowing those Taj Mahal lines in low 1st.
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SuperBee
4960 posts
Sep 14, 2017
7:17 PM
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Thanks 1847, thatmeans a lot to me.
I think it's good to see the people behind the handles from time to time, by not too much.
this is pretty typical of what I do, trying to play a harp in a way I hope sounds like it's supposed to be there. The bass player in this band has similar sense of what the harp should sound like, so we get along. I sing about 50% of the songs, I think I led 11 of 21 on this set but usually the balance is probably the other way.
Sometimes people ask why is the bass in the middle like that.
Why am I not in the middle or the guitarist in the middle.
Mainly it's because the drums are in the middle and bass amp to the left of the kit. If I stand in the centre, then I'm in front of the kit with bass player between my amp and me. I don't like anyone to be between my amp and me.
I dunno how others manage it.
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Sundancer
156 posts
Sep 14, 2017
7:20 PM
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Hey SuperBb, liked yer solos and thought you very very tasteful when playing behind the guitar solo. That must have been the hippest pub in Tassie that night.
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Prento
23 posts
Sep 15, 2017
3:18 AM
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Where in Tassie are you? Friends of mine have recently taken over the Ferntree Gully pub outside Hobart and may be looking for bands in the near future.
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SuperBee
4961 posts
Sep 15, 2017
4:34 AM
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That'd be right up our street Prento. Hobart is our beat. That clip is from the Republic Bar in North Hobart. I expect your friends have the Ferntree Tavern up near the mountain.
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Prento
24 posts
Sep 15, 2017
4:42 AM
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Yep, I think that is the one. They have only recently taken over.
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Martin
1265 posts
Sep 15, 2017
4:54 AM
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Yes, SuperB, now it works.
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SuperBee
4962 posts
Sep 15, 2017
4:55 AM
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Thanks for the heads up. I'll go and see if theyre interested if you think its a good idea
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SuperBee
4963 posts
Sep 15, 2017
5:18 AM
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Glad you could see it Martin, thanks for letting me know.
Sun dancer thanks, for kind words. There were 4 bands and an acoustic duo, from 430 pm to midnight, then a half hour jam. Place was packed from 5 till 10, started to thin out a bit after that but still a decent crew
The duo that kicked off the gig featured a harp player whom i first saw when i was not quite 18. That night he was opening for John Mayall on his tour with Mick Taylor and John McVie.
Second act was a great singer called Billy Warner, in a trio featuring a couple of the best rhythm players in the state.
3rd was slightly incongruous, a veteran rockabilly act
And preceding us a soul blues act with a harp man who played sax 50% of the time...or was he a sax man who played harp...and a great powerful female singer. I struggled to hear the harp in that band, despite the HG50 on stage.
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The Iceman
3348 posts
Sep 15, 2017
7:32 AM
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Enjoyed the clip. Can't help suggesting improvements to propel the "part timer" sound to "impressive pro" sound...
Why not have band drop to a whisper when you start that high end soloing? Then, you can acoustically play in front of the vocal mic for that sweet un-amplified sound. Using volume dynamics in extreme aural 3D is very impressive to a live audience.
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The Iceman
Last Edited by The Iceman on Sep 15, 2017 7:33 AM
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SuperBee
4965 posts
Sep 15, 2017
8:23 AM
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Thanks iceman, I'll try that at practice this week. I think I did originally play it to the vocal mic but stopped for reasons I don't recall, which probably means no reason at all.
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BnT
99 posts
Sep 15, 2017
9:24 AM
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Enjoyed your playing and you should post more (this advice from someone who seldom remembers to bring a camera or brings it and forgets to ask someone to film). I also agree about the band dropping down when you're doing a high end solo - better dynamics.
Bill Wyman of the Stones had a great quote on the music of Jimmy Reed "The music seemed to be very simple but later you learned that it was quite hard to be simple".
Also, thought your guitar player might enjoy this instructional piece from Kid Andersen - https://youtu.be/Z99rezpyLj8
Kid is both brilliant and pretty funny and likes to disect music whether it's the intricacies of Jimmy Reed and Eddie Taylor guitar licks or how to replicate Hubert Sumlin's tone.
I was lucky when I was young because I got to back Jimmy when he played in San Francisco. I wasn't that good but my friend, Luther Tucker, was playing guitar for him and needed a ride to S.F. on Friday & Saturday so I agreed to drive if he could get me on stage. When Jimmy wanted to blow I was silent, not trading licks. But it was a thrill to be there. His high notes seemed both effortless and amazing.
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BnT
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Prento
25 posts
Sep 15, 2017
6:52 PM
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No harm in giving them a try. Tell Leanne to contact Mark in Dubbo if she needs a reference. If that clip is an indication of your sound I'd be happy to give you a reference.
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BronzeWailer
2005 posts
Sep 17, 2017
4:32 PM
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Nice work Bee, Makes me want to play Jimmy Reed.
BronzeWailer's YouTube
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Barley Nectar
1316 posts
Sep 18, 2017
9:54 AM
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I like it, like it a LOT. Thanks Supe
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SuperBee
4979 posts
Sep 18, 2017
10:08 PM
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BW, there is a lot of Jimmy Reed to choose from. We play ain't that loving you baby, which is quite nice on the harp, and big boss man is always fun.
Thanks BN. I did really enjoy singing this one, I first tried to play it with a band about 4 years ago and no-one got it, as a result it was kinda lifeless, but over the last couple months with this crew I've noticed it's really lifted.
BnT, that is a good story. I'm sharing with the band. Thanks forvthe kid link, I have seen that one but an easy way to show the fellows.
Prento, thanks for the call about the mountain Tavern, we're talking about a gig right now, I'm hopeful something will happen.
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Prento
26 posts
Sep 19, 2017
12:19 AM
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Let me know what happens. Good luck.
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Spderyak
152 posts
Sep 19, 2017
11:25 AM
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Nice playing SuperBee
I've been wanting to ask, esp since one of the folks who responded had been on stage with Jimmy Reed...did he play his harps 'straight from the box' /
I often wonder if modern harp players these days spend much time tuning their harps and having special equipment, just to sound like a guy who just bought a harp and played through whatever was available
or did the old timers also spend time tuning their harps and what not.
Hope it's not to much of a rhetorical question, just curious...thanks, and again nice playing !
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