Alembics don't scare people, people scare people.
 
If Alembics are outlawed, only outlaws will have Alembics.

Bill,
 
Interestingly enough, I play quite a bit of slide bass.  Really...
 
John

Back in the early '70's I saw Martin Mull & His Fabulous Furniture open for Tom Waits at the Troubador in L.A.  In the middle of his set, Mull took out a vibrator (yes, that kind of vibrator) and started playing slide with it.  Then he turned it on and went into Purple Haze, looked up at the audience and said in pure deadpan so that's how Jimi did it.  So slide bass?  Heck, why not!
 
Bill, tgo

Bill, tgo.  I don't know of very many people who have heard any of Martin Mull's music.  Do you have any of his albums?  His stuff is hilarious.  Also, it shows the wide range of musical styles he writes and plays.
Rich

Now that you've mentioned it, I remember there was a copy of Fabulous Furniture in a house where I was living, probably in '73.  But that's all I remember about it.

Most of my albums were destroyed in a flood in about 1977.  I do remember a song called Normal with the lyrics something like:  We'll be once a weekers and get some lousy speakers, let's you and I get normal for a change.  Very funny stuff.  Another little known gem from that era was Harry Nilsson with such wonderful songs as You're breakin' my heart, you tore it apart, so f**k you or a chorus of elderly residents of an old folks' home singing I'd rather be dead than wet my bed.
 
Bill, tgo

I used to be plastic, but now I'm elastic.  I'm flexible was his I believe...

Honey, it'll change us sexually.
From now on we'll just be once a weekers.
It'll change us even musically.
We'll get our records through the mail
And a set of lousy speakers.
 
We'll see who can be most boring.
You do the dishes, honey, I'll start snoring.
Get a mower; do some mowing.
Spend all morning getting it going.
We'll show everyone in town we're not deranged.
Why don't you and I get norml (that's for you, Bill, tgo) for a change.
 
Rich
Yes, Flexible is his, too.
 
(Message edited by richbass939 on September 29, 2005)

To quote Paul, tobo:
 
hehehehehehehehe!
 
Bill, tgo
 
(Message edited by lbpesq on September 29, 2005)

The Suburban White Boy Blues...
Well I got so upset this morning, I threw my drink acroos the lawn ... (repeated three times but I forget the rest)
 
Mike

Bill , I thought I was the only Martin Mull fan, I still have most of his albums, what a player Martin is, But I know that it's just licks off of records that he's learned, LOL  
and I love the upright bass solo in they never met
 
David T
 
 
(Message edited by alembic76407 on September 30, 2005)

quote:Well I got so upset this morning, I threw my drink acroos the lawn
As I remember it, it went:
 
Woke up this morning, both cars were gone (repeat).
Felt so mean/downhearted, thew my drink across the lawn.