Video of my band's most recent show

glasshand · Thu Aug 17, 2023 5:13 pm

I just learned that the venue (Mama Tried) where my band (the 86's) last played videos all of their events and posts them on Youtube!
Not our tightest show by a long shot, but a fun one. I'm the guitarist in the black hat and sunglasses.

(I also wish that the camera was a little further back so that it would show there actually was an audience and not just two or three people

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sabasgr68 · Thu Aug 17, 2023 10:19 pm

Awesome!

So you´re one of those AGFers who really play their guitars!

JOKING, JOKING!

Now, seriously, it´s so great that you can play with your band. I´d like to have some friends to play with just for fun, not gigs or shows or anything. But first I´d have to practice seriously again and keep on learning. After more than 2 years I´ve lost the fine detail; my hands feel like iron fists

Thanks for sharing!

glasshand · Fri Aug 18, 2023 6:47 pm

Thank you! Playing live is really the most fun part of it for me - that's what it's really all about. It's cool to record stuff and get it out there to the world, but that 45 minutes or so on stage is where you really get to shine (or fall on your face!)

tonebender · Sun Aug 20, 2023 9:00 am

Looks like a great time for everyone.

Wed Aug 23, 2023 9:56 am

Great Stuff guys!

jhull54 · Wed Aug 23, 2023 12:53 pm

Love it! Kickass.

tlarson58 · Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:10 am

This is good stuff. 'Looks like the whole afteroon was fun.

glasshand · Thu Aug 24, 2023 9:15 am

Thanks all! It was a really cool afternoon and the audience seemed to like us - after the tip bucket was divided up, I think it was our highest-grossing show ever. (Meaning that I might have actually netted a few dollars after bar tab and taxi fare

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jhull54 · Fri Aug 25, 2023 9:43 am

I went back and checked out your band's set in it's entirety. You guys have kind of a Stooges/Saints vibe! Liked it a lot.

I then checked out the Martinets. They were pretty tight, too. I looked and isn't that Daniel Rey's band? That guy has done a lot of stuff and is a semi-legend (in my book anyway) in the scene up there. Very cool to see their set. 3 chords and a cloud of dust. All three groups were really entertaining. Looked like a great show.

There's a bar named Mama Tried down here pretty close by, but it's definitely more "Texas themed" than the one you guys played.

glasshand · Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:12 am

jhull54 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 25, 2023 9:43 am I went back and checked out your band's set in it's entirety. You guys have kind of a Stooges/Saints vibe! Liked it a lot.

I then checked out the Martinets. They were pretty tight, too. I looked and isn't that Daniel Rey's band? That guy has done a lot of stuff and is a semi-legend (in my book anyway) in the scene up there. Very cool to see their set. 3 chords and a cloud of dust. All three groups were really entertaining. Looked like a great show.

There's a bar named Mama Tried down here pretty close by, but it's definitely more "Texas themed" than the one you guys played.

Thanks! Yeah, the Martinets are definitely kind of a "thing". There's actually a funny story about the gig and them: we were originally given the impression that we were going to be responsible for putting together the entire lineup, so we started contacting other bands and arranging things. Then we were told that the lineup was already set up, so we had to go back to the bands that we'd talked to and apologize, and we grumbled, and said, "OK, well, let's see who they put us with..." and we start looking them up, and when we see that who the Martinets, and Daniel Rey in particular, are, our jaws drop!