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Location: NJ | Had our first official "rehearsal" last night.
LottaFun.
LookingForward to FriNite.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I'm sure there is an interesting story behind the name?? |
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Location: NJ | NotReally.
We (almost)NEVER "rehearse".
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | Next time your name your band Without Uranus :D
Good Luck |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Rehearsal?????
How did you get Rick to show up. Did you practice at Dunkin Donuts???? |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | First rehersal Tuesday nite.
First gig Friday nite.
Have no idea what that's like.
(Good luck and have fun tho'!) |
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Location: Jet City | break a leg Cliff |
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Location: NJ | John, the "rehearsal" was a clever ruse on my part t'get Rick to "grovel" . . .
Rehearsal is for Pussies.
John(the piano-player) plays in another (PartyRock)band.
We're trying to rope his drummer (who's kickASS!) t'come & sit-in on cajon/percussion.
(If he shows, we'll OWN that place! . . .) |
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Location: Scotland | What happened to the solo career? Musical differences? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Good name, Señor Wallenda... |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Originally posted by Paul Templeman:
What happened to the solo career? Musical differences? Nice. :D |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | . . . couldn't see eye to eye |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Originally posted by Paul Templeman:
What happened to the solo career? Musical differences? :D |
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Location: GA USA | One member was always late? |
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Location: big island | playing with his flute |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | 
"You played the wrong chord stupid ....no YOU did" |
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Location: NJ | ". . What happened to the solo career? Musical differences? . ."
The singer was a c@nt (aren't they ALL??).
I still have two monthly solo gigs, but after awhile, playing by yourself just becomes MusicalMasturbation . . .
Just needed to "spice things up", occasionally.
This "band" will be pretty loose & without "constraints" . . . pretty much "without a net" . . . |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I actually figured the name out within a few seconds. That's unusual for me. Congrats, Cliff. Are you going to do a website with your bio on it, or will you try something different this time? |
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Location: Tennessee | You guys will be the next great jam band! Sort of Phish Without Annette.
Maybe Whitehead can make an iPhone bootleg recording of the event. I'd listen. Have fun and good luck. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Originally posted by stonebobbo:
You guys will be the next great jam band! Sort of Phish Without Annette.
PHISH???? Well I WAS planning on going. Now I'm not so sure...... |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Clifford has taken to distributing my headshot to the bouncers at venues prior to taking the stage... |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | Originally posted by stonebobbo:
You guys will be the next great jam band! Sort of Phish Without Annette.
Maybe Whitehead can make an iPhone bootleg recording of the event. I'd listen. Have fun and good luck. Or could that be Chums Without Annette? |
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Location: NJ | F@ckThat! . . I've got them tracking the GPS coordinates of your iPhone . . . |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Clifford has taken to distributing my headshot to the bouncers at venues prior to taking the stage... Interesting. Clifford is obviously smarter than he looks..... |
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Location: NJ | PHISH???
The only "Phish" is THIS band'll be on our "Phingers" . . . |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Originally posted by cliff:
F@ckThat! . . I've got them tracking the GPS coordinates of your iPhone . . . Wouldn't the I-Phone actually have to work to do that? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Behave. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | good name, and yes it's more challenging and fun to play with other people. The music gets better. |
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Location: Vermont USA | Cliff remember landing on an air mattress can be hazardous also.
Good luck Pauly |
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Location: Vermont USA | Oh and by the way Annette was my favorite mouseketeer :) Pauly |
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Location: NJ | y'mean there were others?? . . . |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | The only "Phish" is THIS band'll be on our "Phingers" . . . Ughhh, that wouldn't then be "Phinger Phood" would it?
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by cliff:
I still have two monthly solo gigs, but after awhile, playing by yourself just becomes MusicalMasturbation . . . Maybe you just need a new instrument. To relive(sic) the boredom. |
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Location: Delaware | Knock em dead Cliff, break a leg, hey, break both legs !! Have a blast. |
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| Ignore these peasants clifford. Enjoy.
But tell me - how unbelievably horrible is it to have jW come to stay? For two weeks? |
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Location: everywhere | I thought it read without Jeanette and I was goint to ring her up while you were away at the gig. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Always at the diabolical, aren't you CR? |
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Location: NJ | Another fat, balding, no-talent guitar player.
she'll be thrilled . . . |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | BTW, Cliff...have a blast! Hope it goes great! |
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| What' the trio line up Cliff? Bass, Drums, Keys,
Curious what's the music? any electric work for you with this? |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I took it literally, ie, finally, they got rid of Annette and were having like an intervention. She probably took too many drugs. |
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Location: NJ | I had used the name once or twice before (when John&I did guitar/piano duo gigs).
The bar-owner (on the phone) asks "what do I "bill" you as??". I said "WithoutAnnette" (I then spell-it-out for him).
Uncomfortable Dead Silence.
". . . oka-a-a-a-a-ay . . . . . .
A month later, it's up on the marquee.
It makes for good banter with which to f@ck w/the audience (an'GodKnows, we're good at THAT . . .)
Rick plays acoustic guitars, mando & sings
John plays keyboards & sings
I attempt to play acoustic guitars & sing.
(I've been forcing myself t'use the LongNeck more on songs that it'll "work" on. The "mix" of the two different guitars & piano work real well).
I'd LIKE t'be able to work this into rooms that'll pay enough for us to take on a percussionist. We've "tentatively" got one sitting-in on Fri(maybe).
