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13 Feb 2010

Jam Night - The Woolpack, Radcliffe - Tomorrow from 8...!!!

Posted By : The Dean Casement Trio | Comments : 8

Come down and have a do...!!!

Full backline provided drums, bass, 2 guitar rigs MUST BRING YOU OWN GUITARS!!! (Unless I know/like you and you can use mine)...

So if your a band or a solo player who just wants to have a knock with the boys and girls it doesnt matter come down and have a laugh with us.

***also The Woolpack are booking bands for the Sunday afternoon gigs 4 til 7 for the rest of the year, so come down show Lesley and Sammy your stuff and get a gig, simple.***

So I shall see you all flocking in tomorrow.

Much love

Deani Baby x

Comments

# Posted by Tubthumper - 13/02/2010, 16:13 (GMT)

And a great jam night it is too. Not one of these palavers where the house band monopolise the event with stuff they gig and whose sole purpose should be to get the session started...not to, with mock humility, say they are limited to playing three songs and then stick two fingers up to everyone else there by playing a 4 song medley as their last song with barely an attempt made to creatively segue from one song to the next.

In my opinion, jams are for musicians, not bands. I can't see the point in getting up as a band and playing stuff you have rehearsed or gigged to death. Have the guts to get up with people you've never played with before, try musical styles you are unfamiliar with, or songs you've never heard of. These are opportunities for people to hone their communication skills, work on improvisation and to put themselves out there and bugger the consequences. Who cares if it doesn't sound anything like the original. Just enjoy the collaboration. The room lights up when something original comes out of totally disparate sets of people coming together to try new things.

Fair enough if you are an originals band and want to test your new material on an audience before you gig it. I can get with that but
who the hell wants to see classic rock covers by a band who gigs them week after week. I can go to a gig for that.

Anyway, the Woolpack jam has been a real quality night every time I've had a look in. Quality gear (not a broken down kit with faulty hardware and broken cymbals) and always plenty of folk in for you to try your hand at something you might not have had the opportunity to in your current band.

Oh and you can get chips from the takeaway next door AND bring them into the pub which makes this jam night entirely made of win!

Oh...part 2....it's hosted by a bloke who used to be a stripper and has some signature move called a "foreskin smash" so any long haired guitar widdlers who want to play "Whole Lotta Rosie" because it's "safe" can expect a face full of bell end cheddar

Rant over.

# Posted by The Dean Casement Trio - 13/02/2010, 16:23 (GMT)

yeah it really good.

# Posted by 45's - 13/02/2010, 16:56 (GMT)

Dean, Hindley Arms 3pm slot ? Mon 5th April

Let me know pal.

# Posted by The Dean Casement Trio - 13/02/2010, 17:02 (GMT)

Our Micks away down in Suffolk again at the mo he'll be back Mon/Tues I think. Seein as you are such a gent my man I would love to help you out. Pencil us in for it and I'll square it with the lads.

Dean

# Posted by 45's - 13/02/2010, 17:05 (GMT)

Done, speak to you soon,

Cheers,

Rick.

# Posted by The Dean Casement Trio - 13/02/2010, 17:07 (GMT)

Ive just had a look on our date sheet jobby and it shows mikes unavailable it may be that he's giggin in the evening, ill have a word and confirm for sure when he gets back.

# Posted by Mike Collinge - 13/02/2010, 17:20 (GMT)

hi Dean & Rick.

soz, under wifey's orders - no gig on april 5th as she has something planned for birthday(mine!!!).

dean, can roberto do it?

# Posted by The Dean Casement Trio - 13/02/2010, 17:42 (GMT)

No problemo Sir Mike of the bass... Robertos in Argentina at the min visiting family and stuff he went today and is away for a fortnight, i shall have a word on his return.

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