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Most Blokes when they hit a mid life crisis get divorced, buy a fast car and get a girl friend half their age, however I decided at 37 to buy a Bass Guitar with a 25 Watt amp and one of those ‘How to play Bass for complete beginners’ books. |
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Quickly finding out that ‘A Tune a Day’ was not really the way forward I decided to invest in some lessons. By the end of ’05 I was confident enough to start nagging my brother, who played guitar, to get together for a jam session. The venue for those first sessions was not exactly the Royal Albert Hall, but instead his very small spare bedroom. |
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| It was not too long before the topic of conversation quickly turned to forming a band, numerous adverts leading to the recruitment of Fingers and Sticks. | |
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With some songs under our belt and a musical direction we still needed a name for the band. I came up with ’39 Casualties’ afterwards seeing one of those road signs giving the detail of injuries and road deaths on a particular stretch of road. Take it easy. Simon Plays: a Fender Active Jazz Bass and Trace Elliot 500 watt Head with 4 x 10 CAB (AKA Tracie) Favourite Artists: Bruce Foxton and J.J Burnell Often Heard to Say (to my wife): Any Chance of getting that bass cab for Christmas? Wife: No. |
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