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Post by stoney on Mar 26, 2011 19:10:41 GMT -5
Well I was married thrice & have a cat! ;D
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Post by stoney on Mar 26, 2011 19:36:13 GMT -5
Kit, you were a bass player? What bassist do you like in today's music? I love Flea, with Slash bringing up the rear.
Flea & the Peppers~~
Slash & Guns n' Roses~~
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Post by jplatt on Mar 28, 2011 14:39:45 GMT -5
boy I'm sure glad I had the reunion last year all this new stuff about the old playing days is just great.now on with the show THE DATE FOR THIS YEARS REUNION IS AUG.20 SAT SAME PLACE.please pass this info on thank you.... Jay
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Post by bobbbiez on Mar 28, 2011 17:07:46 GMT -5
 Will do! Thanks Jay. 
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Post by kit on Mar 29, 2011 9:29:36 GMT -5
Stoney, yeah I was a bass player but only because I was asked. I'm a trained drummer and messed around a little with the 6-string guitar. I was asked to join the Nitecaps as a bassist and went out and bought a bass and started playing it. The 4 strings on a bass are tuned like 4 of the guitar strings so the transition wasn't very difficult.
Being a drummer, my hands are very fast and this reflected in my playing. My bass style was sort of unique and I haven't heard anyone who has been able to duplicate it yet. I enjoyed it when I played, but left the music 'business' in 1965 when my dad got sick. I still play the drums in a few concert bands, and that's where my love lies. (Well, that particular love, anyway.) Much to the consternation of the other drummers, my favorite is the bass drum.
In today's music you never know if there's a real dummer or bass player ayway. Everything is phoney. So I don't have a favorite bass player today.
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Post by stoney on Apr 1, 2011 14:26:55 GMT -5
I understand that, Kit. Both Flea & Slash are family men & don't partake in drugs/alcohol, which is probably the major reason for their success (while Flea is single, he raises his teenage daughter, Clara, by himself).
In Guns N' Roses case, Axl Rose got booted due to his excessive drug use. Slash ended up starting a new band, Velvet Revolver. If you'll notice in the video, there's a gal with long, dark wavy hair whom he kisses at one point; that was his ex-girlfriend, who is also the same woman on the Poison "Every Rose has its Thorn" video.
She is a friend of mine I met years ago who broke it off with Axl due to his not being very good at much of anything under his condition. She married a cop, has 3 kids, & lives in the Midwest.
Do you like their playing, though?
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Post by virgilgal on Apr 1, 2011 18:59:41 GMT -5
Did any of you used to hear Mossback Mule Band? They were probably one of the first bands I followed. Used to hear them at The Oasis in Westmoreland a lot and just loved them. My guy knew some of them and I think one of them taught him to play guitar. I don't know if any of them are still around or playing out with other bands. I never knew their names or if I did I have long forgotten; just remember they taught me to love dancing and rock -n- roll!
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Post by JGRobinson on Apr 2, 2011 5:31:27 GMT -5
VG, you know I know the MM band! Who was the O-falls guy who did the Blues Brothers Shows, Danny someone??
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Post by virgilgal on Apr 2, 2011 6:32:02 GMT -5
JG do you know who the members were in Mossback? There's still a band that shows up on youtube that is called by the same name but is not the same band.
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Post by JGRobinson on Apr 2, 2011 20:54:34 GMT -5
IDK, going to have to look for my old Rock of Central NY albums, they are on a couple of them.
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Will do! Thanks Jay. 
