Friday, April 24, 2009

"Ban the Nickel" the band

Set 2*:
Super Sex (Morphine)
Democracy is Coming (L. Cohen)
Danny's All Star Joint (Ricky Lee Jones) (w/ guest female vocalist)
36-24-36 (Violent Femmes)
Foggy Notion (Velvet Underground)
Blue Rondo a la Turc (Brubeck)
Harlem Nocturne (a la The Viscounts)
Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Lloyd Price)
Roll With Me Henry (Etta James)
Bad Buisnessman (Sqirrel Nut Zippers) (possibly in medley with E Costello's "This Town")
Lucille / All Around the World (Little Richard)
*DW to redesign set 1 more selfishly and then we mix them up.

Given the average disposition of guitarists, I applaud the attempt to live without one. I wonder how long we can hold out. I wonder if 30- and 40- somethings can recruit a more malleable guitarist than I was able to recruit as a 20 year old. And who can paint a nickel with a red slash through it on a bass drum?

2 comments:

Holly Wade Matter said...

Guitarists. Yep. Brad (a bass player) knows all about guitarists.

madsaxer said...

Thank God I didn't rant about bass players. Whoosh. Actually, the bass player from the Amputees was a steadying force.