| Author | Message | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3532 Registered: 10-2002 |
Thought I'd start a new thread to showcase my Grateful dead tribute 'Wildflower Seed'. Here's a youtube link to an outdoors gig we played in April to a pretty mixed bunch - heads, bikers, crusties and schoolkids. Was pretty cold that night. Some folk lit fires on the hillside which our 'Jerry' points out to me at about 1:30. Next gig will be 4th July at 'Wake the Lakes', a Harley owners weekend in Cumbria. | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3533 Registered: 10-2002 |
And another clip - scarlet and fire . Same night earlier on. Graeme | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11342 Registered: 5-2002 |
Cool video! It sounds like the audio must have come straight off the board; very clear, and great bass tone. | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3534 Registered: 10-2002 |
Thanks Dave. You're right, our guitarist had his Zoom h2 plugged into the desk so he got a pretty good recording of the whole night - about 3 hours worth. Sadly, these two clips are the only video. I'd have preferred the camera crew to have moved around a bit - you can barely tell we have a drummer :-) My sound is Post EQ from a fender TBP-1 preamp. It's a bit woolly in places so I'll be going back to the Mesa Mpulse for the next gig and hopefully it'll brighten the top end a bit. Graeme | ||
| dead_head
New Username: dead_head Post Number: 3 Registered: 5-2014 |
Very Nice, Graeme. The audio sounded great! Rob | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3545 Registered: 10-2002 |
looking forward to friday's gig at the cumbria harley owner's 'Wake the Lakes' rally. I'll be taking both my fretted MK DX and fretless rogue. This time I'm taking my Mesa Mpulse 600 instead of the fender pre/power set up. Speakers are Mesa 212PH and 210PH. We'll be camping over the weekend inspite of the very wet forecast. Hopefully Someone (Mrs Jacko) will get some photos of the night. Graeme | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3490 Registered: 5-2009 |
Sounds of fun to be had ! Have a great time . I look forward to the pictures . Wolf | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11401 Registered: 5-2002 |
Please extend our appreciation to Mrs Jacko for any pics! | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3546 Registered: 10-2002 |
here we go. The obligatory band shots - the screen behind was showing scenes from past HOG Wake the Lakes events..  here's one showing just how heavy those Alembic basses can get :-)  All American boy...  Despite drinking till the early hours this lot very kindly woke us at 7am revving up their steeds.  All in all, a very nice bunch (around 400 in total) who were more than happy to chat about Bikes, Beer and Basses. Brother paul would have loved it. Graeme | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3508 Registered: 5-2009 |
Graeme, Kool ! The pics bring back my own old memories of such events and runs that I my self participated in as a musician and other times also as a Harley-Davidson owner and enthusiast. There was never a dull moment ____ . Too this day I feel fortunate to have had so many POSITIVE ___ life experiences with such an extremely diverse and eclectic variety of human beings in the span of this lifetime. AND __ that's not all you also get _______& _________ & _________ as a special order bonus! ( the blanks are future positive life experiences yet to appear ! ) Wolf ___ | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3551 Registered: 10-2002 |
We're opening the Audio Soup festival this friday in the scottish borders. On at 6pm and playing an hour at most. I'm being provided a markbass head and 2x10 cab so I'm not expecting too much as far as tone goes, never having liked the sound of markbass. Graeme | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11427 Registered: 5-2002 |
Graeme, I just looked at the festival lineup; the only band on the list I've ever heard of is Wildflower Seed. So I'm guessing they're the headliners.  Have fun! | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3555 Registered: 10-2002 |
Audio Soup was interesting. They couldn't find a step-down adaptor for the generator so we were very late going on. Also the marquee across the field was playing some Ibiza/Techno rubbish which was loud enough to overpower some of our quieter moments. The small audience we had were very appreciative and someone even complemented my playing and noted that the Alembic basses added a certain authenticity that most dead tribute acts were missing :-)  The following saturday (my birthday) we played a good 3 hours at the troqueer arms in Dumfries. Sadly this clashed with the county's 'Wickerman' festival so again, the audience was quite small but the ones that came loved the music so we'll no doubt be asked back. In true 'dead' fashion we're now on a hiatus (hopefully just till september). graeme | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3565 Registered: 10-2002 |
