| Author | Message | ||
| speicky
Intermediate Member Username: speicky Post Number: 140 Registered: 3-2005 |
After fourteen years of stage absence, I am honoured to be part of a charity concert on October 1st, 2006 at the catholic church in Hofheim/Wallau near Wiesbaden/Germany with three fellow musicians who asked me to gig with them a few months ago. Here is a photo we took yesterday:  Please keep your fingers crossed for us, and ever better: join if you're around ! Christian | ||
| groovelines
Advanced Member Username: groovelines Post Number: 368 Registered: 4-2003 |
Christian, Congratulations. Charity gigs are all well worth the effort, way to go. What kind of music will you be playing? Mike | ||
| speicky
Intermediate Member Username: speicky Post Number: 141 Registered: 3-2005 |
We are just another piece of the whole cake. There will be choirs singing traditionals, there will be groups performing gospels, and there's also a string quartet. We will play four songs right at the very end of the event: start with Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven", go on with "Summertime" from George Gershwin, followed by an own composition "Elements"... last song will be "Bangin' Man" of Slade, that shall empty the house ;-) man if it only was Sunday already, I feel like a racing horse in the box ! Christian | ||
| fc_spoiler
Advanced Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 355 Registered: 5-2006 |
Stairway to Heaven is the perfect song for Peggy I guess, nice picture and good luck! | ||
| groovelines
Advanced Member Username: groovelines Post Number: 370 Registered: 4-2003 |
Stairway to Heaven at church, well I never.... | ||
| speicky
Intermediate Member Username: speicky Post Number: 143 Registered: 3-2005 |
Yeah... hmmm, many people here do not care too much about the lyrics, but it's a great song of the '70s that many people know and like to hear. I am not too happy with it because we are the amateur band #12,798 in Germany performing STH. For now, we are playing the songs that folks love to hear. We are playing together since June and you gotta start somewhere. In the future, we want to create selfwritten noise :-) Flip: Peggy will attend ! Christian | ||
| groovelines
Advanced Member Username: groovelines Post Number: 374 Registered: 4-2003 |
"amateur band #12,798 in Germany performing STH". That's pretty good, who hasn't covered LZ? We didn't do much Zep, maybe "How Many More Times?" or "Thank you". Ah, "selfwritten noise", gotta love it. Good luck, I hope you wow the crowd. Ist Wiesbaden im Rheinland-Pfalz Bereich? Sein eine lange Zeit gewesen seit damals. Mein Vater war im US Militär. Wir wohnten in Deutschland für rüber fünf Jahre. Einige der besten Gedächtnisse meines Lebens. | ||
| speicky
Intermediate Member Username: speicky Post Number: 144 Registered: 3-2005 |
Thank you very much, Michael. email sent... | ||
| groovelines
Advanced Member Username: groovelines Post Number: 375 Registered: 4-2003 |
E-mail replied to. unforturnately, I can't check my e-mail from work, so response time will be delayed. Sorry for the "horrible" German, lol. It was a long time ago and there isn't much need for it in Texas. At least not in the Dallas area. | ||
| speicky
Intermediate Member Username: speicky Post Number: 145 Registered: 3-2005 |
Thank you, Michael, I read your reply this morning. Very impressive, very moving. Every day should start with so much positive vibrations. Your German is very good compared to my Chinese, especially in writing ;-) I appreciated it. | ||
| groovelines
Advanced Member Username: groovelines Post Number: 376 Registered: 4-2003 |
Thanks, it was good to reminisce. Europe has a lot to offer. Back to the post. "Banging Man", never heard it and couldn't find a sample on the web. "Peggy"...is the infamous JJudge bass? | ||
| 57basstra
Advanced Member Username: 57basstra Post Number: 378 Registered: 4-2005 |
Cool looking group of chaps. Looks like a fun, enthusiastic bunch. | ||
| fc_spoiler
Advanced Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 367 Registered: 5-2006 |
Peggy Peggy  (Message edited by fc_spoiler on September 27, 2006) | ||
| speicky
Intermediate Member Username: speicky Post Number: 146 Registered: 3-2005 |
Thank you, Flip, you owe me a computer monitor and a keyboard ;-) I just logged in, checked your links, wondered why they were twice the same, took a mouth full of beer... and realized the joke ! ROFL ! Thanks again, it was just what I needed after a long day in the office, a really good laugh ! Christian | ||
