The first gig went well! Here are the videos:

DACE Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWQxaLo8V_c

Walk Don't Run
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVaP6M9pcaY

Ball and Chain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o5uHlN8EwI

Thanks to all of you Forum members for your support during this first year of playing for me - I couldn't have done it without all of you!

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2008 MIM Strat w 3-tone sunburst
2002 LP Special Ebony Faded
2008 G-Dec
'59 Reissue Bassman 4x10 combo
TS 808
DS 1
Gretsch 6120DS (on loan)

Wow first gig and you already worked up some between song banter!!!

Good job. How were the butterflies?

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I'm not an expert, but I play one on the internet.

very nice Ellen!
What Les Paul are you using in the last video?

Oh, and I sent you a friend request on youtube

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It's a mix between Jazz and Funk, it's called "Junk"

Excellent, EllenW..! It's nice to hear you singing on Ball & Chain. That's something I'd love to be able to do. Things sure went more smoothly than at my first performance... it was a school concert, and I was playing a blues in Bb with a walking bass line that I could hardly get through at the best of times. With the spotlight on me, I couldn't see my fret markers (there weren't any on the fretboard itself) and I promptly got lost in a chromatic wilderness. My music teacher thought it would be character-building for me to go out and forge ahead with it regardless not just once, but a further two times. I died an agonising three times in a row, and still can't handle the limelight. Or the key of Bb.


(well... 25 years on it's not quite as bad as I make out, but it's far better to get off to a flying start -- congratulations!)

Great show Ellen! Your fans love you! Congratulations!

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

Oh neat! Well done Ellen: that's that bridge crossed.

Now, at this rate you'll soon be playing Madison Square - will you be offering Forum members comps?

We'll be there!

Congrats - C

Way to go Ellen! That took serious guts and you handled it like a champ!

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"I started out with nothing, and still have most of it"

Great Job!

Who doesn't love hearing Ball and Chain?!!!

Say what you will about his three chord songs, Mike Ness knows how to right REAL Rock n Roll songs.

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"Someday you'll meet your rockin chair
Cause that's where we're spinnin
There's no point to comb your hair
When its grey and thinin"

That was great for your first gig Ellen!! I would not dare put mine up but then they did not have video then! How come the drummer and bass players did not play with you? Keep it up as it only gets easier each time. Oh, great singing too!!

Very well done, Ellen. Good performances and playing!

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

Well Done!!!!

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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson

that's great, Ellen. Only your and your guitar. Congratz and keep on goin'

cheers

Way to go Ellen!! you did a great job there, pity nobody jumped on the drums and bass to back you up but now you are a true stage performer you'll be able to demand that next time.
Glad it went well. How did it feel ? scarey but nice eh ?
Looking forward to your next gig. How about a tour of the UK ?
Well done.

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Very cool, I wasn't that good at my first gig.

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Tony Houston

Very cool for a first gig. Good luck in all you do in the future.

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"There is more to life than increasing its speed." Mahatma Gandhi

Owner of:
-2008 American Standard Strat in Candy Cola Red
-Vibro-Champ XD
-Fender CD-60 Acoustic (Sunburst)