we received a request from Stash radio in germany for some tunes so we've sent them recordings from the Dumfriess gig. Live broadcast will be on 9 September 10-12 PM CET on Radio FSK: 93,0 MHz antenna - 101,4 MHz cable (Hamburg and vicinity) www.fsk-hh.org/livestream (everywhere in the world) Or a bit later on www.stash-radio.de/archiv.htm (mp3 download) Additionally on 18 September 6-8 PM CET on Radio Weser.TV in Bremerhaven (www.radioweser.tv). fame at last. Hopefully it'll generate enough interest to get us onto some european festivals next year. next gig will be September 20th at the Tibbie Shiels inn somewhere in the Scottish Borders. It's a bit out of the way. Graeme | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3582 Registered: 10-2002 |
Saturday evening we'll be playing our first 'post referendum' gig at tibbie Shiels inn in the Scottish Borders. Should be interesting as the band are split 4 - 2 on the independence issue. Graeme | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3607 Registered: 10-2002 |
friday evening we'll be playing at the Reivers Bar in Galashiels in the Scottish borders(9pm start) Then Saturday we're heading down to Birmingham to play at the Summer of Love Christmas Party at the British Oak.  Hoping to spot Jazzyvee at the soundcheck :-) Graeme | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4300 Registered: 6-2002 |
Sure Graeme I will be there and will bring the Series II bass for you to try out, the Dragon and since your guys play stratocasters, I could bring my alembicised Fender Strat with alembic pickups and bass & treble electronics. Maybe it will help them consider getting some alembic activators for their strats. | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3608 Registered: 10-2002 |
looking forward to it Vee. We're hoping to be there between 4 and 5 - can't get into the room to set up till after 4 anyway. Graeme | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1809 Registered: 6-2002 |
Sweet poster! Have a great gig and a happy meet-up, lads! Mike | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4304 Registered: 6-2002 |
Just got back from meeting up with Jacko at sound check and let them get their hands on my Alembics. Hope to get to the gig later.  Here is Jacko's guitarist checking out the Magic Dragon Jazzyvee | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11567 Registered: 5-2002 |
That's a perfect guitar for the type of music they play! | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3611 Registered: 10-2002 |
Really great to meet up again and also to meet your better half Vee. Laurence was really over the moon to get the chance to play the dragon. He loved your strat too. Thanks also for turning up to see us play later.Hope the music didn't bore you too much, it can be an acquired taste :-) Here we are doing the full tie-dye thing..  Graeme | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3615 Registered: 10-2002 |
And video from Saturday night - ramble on rose Graeme | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11569 Registered: 5-2002 |
Nice lookin' crowd! And it looks like they liked what they were hearing. | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4309 Registered: 6-2002 |
Yep they sure did almost everyone was dancing away to the band and singing all the lyrics. the only lyric I can remember was.... " driving my train, smoking' cocaine" or something like that lol | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1343 Registered: 6-2006 |
I think I know that song. . . . Casey John or something like that! 8-D | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3616 Registered: 10-2002 |
Casey Jones - the Dead's take on popular folk mythology :-) Graeme | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3620 Registered: 10-2002 |
Well, Unfortunately I think we've drawn a line under this band, at least for now. We've had a huge fight over the way our keys player has distributed our fees for the last couple of gigs without consulting the rest of the band and things have been said on all sides that will be very hard (if not impossible) to take back. it's a shame as we gelled very well on the stage and I really loved listening to our drummer. That just leaves me with my new(ish) functions band. Hey-ho. Still, as Brother Paul would have been sure to point out, there will always be another. Graeme | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11585 Registered: 5-2002 |
That's too bad; you guys were providing a needed public service. The audience shots in the last video showed that you guys were connecting and were appreciated. |
