Well this should be fun...

[MarkW]

Just got the set list through for a gig we're playing tonight. Among the usual stuff are three songs we last played together four years ago, two we've never played or even rehearsed, one that we did rehearse a couple of months ago and made such a hash of that we vowed never to unleash it on the public, and one I've never even heard of.

Should be a good night...

[rennie]

enjoy!

We were going to go see a local band tonight

but now we CBA

[MarkW]

Well, that was certainly interesting...

The pub full of paralytic punters had a great night, and clearly enjoyed themselves and the music. We played very well in the end, and even managed to pull off the new and under-rehearsed numbers fairly convincingly. Our guitarist stole the show though, for all the wrong reasons.

Apart from him we're all amateurs with day jobs who just play for fun. We're all pretty decent musicians, but are too lazy to practice much. Our guitarist is different: he's a pro, thinks he's God's gift to music, and is an insufferable prima donna. Before we went on last night he told me, the drummer and the keyboard player how he could play our instruments far better than us, which went down as well as you'd expect. He told me that he plays bass better than me in another band, to which I said "Are you on bass because they've got a better guitarist?" which just sent him into a massive sulk. He screwed up a couple of his interminable widdly-widdly solos - including the big one in Sweet Child of Mine which he launched into in the wrong key.

At the end of the gig he said he didn't think he could continue to play with us because we weren't good enough for him, at which point our keyboard player said "I'm sick of massaging your fragile little ego. Guitarists like you are a dime a dozen, so if you don't like it in this band piss off - it's that simple." The singer immediately tucked in as well, telling him she'd had more than enough of his juvenile behaviour. The drummer said that once he leaves the band he won't have to worry about maintaining harmonious relations any more, and will enthusiastically fulfil his long-held desire to smash his face in. At this point our guitarist looked close to tears, and went home.

We're playing another gig on Friday, so we'll have to see what happens.

[rennie]

that's showbiz!

[NearOn]

Maybe he's learnt his lesson now, any of your stuff on YouTube?

[Six30]

Yeh any vids of your band ?

[MarkW]

We haven't even got a proper band photo!

Three years ago we decided we ought to get a demo CD done at the recording studio in town. I think we're homing in on a date to do it...

[Mawsley]

http://i4.liverpoolecho.co.uk/incoming/article11735106.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/JS96599797.jpg

[MarkW]

Guitarists wife just sent me this one from Saturday's gig.