When I booked the gig, I booked it as a duo for "x" amount of $'s.
When he ends up getting a 4pc. (hopefully, ripping the place up) he's gonna' want "that!".
"Unfortunately, THATS's when we start talking in the "y" category of $.
Just very "eclectic" ClassicRock tunes.
Beatles, Stones, Clapton, TalkingHeads, Doors, Floyd, Allmans, SRV, STP, Nirvana, Al Stewart, Lucinda Williams, CSN(&Y), FooFighters, Zeppelin, Creedence, SteelyDan, blah, blah, blah, . . . BarMusic.
(One of our strong points is we have a very "varied" repertoire).
Eventually, would like to start working-in some Originals . . . everything's still very "formulative".
We shall see how things Transpire . . . |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | ....still no Xanadu, cliffie? |
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Location: NJ | ". . ....still no Xanadu, cliffie? . ."
Sorry, Timster.
Alas, I lost a wheel off one of my rollerskates,
and that damn headband just doesn't fit anymore . . . |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | Alas, I lost a wheel off one of my rollerskates,
and that damn headband just doesn't fit anymore . . . Isn't it wonderful how just a few well crafted words can create such a lasting mental image..... :eek: |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Originally posted by Tim Chapman:
Alas, I lost a wheel off one of my rollerskates,
and that damn headband just doesn't fit anymore . . . Isn't it wonderful how just a few well crafted words can create such a lasting mental image..... :eek: |
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Location: Jet City | You know Cliff, I just split with a gal named Annette after 3 years... I took the name literally at first.
BTW, Geddy Lee would look horrible singing Xanadu in roller skates and a headband :confused: |
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| Yeah but when you see him live, and he fills the stadium with his incredible bass work, sub bass, keys, and amazing vocals it's only the gay guy's in the crowd who still care about his looks.
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I respect them, Rush, But they just never did it for me. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | I liked/like them well enough...but the guitar work of REO Speedwagon's Gary Richrath always knocked me out...great band: "You Can Tune A Piano But You Can't Tuna Fish" is my favorite (the "Live" album is great too...) |
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Location: NJ | FridayNight went off pretty well.
Not a huge crowd, but being that FairleighDickinson and Drew Universites are right up the street, it's generally a "CollegeCrowd", and they won't be back for two more weeks, so our Oct. date there'll be better, crowd-wise (actually, I rather enjoyed NOT having to compete with the din of beer-goggled, HormoneHockey in the crowd).
FINALLY got t'use the FreeHand tablet in a working, gig environment. It worked like a Champ!!
Bright, legible, and (if I had STUCK to the pre-conceived "Plan" of STICKING to the SetList, and NOT "jumping about"!) incredibly fast/easy to "navigate".
HighPoints of the Night:
Billy Joel's "Miami2017"
TalkingHead's "Life During WarTime"
Stephen Still's "For What It's Worth"
Door's "RoadHouse Blues" & "L.A. Woman"
Al Stewart's "Don't Forget Me" & "Waiting For Margaux"
Allman's "OneWayOut"
WorldParty's "Is It Like Today"
Nirvana's "All Aplogies"
Lennon's "Watching The Wheels"
PinkFloyd's "Breathe" & "Time"
Beatles' "Things We Said Today"
SteelyDan's "Pretzel Logic"
SRV "Pride&Joy"
Clapton's "Bell Bottom Blues"
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Location: Shotley Bridge, Northern England | Great set Cliff! Must be a 'Baby Boomers' thing... :)
HW |
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Location: south east Michigan | Nice set list Cliff.
It's obvious that you don't and won't allow yourself to be lulled into an Eagles, Cat Stevens, Freebird type of clichéd set list.
Brian & I try to keep our song list less familar, although a few "standards" have slipped in.
Next time I get to hear ya play I'd like to request... Bell Bottom Blues & Watchin' the Wheels (because I'd like to play'em myself), and LA Woman (just to see how you pull it off).
Old people, baby boomer.... it's getting to mean the same thing. |
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Location: NJ | Brad; the Cat Stevens/Eagles stuff is usually for when the remainder of the "DinnerCrowd" is still there. There wasn't much of them left by the time we started, so the "mellow" stuff was just the first couple songs . . the rest of the night was uptempo stuff . . |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Life During War Time ... acoustically ... mmmh ... I can imagine that in a Blue Grass style! Thanks for the idea. |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Nice set list Cliff.
It's obvious that you don't and won't allow yourself to be lulled into an Eagles, Cat Stevens, Freebird type of clichéd set list.
Brian & I try to keep our song list less familar, although a few "standards" have slipped in. I remember polling the Board on this same thing a few years ago. I guess as a performing musician you HAVE to play some of the Eagles/Beatles/Cat Stevens/Van Morrison standards (or at least have them in the bag if you need them) but, as a guy who plays on the back deck most of the time, I can pretty much make the set list any way I want it to be and I gravitate to the B sides, the not exactly Top Ten but maybe Top 50 instead stuff. Margaritaville is fun but boring after a while... |
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Location: south east Michigan | I'll vote for "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" as the most over-done Beatles song.
Other than that, for the most part, ya can't have to much Beatles. |
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Location: south east Michigan | That's different. Take a standard and turn it on it's ear and it's not a standard anymore, |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Couldn't agree more. And, as much as I love that song, I would also have to agree that WMGGW's is definitely one of the most overplayed Beatles tunes ever. Guess that's just a testament to how great a song it is (...so let's ALL beat it into the ground, right?). |
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