Posted April 12, 2008 at 09:21 AM
Two-Bit Eddie, a working, part-time band playing 60’s & 70’s rock, 60’s garage, 60’s R&B-soul, 50’s-60’s-70’s blues and a touch of 60’s & 70’s country is searching for a unique guitarist.
We seek a band member, not a fill in or stair-stepper.
YOU WILL NOT MAKE A LIVING PLAYING IN OUR BAND. IF YOU MUST PAY THE RENT, HOUSE NOTE OR CAR PAYMENT BY PLAYING, WE ARE NOT YOUR BAND.
This ad is very specific.
It is not intended to be unkind but we know exactly what we need and we simply do not have the time to waste with those who not know they have the ability to fill our need.
Every minute we’re not ready to gig cost us & YOU money.
If you are a “bed-room player”, play in other bands or are looking for a fill-in gig until something “better” comes along, PLEASE, DO NOT WASTE OUR OR YOUR TIME.
THE GUITARIST WE SEEK ABSOLUTELY MUST:
1. Sing high-harmony parts and be able to pick-out harmony
parts now, not six weeks or six months from now. If you
can sing leads, GREAT!! So much the better. You’ll be
singing lead as soon as we can work it out but you’ll learn
our song list first.
2. Be able and to be comfortable playing lead & rhythm in all
of the above styles. That means you can play Delta Blues
in the style of Son House & R.L. Burnside; play Chicago
Blues like Buddy Guy & Elmore James; play Memphis &
Muscle Shoals Soul like Steve Cropper or Jimmy Johnson;
play the Motown Sound played by Joe Messina & Eddie
Willis; play Garage Rock like the Count Five, Electric
Prunes & The Standells; play 60’s Surf like Dick Dale &
The Ventures; play 60’s Blues Rock like Humble Pie, John
Mayall & Spooky Tooth & The Allman Brothers; play
Psych like the Nazz, Yardbirds & Hendrix & T-Rex; play
Roots Rock from the likes of Ry Cooder, Robbie Robertson
& Roy Buchanan; play British Invasion guitar with
extensive knowledge of The Beatles, The Stones, The
Dave Clark 5, Manfred Mann, The Animals; play Country in
the style of Luther Perkins, Roy Clark & Chet Atkins; etc.,
etc., etc. YOU GET THE POINT.
If you lived it, you know it.
THE FEEL & KNOWING YOUR PLACE IN THE MIX IS EVERYTHING!
3. Own and be able to play 12-string (acoustic or electric or
both) lead & rhythm.
4. Own and be able to play 6-string acoustic. Lead, rhythm,
slide & finger picking.
5. Own and be able to play 6-string electric. Lead, rhythm,
slide
6. Be able to play slide-guitar. Electric mandatory, acoustic
desired.
7. Understand and possess the ability to play harmony lead
parts.
8. Own your own amplifiers w/ internal or external multiple
effects for electric like the Line 6 MM4 Modulation Guitar
Effects Pedal but must have wah-wah, distortion, chorus,
reverb, tremolo and for acoustic guitar something akin to
the ZOOM A2.1u Acoustic Guitar Effects Pedal
9. Be available for rehearsal on average 2 xs per week. No,
you will not be paid to rehearse.
10. We pay rent for our rehearsal space each month. You will
pay your share, right now, 1/4th of the total. You will also
receive 1/4th of all the gig money. You’re a band member,
remember?
11. If you play any other instruments, GREAT!
We play 3-5 times per month in and around the Nashville area. We have gigs on the books and need someone NOW. We are turning down gigs because we don’t want to cancel them.
If you KNOW that you are the player we’re looking for and you are looking for a serious band that has been there and done that and who now plays great music in a great band with great band-mates, drop us an email with your contact info.
If not, thanks for looking and all the best to you. |
TwoBitEddie