My Interest rate gamble pays off again!

RenovationMan

Pobby wrote: »

Yep a braas player but mainly keyboards. Specialise in organ. Not the Blackpool Tower variety but jazz, blues and so on. I`m moving back to near London and already hearing about chances to play. Never made it big time but played support to the likes of Robert Cray, Georgie Fame Jan Hammer so all quite exciting. Plus the London circuit in the 80`s. Mean Fidler, The Greyhound, Camden Lock. Might mean something to someone of a certain age.

What style of guitar do you play? I have been in the retail and wholesale side of instrument selling for 40 odd years.

Sadly many are now falling by the way side. Always a shame when you here about old customers I visited as a kid having to shut shop. Some date back to the 19th century.

Jazz and blues are great to play for the more 'mature' gentleman muso.

I actually play acoustic guitar, the banjo and I've been known to beat a tune out of a mandolin. I'm more your folk sort of musician than a rock balad axe man.

I'm lucky where I live because it has a decent musical heritage, mostly in brass to be fair (http://www.whitfriday.brassbands.saddleworth.org/intro.html)

but a decent folk presence
http://www.livingtradition.co.uk/node/143

Good luck with the London move. The good thing about being able to play an instrument is that you can quickly fit in and find friends.

Pobby

Brass bands. I cut my musical teeth in a brass band. Where you are they are a real heritage.

The only real claim to fame is on of my God kids is a founder member of Bellow Head. Must admit that they really have pepped up folk music. A strange experiment that I believe works really well.

Pobby

Oh just a thought. As a mandolin player you might well have come across my old mate Simon Mayer who I recorded a Christmas record with many years ago.

RenovationMan

Pobby wrote: »

Oh just a thought. As a mandolin player you might well have come across my old mate Simon Mayer who I recorded a Christmas record with many years ago.

LOL. I'm definitely not a mandolin player Pobbs, I can play 'bagpuss' faultlessly and 'greensleeves' really really badly. :rotfl:

I do love the sound of it mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ihs2PPf8s

Pobby

Keep at it. I hear " Bag Puss" is the next big thing, lol!

RenovationMan

Pobby wrote: »

Keep at it. I hear " Bag Puss" is the next big thing, lol!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga23iSxyXO4&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL20E8072A056799C9

Pobby

:DWas it prudent of her to open a shop that sold nothing. I am thinking here of rent, rates and utilities to say nothing of insurance?

wotsthat

Bank of England holds interest rates at 0.5%

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19505128

It's what he would have wanted.

Mr._Pricklepants

I miss Renoman.
His posts were always informative and well balanced.
He was also always right, probably why the devon gang bullied him out of here.

JonnyBravo

Mr._Pricklepants wrote: »

...Renoman ...well balanced.

:rotfl:

Of course.
Famously so.