Dino originaly I came from Blackburn in the uk then we moved to a more rural location near Lancaster but we now live in Crete for a lot of the year ,At the moment we are back in the UK, having spent the last month in London with my son Ive observed some things that made me realise why I chose the life I have now .
1,576 2014-01-21 08:41:31
Re: London Rain .Original new song (4 replies, posted in My local band and me)
1,577 2014-01-20 18:29:25
Topic: London Rain .Original new song (4 replies, posted in My local band and me)
http://www.reverbnation.com/gbbluesband … ondon-rain
Hope you like this .
1,578 2014-01-18 13:11:58
Re: Disappointing First Encounter (8 replies, posted in Electric)
Harley Davidson 1340 heritage soft tail big disappointment
1,579 2014-01-18 02:56:02
Topic: Blues on Greek radio (0 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
For some real good tunes Check out Captain Joe on Best radio Iraklion http://best947.listen2myradio.com/
Captain Joe plays nightly some of the best stuff 8 till 10 uk time Check it out .
1,580 2014-01-18 02:49:47
Re: Richmond Bridge Blues Club (4 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Got played on Iraklion radio tonight The DJ captain joe does a great show ,mostly blues .
1,581 2014-01-17 20:43:16
Re: Re the holes in Blackburn Lancashire (24 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
no worries dino the thing about a post like this is it jogs peoples memory's and grows into a work of art.
I love motorcycles ,my wife hates them ,but I love her more than any motorcycle .
1,582 2014-01-17 18:35:50
Re: Richmond Bridge Blues Club (4 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxu2dZUsNB0
second song of the set .Messin with the Kid
1,583 2014-01-13 00:59:50
Re: Richmond Bridge Blues Club (4 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Big thank you to every one who came tonight we had a blast hope you all enjoyed it too
1,584 2014-01-12 01:12:24
Re: Tight (4 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Need to get back on with this one I might play it tomorrow at my Richmond gig if the audience are kind to me .
1,585 2014-01-12 01:09:30
Re: The BBQ (8 replies, posted in Poems)
Hey Easybeat I must have been to one of your bbqs ,it all seems so familiar .Love the flying lettuce .
Great stuff
Grah
1,587 2014-01-11 00:57:09
Re: Re the holes in Blackburn Lancashire (24 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I had a commando 850 for a while and later a triumph trident t150 v the commando was nice but the trident out performed it in every way.
1,588 2014-01-10 16:45:01
Re: Frantic (16 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks for the feed back guys its appreciated
1,589 2014-01-10 02:04:39
Re: Re the holes in Blackburn Lancashire (24 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
It was entirely Trevs fault he used to ride like a lunatic .He wasn't wired up right I remember one time he stripped a bike down in his mothers living room , granted he covered the carpet with plastic but he then drained the oil out which ran over the edges .We all had a good laugh at his Dad dragging the bike out of the door and Trev trying to drag it back in. Honestly you couldn't invent a story like this even if you wanted to .
1,590 2014-01-10 01:48:14
Re: Re the holes in Blackburn Lancashire (24 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Cant say really but at the time we always thought Lennon couldn't count . 
I would think that by now there all filled but I'll be up there in a couple of weeks so I'll try and do a quick audit 
1,591 2014-01-09 22:56:36
Re: accuracy of playing songs (25 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
The new skills thing is very important .I always bring something new to rehearsals ,not as a suggestion to include it in future sets but to improve and diversify from things we have been used to.
Some time ago I suggested we play Donna Summers hot stuff which every body except our girl singer seemed horrified by . How ever every body loved it once they played it ,the lead riff having such an effect on our Conga player( who is also a good guitarist ) as he asked if he could take the lead on guitar for this song .
1,592 2014-01-09 22:44:08
Topic: Re the holes in Blackburn Lancashire (24 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
On Phill Williams posts he has a reference to the holes in Blackburn
I actually come from Blackburn and I do have a funny and totally true story about a hole .
Back in the late 60s a friend of mine had a Norton Dominator motorcycle .One day not looking where he was going he rode it into a large hole in the ground .Looking up from the hole at the bewildered council worker who had been leaning on his shovel as the accident happened he said "Give me a hand to get it out mate" .The council worker replied ."You were clever enough to get the bugger in there your self ,lets see if your clever enough to get it out ."
