My Band Vfranie 1965-69

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a few friends on here have asked me overtime wether I played in a band etc, well I did but only from 1965-69,we played mainly in the midlands at dance halls and uni's.
best gig we did was support for Cream in '67/8 at
Nottingham Tec.
Nowadays i just play for enjoyment
thanks for looking.oh for anyone interested I'm front right
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Four years together at that time was pretty good, and amazing to have a chance to support Cream. :)
 
Great memory there. do you ever get back together for a jam?
 
Hi Nick,thanks for that,unfortunately 2 of the guys have past but myself and the other guitarist sometimes get together with the acoustics.

Are you a band member?
 
Ah I'm sorry to hear that. No unfortunately not. I did quite a bit of singing at school and after till I was about 19. Then life got in the way. Funnily enough, I'm exploring it again at the moment. I have the bug again. My kids may disagree though!!
 
Wow, amazing! Supporting Cream and playing with them must have been great! Arguable the best time ever for music too.

I did try to take up guitar but not very musical! Small claim to fame is that my mums cousin was in a band called the Action who had a decent following in the 60s, and were produced by George Martin!
 
Yes it was a great time ,just loved the music being written then,we used to support Jimmy James and the vagabonds a lot and also once a band called the Fantastics,something old something new was there hit
 
artyman said:
A lot of us teenager rock guitarists are still trying to get out of our now rather creaky old bodies! :D
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I wish I had played in my teens. Didn't start until I was 40. Sadly that was 20-yrs ago!
 
Great tone & technique. I've never done the finger picking jazz thing, and wonder if it's a part of getting older.
 
I think so but also looking for more challenging things to play in an idiom that appeals to oneself, eg i couldn't be bothered with learning tapping or Yagnie malsteem style for example.but this laid back melodic semi jazz type stuff I love to hear and play to the degree my technique allows :)
 
I thought he was about to start playing "I'm so glad". :)

Acoustically my Suzuki dread still works well most of the time (had it since the early 80s) but I bought a Tanglewood folk sized job on ebay for £75 before christmas for slide work, & it projects really well for that. Could never imaging spending that kind of money on an acoustic though.
 
I had a classical Suzuki way back a very nice instrument.I get what your saying re the money but I have always loved the Gibbo acoustics even though they are overpriced ,you either love em or hate em :) and I love em.
My first electric was an Egmond filled by a 335 style Framus with a tree bar then in '65 I got my Pre CBS '64 blond Fender Tele.i loved that although because The Who were my fav band i modelled my playing on Pete Townshend at the time and wanted a Rick but they were £160 and the Tele was £123 so i got that :)
 
Since we were talking about first *good* guitars, when I was 18 and had chosen my first decent amp (used AC30 from Rockbottom in Croydon) I went back the following week to try 2 guitars: a '72 (IIRC) blond Tele and a Danelectro guitarlin copy made by Dynelectron. The Dano copy was wonderfully easy to play and the Tele was slightly hard work, so you can guess which I walked out with. :( Having said that, the one I bought did help me really develop as a lead player, and I might never have done so if I'd bought the Tele instead - plus I still have it nearly 40 years on.

I don't have any early band pics (or many band pics of any era at all really).
 
Interesting journey,i liked the look of the Danelectros but never tried one ,i have a couple of other pics but wish we had taken more but not something we thought about back then
 
My first good guitar is a late 90's Fender CIJ 50's Re-issue Strat. Sometimes it's my favourite guitar.
 
yes there is always one that feels just right, the Bird in my case.I have had quite a few Strats but i have just a squire now but it has been setup lovely and for home use the pickups are just fine,
 
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