Western Jam, Firebird Studios, Bristol, 25th February 2024

Brocco Frets: 95
07 Oct, 2023
This will be our 5th Bristol based jam, for which people travel from far and wide. We are a friendly supportive bunch of varying ability levels, so you will fit right in!


Confirmed attendees:
mrkb
Brocco
roberty
stratman3142
Bennyboy-UK 
bobblehat
Neilybob
Vibetronic
SPECTRUM001
designerseye88
bertie
spark240
Bernie
Haych
BahHumbug
RR50
FastEddie +1

The tracks proposed and their current status can be viewed here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TXJ8bkpwfUB7MV2FfDNLNfapWZKMl7jc1Q2cgkd_fDw/edit?usp=sharing

Comments
mrkb Frets: 7697
07 Oct, 2023
Ah, go on then. I’m interested ;)
roberty Frets: 11014
07 Oct, 2023
I want to do the Ballad of John and Yoko at the next one
I’d love to come :)
roberty Frets: 11014
07 Oct, 2023
Was survival car dropped deliberately today? I actually learnt that one properly lol. We could do it next time
roberty said:
Was survival car dropped deliberately today? I actually learnt that one properly lol. We could do it next time
My bad. I went through the songs we hadn't done with @onlyonebradders and we must have missed that one.

One for next time. At least we had no shortage of songs to play.

roberty Frets: 11014
07 Oct, 2023
roberty said:
Was survival car dropped deliberately today? I actually learnt that one properly lol. We could do it next time
My bad. I went through the songs we hadn't done with @onlyonebradders and we must have missed that one.

One for next time. At least we had no shortage of songs to play.

Oh I was knackered lol
Brocco Frets: 95
08 Oct, 2023
roberty said:
I want to do the Ballad of John and Yoko at the next one
It would be really nice to hear your solo guitar arrangement for the Quueen track in full next time. 
Vibetronic Frets: 1046
08 Oct, 2023
Would love to come but not sure if I’ll get a pass this time. Will be a very tentative yes for the moment!
mrkb Frets: 7697
08 Oct, 2023
Would love to come but not sure if I’ll get a pass this time. Will be a very tentative yes for the moment!
What do you need to get a pass out Ben? If you show the wife the photo from yesterday and say it’s a charity event to “help the old folk rock out” would that help ;)
roberty Frets: 11014
08 Oct, 2023
Brocco said:
roberty said:
I want to do the Ballad of John and Yoko at the next one
It would be really nice to hear your solo guitar arrangement for the Quueen track in full next time. 
Cool okay, that'll be a good reason to keep my chops up in the meantime :-)
Yup, reckon so!

@digitalscream, could you sticky this please?  And un-sticky the one from two jams ago?   :)
mrkb Frets: 7697
08 Oct, 2023
If Andy isn’t able to do any drumming in Feb, I’m happy to do it again. Would probably be able to add 6-8 new songs in to existing ones IF they can be decided on early enough for me to get them notated and learnt.
bobblehat Frets: 572
09 Oct, 2023
Should be ok for me . =)
Vibetronic Frets: 1046
09 Oct, 2023
mrkb said:
Would love to come but not sure if I’ll get a pass this time. Will be a very tentative yes for the moment!
What do you need to get a pass out Ben? If you show the wife the photo from yesterday and say it’s a charity event to “help the old folk rock out” would that help ;)
Haha, good plan! :) From roughly October to April/May coincides with my wife’s hockey season; so most Saturdays are out. I only got this one just gone as I missed it last year and I held her to her promise she’d miss a match this time!!
Would a Sunday instead of a Saturday be easier for some?

mrkb Frets: 7697
09 Oct, 2023
I’m ok with a Sunday, firebird studios said it was quieter/easier onto park on a Sunday 
Brocco Frets: 95
09 Oct, 2023
I'm okay for either Saturday or Sunday 
roberty Frets: 11014
09 Oct, 2023
Doesn't bother me either way
Yarp, either is fine for me chaps.
bobblehat Frets: 572
10 Oct, 2023
Sundays are fine with me
roberty Frets: 11014
10 Oct, 2023
Sunday, bloody Sunday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RTJ4vHoYUs
Neilybob Frets: 1004
12 Oct, 2023
I'm interested in playing.

I can do Saturday or Sunday's. Though I'm not available the first weekend of February. 
Vibetronic Frets: 1046
12 Oct, 2023
Would a Sunday instead of a Saturday be easier for some?

That would be awesome, but I don’t want everyone putting themselves out just because Saturday is awkward for me. If it’s easy for people that would be great though as I’d love to come.
Brocco Frets: 95
15 Oct, 2023
mrkb said:
If Andy isn’t able to do any drumming in Feb, I’m happy to do it again. Would probably be able to add 6-8 new songs in to existing ones IF they can be decided on early enough for me to get them notated and learnt.
Brocco Frets: 95
15 Oct, 2023
Thought we could start suggesting tracks we have not done before. I have always liked Slade's version of the Janis Joplin track Move Over (for which there is little in the way of online resources).
I'll start a song list shortly including @Brocco's suggestion.

Some thoughts below, but feel free to shoot me down, or chip in with other ideas:

It would be good to have some new songs, so should we add about 6 to 8 new songs as suggested by @mrkb ;;

I think we had more than enough songs at the last jam. Perhaps we could also drop a few from the current list to keep the total number to about 25. That would give a bit more time for some polishing up, multiple runs throughs with different line-ups etc.

Also, it might be nice to allocate up to a hour to talk about and try gear. I know at least a couple of people brought amps to try out, and there wasn't time to give them a proper run through.
Brocco Frets: 95
27 Oct, 2023
in terms of finding a date in February that we can all make, I can't do the weekend of 17th/18th unfortunately and @Neilybob has advised that he is unavailable the first weekend (3rd/4th), so how is everyone fixed for 10th/11th or 24th/25th?
At the moment I can make your suggested dates. Are we going to try a Sunday this time?

Brocco Frets: 95
27 Oct, 2023
I believe everyone confirmed that Sunday is okay for them, so suggest we try and find one that works for all of us as a first step