1,593 2014-01-09 22:38:17
Re: accuracy of playing songs (25 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
This is an argument which some of my colleague's feel quite strong about .Our last bass player really felt that we should mimic the original songs where as the rest of us felt we should put out own stamp on the track ,As probably 60% of the current set is covers My personal take is that it should sound like us and not the original artist .
However if you play as a tribute artist then yes try and be as close to the original as you can ,no one wants an Elvis impersonator who sound like Dolly Parton .
1,594 2014-01-09 11:04:45
Re: Frantic (16 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Thanks Jets your too kind it will be better when Cindy sings it lol
1,595 2014-01-09 01:21:58
Re: Frantic (16 replies, posted in Songwriting)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBPHBzozYNc
Rough recording as promised
1,596 2014-01-08 16:22:49
Topic: The Dance( original song by Graham Windle ) (1 replies, posted in My local band and me)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kpW4E-pulA
This is a preview of an original song I 'm working on at the moment .The recordings a bit rough as is my voice at the moment .But I hope you like it .
1,597 2014-01-08 15:32:02
Re: What was your first song? (173 replies, posted in Acoustic)
Probably Johnny be good or some other rock n roll classic
1,598 2014-01-08 10:27:11
Re: Frantic (16 replies, posted in Songwriting)
thanks dino cindy wrote this morning saying can I sing it over Skype for her tonight .I think I'll vid it and utube it though
1,599 2014-01-07 23:15:53
Topic: Frantic (16 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Wrote this for Cindy Scholl the great flautist who I often play with something to try while I'm in the UK never penned a reggae tune before but as she had me playing Bob Marley most of last year I thought I should try ..
Frantic by Graham Windle copyright 01/01/2014 allrights reserved
A Em
You cant tell me its the way you planned it
A
you cant tell me that you understand it
D
you cant tell me that the Martians landed
A E A
Are the answers to my questions gonna make you frantic
A Em
You cant show me how it is to be famous
A
You might tell me that the journey is painless
D
You might ask me to swim the Atlantic
A E A
But the answers to my questions gonna make you frantic
Bridge
E
Time and time and time again
D
I search for things I cant explain
E
An autograph, a photograph,
D
A thousand things that make you laugh
E
The leaves that fall beside a stream
D
Your always on the winning team
F#
I close my eyes and count to ten
E
Ihen every things the same again
E.....
A Em
You cant tell me its the way you planned it
A
you cant tell me that you understand it
D
you cant tell me that the Martians landed
A E A
Are the answers to my questions gonna make you frantic
A E A
Are the answers to my questions gonna make you frantic
A E A
Are the answers to my questions gonna make you frantic
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In chordpro format below:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Frantic by Graham Windle
copyright: 01/01/2014 allrights reserved
[A]You canttell me its the [Em]wayyou planned it
you canttell me that[A]you understand it
you canttell methat [D]the Martians landed
Are [A]theanswers[E]tomyquestions gonna[A] make you frantic
[A]You cant show me how[Em] it is tobefamous
You mighttell me thatthe[A]journey is painless
You might ask me [D]to swim the Atlantic
But[A]the answers[E] to myquestions gonna[A] make you frantic
Bridge
[E]Time and time and time again
[D]I search for things I cant explain
[E]An autograph, a photograph,
[D]A thousand things that make you laugh
[E]The leaves that fall beside a stream
[D]Your always on the winning team
[F#]I close my eyes and count to ten
[E]Then every things the same again
[E].....
[A]You canttell me its the [Em]wayyou planned it
you canttell me that[A]you understand it
you canttell methat [D]the Martians landed
Are [A]theanswers[E]tomyquestions gonna[A] make you frantic
Are [A]theanswers[E]tomyquestions gonna[A] make you frantic
Are [A]theanswers[E]tomyquestions gonna[A] make you frantic
1,600 2014-01-05 20:36:30
Re: What was your biggest single aid to improving? (24 replies, posted in Acoustic)
I think the thing that helped me most when I came back to playing was the use of backing tracks as I had not played with a band for many years I found it helped with timing issues and gave me added confidence to play live again.