| fc_spoiler
Advanced Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 368 Registered: 5-2006 |
Sorry for the computer monitor and a keyboard... The credits for the joke go to Bill, tgo btw. | ||
| speicky
Intermediate Member Username: speicky Post Number: 147 Registered: 3-2005 |
Well, Bill alright... I'll sue him, hihi. I think it's time to give up the day job, I just cannot spot all the jokes here in time ! | ||
| speicky
Intermediate Member Username: speicky Post Number: 148 Registered: 3-2005 |
by the way... what does it take to complete the three big B on this thread ? Can anyone help ? | ||
| groovelines
Advanced Member Username: groovelines Post Number: 378 Registered: 4-2003 |
What is the "the three big B"? | ||
| keith_h
Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 570 Registered: 2-2005 |
"What is the "the three big B"?" Basses, Bikes and Beer. The circle is complete. Keith | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 681 Registered: 6-2002 |
So, can you ride a Harley on the Autobahn?  Mike | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 761 Registered: 2-2006 |
Probably not after the beer though. | ||
| groovelines
Advanced Member Username: groovelines Post Number: 379 Registered: 4-2003 |
How in the world did I miss that? Thanks, Keith. The balance has been restored. Fili mi boni bili selli alis dominos. | ||
| speicky
Intermediate Member Username: speicky Post Number: 149 Registered: 3-2005 |
DANG ! Keith made it, congratulations. The day after our small appearance at church, we are performing a larger gig on a local Harley convention. Strange combi... Sunday in church, Monday with rockers. It will rock, I'm sure. Here's a link: www.harleycrewwallau.de I will post pics (if requested, if not, I'll post even more). Christian | ||
| fc_spoiler
Advanced Member Username: fc_spoiler Post Number: 370 Registered: 5-2006 |
I'm not gonna request any pictures.... | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 762 Registered: 2-2006 |
Christian, we have Church on Sunday with a bunch of Rockers. Thus we are truly "HOLY-ROLLERS". | ||
| groovelines
Advanced Member Username: groovelines Post Number: 381 Registered: 4-2003 |
Oh, yeah, Olie. Well we....uh, hmmm, you've seen what we do...which leads me to this. A lot, and I mean a lot, of the Christian Rock being played today is unabashedly heavy stuff. Remove the lyrics and it's as edgy, if not more, than alternative rock. I defy anyone to tell the difference. Some of it, such as Manafest, is too extreme for me. But we won't be doing that in church. FC - that's pretty funny. | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 766 Registered: 2-2006 |
I'm OK with the hard stuff. It's not what I'd probably listen to but it's the lyrics that IMHO make the tune what it is. Mike, what you guys do at your church is way cool. A lot of church's would frown on playing secular music in church. To much "religion" in those churchs. I tell people, I'm not religious I'm a Christian. Livin' by love not by law. Olie TCO | ||
| groovelines
Advanced Member Username: groovelines Post Number: 383 Registered: 4-2003 |
Christian, good luck and play well this Sunday. You never mentioned what kind of charity you're supporting. And please honor Flip's non-request request. | ||
| speicky
Intermediate Member Username: speicky Post Number: 151 Registered: 3-2005 |
I just got back from rehearsal half past midnight. I get more and more excited, only 36 hours left... I have searched for a clip of Banging Man for you, Michael, but I did not get any audio. It was a rather major hit for Slade in '73, at least here in Europe. I'll try to get the music from vynil on to my PC, my bother soldered me an analog/digital transducer, but I only managed to record 60 second pieces of music with Bill Gates' windows recorder. At least, it will give you an idea of the song, though. Or, you may wait till our "Bootleg in Wallau Church" is being spread around the globe :-) Christian | ||
| groovelines
Advanced Member Username: groovelines Post Number: 384 Registered: 4-2003 |
Don't go out of your way for the tune. The bootleg version will be just fine, lol. Back in '73 I was a dirty-kneed 10 year old, so it's not any wonder that I'm not familiar with them. good luck tomorrow, Mike |
