Live At The Ram // Going Down - Tush - Voodoo Child

Some odd jams from a couple of gigs over the weekend. Mike plays a killer drum solo at the Ram in Bath, followed by some demolished action from me. Then a modal jam over what eventually goes back to being Voodoo Child and a little ZZ Top action for the last song of the afternoon at the Regency Weston Super Mare. I had an issue with the wifi on my camera at that gig, so I shot a couple of clips of Weston Seafront to put over the top of it. (Weston is my hometown by the way, if you didn't know). The shots are nothing fancy, I just balanced a Panasonic LX100 on a few walls when I went out for a bike ride, but you get the idea of what it looked like that weekend.
Thanks to Laura and Tim, who both sent me phone footage, that I was able to sync with my audio recording, meaning it wasn't a total loss!
The audio is all recorded on a Tascam DR40 and synced later. I run it through Ozone to boost the level a bit and give it a polish, but it''s just a room mic so very representative of the noise we're making at the time.
Ben Fletcher - Guitar/Vox/Audio etc
Mike Hoddinott - Drums
Patrick Farrell - Bass

[@charleshames3276]

Sounds really good! You don’t hear that kind of quality here in San Antonio very much. You have to drive north about an hour and a half to Austin then it’s everywhere. There’s so many good players there they’ve been known to pay the venues to play! Your slide technique is incredible. Reminds me of a friend of mine, Buddy Whittington. Well thanks for the great videos Ben. Keep them coming.

[@graemero5532]

Well done Ben and friends, you guys always go do well with the folks 👍🏻

[@BenFletcherGuitar]

Thanks, Graeme! You gotta get the right venue for this stuff. There are some places where Brown Eyed Girl, is too obscure for them! Fortunately there are still a few isolated pockets of music lovers still out there.

[@mindsetmusic999]

Very cool 😎 😊

[@BenFletcherGuitar]

Thanks, mate!

[@GuitarTeleMan]

Great musical ideas, feel, and phrasing!!! I didn't see your Marshall on stage; were you using the Humboldt?

[@BenFletcherGuitar]

Very kind, thank you! I use the Marshall for band gigs. You can see it in the 1st clip when I move my ass out of the way, ha! In the 2nd one, it's slightly in front of me and to my left, so basically a few feet from where the camera is. I've synced it with audio from a Tascam DR40 which was on top of that fruit machine in the corner. The camera audio was a pretty savage mix, as you might imagine with the amp so close and pointing straight at it. I use the Humboldt for backing track gigs, as it puts me in the same space as the band. I like to pretend on these blues/whatever I'm playing here gigs, that I'm in the 1970's! Using an amp is part of that experience I guess, although in many ways it's easier playing out the back of a PA cab, both logistically and from a playing perspective. (For me anyway) Cheers, Ben.