Members thatsbunk Posted September 7, 2016 Members Share Posted September 7, 2016 I was in the car on my way back from an appointment a little while ago & heard a song on the radio that I haven't heard in ages- "Hot Legs" by Rod Stewart. It brought back memories of my first band I was in during high school in the late 70's. It was the first song we as a band learned from start to finish (& one of the few that band ever learned for that matter). It was our own "Joe's Garage" with the neighborhood girls watching from the driveway... What was the first song you ever performed with a band? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted September 7, 2016 Members Share Posted September 7, 2016 First was playing bass on Satisfaction by the Stones. Was trying out for a band in my neighborhood when I was 11. They were way out of my league. First guitar was Fire by Hendrix at my high school in Trinidad when I was 13. Fun memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted September 7, 2016 Members Share Posted September 7, 2016 Man I cant even remember back that far. I switched from Violin to guitar in 68 and played in a rock band in 1970. I had already been playing in an orchestra on stage for a couple of years. I know I had been playing some classical versions of popular music. The only one I can remember was the Theme from Love story. In my first rock band I was playing stuff like Jumpin Jack Flash and Johnny B Good, Born to be Wild, all those common hits you'd hear on the radio back then. Cant tell you what the first might have been. Its all a blur at this point. I had been doing solo acoustic stuff allot too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted September 7, 2016 Members Share Posted September 7, 2016 I think it was either "Merrily We Roll Along" or "On Top Of Old Smokey", and the band was "Beginning Band" in Junior High School. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted September 8, 2016 Members Share Posted September 8, 2016 Let's see..... Bass it's a tie between Genesis- The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, or Renaissance- Can You Understand.Guitar.... Be Bop Deluxe- Maid in Heaven.Damn I'm old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted September 8, 2016 Members Share Posted September 8, 2016 Aside from banging out pieces of stuff like "Wild Thing" "Rock you like a Hurricane" and multiple ACDC riffs..... We learned (me on drums) a couple "complete" songs right off the bat doing them both at the same time. [YOUTUBE]ZaeEopDW0V4[/YOUTUBE] and [YOUTUBE]qnXRwmcKnes[/YOUTUBE] Not sure which one we "finished" first, so I'd say both of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted September 8, 2016 Members Share Posted September 8, 2016 I remember the 60s but the details are very general. Being a drummer it had to be the generic rock/pop starter pack. Credence, Zep, Hendrix, anything easy and satisfying; all done in a zone that went from poor to much worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted September 8, 2016 Members Share Posted September 8, 2016 "A Taste of Honey" Tijuana Brass version in the late 60s. I wrote out all the parts for everyone and played trumpet - switched to piano once I realized the other trumpet players were much better than me. I saw the Beatles' movie "Let It Be" in 1970 and switched to guitar with "Don't Bother Me" being the first song I learned to play with a band. It had a nice little Em - A7 vamp at the end that I could improvise over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted September 8, 2016 Members Share Posted September 8, 2016 Not a band per se but I was in an acoustic Christian group in college. It was the 70's so probably "Day By Day" from Godspell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted September 8, 2016 Members Share Posted September 8, 2016 Not a band per say but my first live performance with a sizable audience at university in the early 90's. My singing, as always, trumped my guitar playing. For example, I really struggled with the intro and remember getting really frustrated not being able to sound like him, but hey, he's Stevie Ray and I'm not. [video=youtube;H7ZPMScX9-k] The second one was this, though I doubt many of you have heard it. Cheese factor high in the video. [video=youtube;ugA5bLqivkY] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thatsbunk Posted September 8, 2016 Author Members Share Posted September 8, 2016 Let's see..... Bass it's a tie between Genesis- The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, or Renaissance- Can You Understand. Guitar.... Be Bop Deluxe- Maid in Heaven. Damn I'm old Damn, those are some ambitious songs to attempt out of the gate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 6down1togo Posted September 8, 2016 Members Share Posted September 8, 2016 Since you shifted gears between learned and performed (for an audience) ... first song learned "Pipeline" by the Chantays and first song performed for an audience was "I Got a Line On You" by Spirit. Our lead player choked on the break and I forgot the lyrics to the third verse and sang the first verse over again ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MarvelUndies Posted September 8, 2016 Members Share Posted September 8, 2016 This is incredibly embarrassing, but as a bassist the first song I learned with a band was Zombie by The Cranberries. As a guitarist, technically the first song was an original called The Last Stand, but the first cover was I think Symphony Of Destruction by Megadeth. The first cover we performed was Running Free by Iron Maiden, but that doesn't count as I already knew it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted September 8, 2016 Members Share Posted September 8, 2016 I was 20 in that band, playing for 2 years. Every one else, was mid 30's, and all pretty accomplished players. I got "drafted" because I knew and loved the music they wanted to do. Didn't take me too long, since the guitar player helped me figure it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesmann Posted September 8, 2016 Members Share Posted September 8, 2016 For me it was Santana's oye como va. I was 17 or 18 years old. I spun that record for dayz to get each part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members speakerjones Posted September 8, 2016 Members Share Posted September 8, 2016 Paranoid by Black Sabbath. I started my first band at 15, summer of 1991. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Karma1 Posted September 8, 2016 Members Share Posted September 8, 2016 Something by the Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash, Honky Tonk Woman, or one of their other classics. Don't remember which. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thatsbunk Posted September 9, 2016 Author Members Share Posted September 9, 2016 Something by the Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash' date=' Honky Tonk Woman, or one of their other classics. Don't remember which.[/quote'] They were on our original setlist too. I remember in particular trying to get the lyrics to honky tonk woman off the record (pre internet & lyrics on the liner notes) & getting them horribly wrong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted September 9, 2016 Members Share Posted September 9, 2016 They were on our original setlist too. I remember in particular trying to get the lyrics to honky tonk woman off the record (pre internet & lyrics on the liner notes) & getting them horribly wrong... I know what you mean... [video=youtube;iyHNryKojDY] "Mick Mick Mick… speak English" I did find that writing out lyrics while listening to the song also helped with the phrasing and timing (and the arrangement) compared to simply reading from a downloaded lyric sheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted September 9, 2016 Members Share Posted September 9, 2016 what's wrong with the cranberries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted September 9, 2016 Members Share Posted September 9, 2016 lol...that clip is hilarious...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wankdeplank Posted September 9, 2016 Members Share Posted September 9, 2016 I started out just going to jams where a line of guitar players would take their turn jammin their songs with the drummer - a gang bang I guess you could call it. My songs at the time were easy classic rock tunes like Born to be wild, Wild Thing, Born on the Bayou etc., etc. All I remember was how cool it felt to lock in with the drummer and bass player (didn't always have a volunteer for bass). To this day one of my greatest joys is playing with a rock steady drummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eyobeez Posted September 10, 2016 Members Share Posted September 10, 2016 Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum for the talent show at St. Anne's Catholic school in fifth grade! I remember our rhythm guitarist at the time emailed Mr. Greenbaum to ask him how he got that fuzz sound, and he got an email back. Great memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thatsbunk Posted September 10, 2016 Author Members Share Posted September 10, 2016 Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum for the talent show at St. Anne's Catholic school in fifth grade! I remember our rhythm guitarist at the time emailed Mr. Greenbaum to ask him how he got that fuzz sound' date=' and he got an email back. Great memories. [/quote'] So... what did he tell you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members eyobeez Posted September 10, 2016 Members Share Posted September 10, 2016 He said he built something into his guitar. That's all I remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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