Single Guitarist Bands
Please to help me and my girlfriend how much would you charge for a solo guitarist for a gig?

i know this is not a single dating question but i need some ideas please ok i’m 22 and my girlfriend wants me to start playing live gigs i have been playing guitar for 5yrs i write play and sing my own songs and cover i want to start playing gigs i have played with bands before as a drummer but i don’t know how to find gigs as a solo artist or how much to charge i was thinking that for 2-3 hrs or music i would charge $100-$150(AUS) or more maybe i know that some may not want to pay that but i don’t even no how to approach it do i just ring up pubs clubs coffee shops (that have live music) and ask if they want to hire me(and leave a demo) and let them pay what they want or do i tell them what i want?????

Billy, put this question in a different area for answers.

Single Guitarist Bands

Bands Known By Initials

In rock ‘n’ roll history there have been many bands whose moniker and names were shortened and universally recognized by abbreviated lettered names. Let’s explore some popular initial nicknames of bands.

Creedence Clearwater Revival (also known as CCR) began churning out classic rock ‘n’ roll singles shortly after the John Fogerty led band formed in 1967. With their “swamp-rock” sound and style, the group amassed seventeen top 40 hits like “Bad Moon Rising,” “Green River,” and the wedding band staple “Proud Mary.” The group disbanded in 1972 and any hopes of a CCR reunion were quashed with the death of band member Tom Fogerty in 1990.

Another 60′s band that had huge commercial success was Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, also known as CSN &Y. Band members David Crosby (formally of the Byrds), Graham Nash (of Hollies fame), Stephen Stills and Neil Young (both with Buffalo Springfield), blended their flawless harmonies into a long and successful career. With hits such as the Nash led “Teach Your Children,” Neil Young’s antiwar protest song “Ohio” and a Joni Mitchell composition “Woodstock” about the legendary rock festival, CSN &Y blended their unique acoustic-folk and progressive hard rock sound to be a classic example of the 1960′s psychedelic era. Additionally, after Young left the group, Crosby, Stills and Nash (also known as CSN) continued to release melodic pop/rock songs with 1977′s “Just A Song Before I Go” and “Wasted On The Way,” which was released in 1982. The group still tours, occasionally joined by Young.

Hard-rocking Bachman-Turner Overdrive, or simply BTO consisted of Randy Bachman (formally of the Guess Who), fellow Guess Who alum Chad Allen, C.F. “Fred” Turner and Randy’s brother drummer Robbie. Capitalizing on the arena rock/pop rock era of the mid 70′s, BTO had a short but successful career with chart singles such as “Takin’ Care Of Business,” “Let It Ride” and the number one single “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet,” a song which was intended for an audience of one- Randy’s brother Gary Bachman who had a speech impediment-stuttering. They recorded the song for fun but needing another song to complete the lp “Not fragile,” Randy Bachman was pressured to include the joking stuttering lyrics and the song spent twelve weeks on the Billboard charts in 1974.

There are many other rock ‘n’ roll bands that were known by initials as well as their “given” name and I will include a couple more that I know of. The Electric Light Orchestra (also known as ELO) led by guitarist Jeff Lynne, scored twenty top ten hits with songs like “Telephone Line and “Don’t Bring Me Down.” A similar sounding name ELP was a supergroup consisting of keyboard genius Keith Emerson, bassist Greg lake (of the band Nice) and drummer Carl Palmer (a former member of The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown). They instilled their keyboard dominated, progressive rock throughout the 70′s, creating a FM radio phenomenon with songs like “Lucky Man,” “Still You Turn Me On” and “From The Beginning.”

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What happened to the bass guitarist in Supergrass?

I remember during the 1990s that the Britpop/indie band, ‘Supergrass’ had three members: Daz, Gaz and Micky (?). Anyway, I was recently watching Supergrass’s new single: ‘Diamond Hoo Ha Man’; however, I discovered that only two members were on the video, rather than three – this means one band member (Micky? the bass guitarist) could be elsewhere persuing some other (musicial?) project. Could someone explain what has happened to him, please?

Mick Quinn fell out of a 1st floor window and broke his back so he was probably in hospital when the video was shot. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6972548.stm

A little rock band in a single guitar (In the Mood-Garland)

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