LawDaddy
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We set up in the corner of our local brew pup for a New Year's Eve gig and the official debut of the Big Al delivered by Santa last week. We did about 40 tunes, classic blues/Stax/soul material to party staples like Wooly Bully/Hang On Sloopy etc.
I'm sure you bass players will agree that playing an all-nighter in a trio format is both fun and challenging at the same time -- lots of space to fill. Nikki did great, she locked with the drummer all night. When I dropped out to solo, the groove was right there all night long.
The Big Al exceeded all my expectations. We ran her direct to PA through a Tech21 BDDI, with a feed to a floor monitor. We'll just say she filled room quite nicely, with plenty-O-bottom to spare.
The single coils really grind nice when she digs in. My ears really perked up on higher-register runs; it's got a real nice focused but lively voice. I can't wait to see/hear how she eventually dials in all those buttons.
A favorite moment was the standup-ish imitation she pulled off on "Stand By Me". Mrs. LawDaddy was especially proud.
On to the pics!!!
Who's cool???
Nikki's first experience with the local flavor dancing right up in her face:
We were actually playing here:
I'm sure you bass players will agree that playing an all-nighter in a trio format is both fun and challenging at the same time -- lots of space to fill. Nikki did great, she locked with the drummer all night. When I dropped out to solo, the groove was right there all night long.
The Big Al exceeded all my expectations. We ran her direct to PA through a Tech21 BDDI, with a feed to a floor monitor. We'll just say she filled room quite nicely, with plenty-O-bottom to spare.
The single coils really grind nice when she digs in. My ears really perked up on higher-register runs; it's got a real nice focused but lively voice. I can't wait to see/hear how she eventually dials in all those buttons.
A favorite moment was the standup-ish imitation she pulled off on "Stand By Me". Mrs. LawDaddy was especially proud.
On to the pics!!!
Who's cool???
Nikki's first experience with the local flavor dancing right up in her face:
We were actually playing here:
