Greetings, Rich!
While digging a shallow grave, Rich bestowed upon us this wisdom...
 RL> On 15 Mar 98, Michael Mcsorley wrote to Bill Riley:
 
 MM> sarcastic mode enabled
 MM> **********************
 MM> You guys wouldn't be able to go "wee-wee-wee-wee" without guys like me
 MM> holding the tune. I've played with the same drummer in five bands and,
 MM> take it from me, there's no friend to a guitarist like a bass player 
hat
 MM> can help keep the drummer in line! *********************** sarcastic 
ode
 MM> disabled
 RL> Quite true... there is the food chain, and the bass player is
 RL> somewhere above whale dookie ~8-) 
Please pardon me while I wipe this egg from my face... 
 Much better... 
I see you guys have dealt with alot of  bad bass players.
Lemme guess: 
1) Don't show up for practice, or are late?
2) Think that learning bass is easier because it's only FOUR strings?
3) Never mellow out, overybusying the most obviously laid-back passages?
4) Have no concept of key?
5) Drown out the other members (no concept of volume)?
6) Bad attitude?
7) Hit the other players with the headstock? 
8) Don't clip their strings, poking other players in a long-range headstock
   attack?
9) Bad hair?
I know, I know... I have felt your pain. These reasons added up -- to the 
point of me wanting to be my own bass player so I don't have to deal with 
hem
any more.
I do sometimes hit folks with the headstock when space is badly cramped.  
  Oopsie... It's better when I have the headless, though!
Peace,  sorry...
Mike
michael.mcsorley@lroom.org
... Grenades, ammo, flak jacket ----- ok, I'm ready to post...
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