Played an Interesting Live Stream Gig Last Night
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:32 am
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Last night I played a live stream gig with a group of ladies who go by the name The Ya Yas. The video is on the facebook page in the link above. I've collaborated with Donna before in a side project called LAMCHOPZ, and it was she who hired me to sit in with the group. This performance was recorded at and was a fundraiser for the Hiddinite Arts and Heritage Center, in Hiddinite North Carolina. I think the world of these three ladies, Michele, Kim, and Donna. They're so talented and sing like angels together. The bass players name was Todd. He regularly plays upright but played a P-bass for this performance.
I only had one practice with the group the night before the show, during which I made notes on song keys, chord changes, and best scales to utilize for soloing. The truth is, when it came to the actual performance I mostly winged it and let myself be guided by the feel of the tunes.
I'm playing my Gibson Les Paul 1960 VOS, as well as a guitar called the "Elliott Tonemaster," which is built by a luthier named Andy Elliott who lives in Hiddinite. The amp was my 65 Amps London. For pedals I used a BOSS tuner, a Bogner Ecstasy Blue, and a MXR Phase 90 Script Reissue. I may have only kicked in the phase pedal once, though I used the amps built in tremolo quite a few times. I'm generally very light on the use of pedals, mostly relying on the guitars volume and tone knobs to get the various voices I prefer.
I really enjoyed the "throwing myself into the deep end" aspect of accepting this job. Country, blue grass, and gospel are not entirely outside the purview of my influences. In saying that I don't mean that I regularly listen to those genres. What I do mean is that many of the bands I am very familiar with do have those influences. Off the top of my head, bands like The Allman Brothers, 70s Clapton, Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young), The Flying Burrito Brothers/Gram Parsons, The Grateful Dead, The Band, Tesla, and Led Zeppelin (see LED ZEP III) all have that musical dna in their makeup, albeit combined with the blues and rock and roll. It is my familiarity with 60s/70s rock music that is infused with these elements of country, blue grass, and gospel that allows me to fake my way through this type of material.
Last night I played a live stream gig with a group of ladies who go by the name The Ya Yas. The video is on the facebook page in the link above. I've collaborated with Donna before in a side project called LAMCHOPZ, and it was she who hired me to sit in with the group. This performance was recorded at and was a fundraiser for the Hiddinite Arts and Heritage Center, in Hiddinite North Carolina. I think the world of these three ladies, Michele, Kim, and Donna. They're so talented and sing like angels together. The bass players name was Todd. He regularly plays upright but played a P-bass for this performance.
I only had one practice with the group the night before the show, during which I made notes on song keys, chord changes, and best scales to utilize for soloing. The truth is, when it came to the actual performance I mostly winged it and let myself be guided by the feel of the tunes.
I'm playing my Gibson Les Paul 1960 VOS, as well as a guitar called the "Elliott Tonemaster," which is built by a luthier named Andy Elliott who lives in Hiddinite. The amp was my 65 Amps London. For pedals I used a BOSS tuner, a Bogner Ecstasy Blue, and a MXR Phase 90 Script Reissue. I may have only kicked in the phase pedal once, though I used the amps built in tremolo quite a few times. I'm generally very light on the use of pedals, mostly relying on the guitars volume and tone knobs to get the various voices I prefer.
I really enjoyed the "throwing myself into the deep end" aspect of accepting this job. Country, blue grass, and gospel are not entirely outside the purview of my influences. In saying that I don't mean that I regularly listen to those genres. What I do mean is that many of the bands I am very familiar with do have those influences. Off the top of my head, bands like The Allman Brothers, 70s Clapton, Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young), The Flying Burrito Brothers/Gram Parsons, The Grateful Dead, The Band, Tesla, and Led Zeppelin (see LED ZEP III) all have that musical dna in their makeup, albeit combined with the blues and rock and roll. It is my familiarity with 60s/70s rock music that is infused with these elements of country, blue grass, and gospel that allows me to fake my way through this type of material.
It can be confusing, because while performing onstage I had the impression that I was maybe too loud. I always like to err on the side of never overpowering the vocals. A few songs into the set you can see me stand up and reach behind my amp. The guy running sound was looking at me, pointing his finger in the air, and mouthing the words, "Turn up." I have a built in attenuator type thing that's controlled from the back panel of the amp head. Once I turned that up a little my levels became more audible.