BFT 249 - Give The Bass Player Some

[clifford_thornton]

I was born in 1977 and the Desperate Bicycles weren't on my radar until 2008 or so...

Anyway, even though Rod guessed everything already, I am still quite enjoying the BFT. Was AWOL for November and will have to go back and listen to Sangrey's... sometimes life just catches up.

[JSngry]

I like how the Groovies play Beatles songs like a bar band who's not playing for anybody but the people in the bar. That's how it should be done, straight and to the point, no pretense, just drink up and let loos, nobody's in this but us. Like the Beatles in the Cavern Club. Just a really good bar band.

[felser]

4 minutes ago, JSngry said:

I like how the Groovies play Beatles songs like a bar band who's not playing for anybody but the people in the bar. That's how it should be done, straight and to the point, no pretense, just drink up and let loos, nobody's in this but us. Like the Beatles in the Cavern Club. Just a really good bar band.

Great description.  the Grooovies of that era did that so well.  I have a lot of their output from then, and listen to it.  Plus the contemporaneous Chris Wilson solo albums.  All much more convincing to me than their early Roy Loney rockabilly phase.

[JSngry]

Can't say that I live in bar band world much past the time it takes to play a gig and get paid. Not enough for me to hold on to after it's over. But the energy and communication (unevolved as it so often is)  certainly is real, and is missing from too many jazz gigs. No reason it shouldn't live there too.