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Breaking News: New Bass Player

2008-09-29T17:08:32+00:00

Just read this as a bulletin on Aynsley’s myspace:

Midus Guerreiro~Bass Guitar will replace Jo Nicholls in the Aynsley Lister Band from October 20th

Born in Lisbon, Portugal, based in the UK and living in London, Midus gives herself to any musical style while maintaining her own identity & character as a bass player. As part of a band or independent session work, her rock-solid groove & extensive experience of International Tours, Studio Recordings & Television Promo has led to her to play all over the world...from 5 people in a sweaty rock club to a screaming Stadium crowd with artists like Melanie C, Kym Marsh, Hugh Cornwell, Anne Clark and Brian Ferry. Midus began playing bass and formed her first band at the age of 12.

Check her news on:
http://www.myspace.com/midusguerreiro

How did you get to hear Aynsley?

2007-07-01T13:41:26+00:00

This forum is pretty much dead and I though it would be neat to have some more action going on here.
So here we go: Where and when (and why) did you Aynsley Lister the first time?

I’m playing the lead guitar in a band with some friends and when my friend Josef and me had a pause from writing songs he showed me some CD’s packed with live gigs of various Artist like Hendrix, SRV, Clapton and so on. There also was a video of “Everything I need” on it and he showed to me. I really fell in love with this song and we’re gonna play it the next time we do a gig.

Ryan McGarvey

2008-10-05T16:21:07+00:00

At Greenose’s recommendation, I sampled Ryan McGarvey’s album, Forward in Reverse, last week and very much liked what I heard. Received the cd yesterday and it’s even better than I first thought - Blues with a heavy dose of Rock. Ryan’s playing ability on a scale of ten would be somewhere in the 9ish range. I think I’d rate this record just under Back Door Slam’s fine effort. Best tracks are: Mystic Dream, Cryin’ Over You and Right In All the Wrong Places. Actually all the songs are good (no filler) and I see alot of JB, Billy Gibbons, SRV and KWS influences. The song Texas Special sounds like Stevie reincarnated.

Covers you’d love to hear Aynsley do

2008-07-30T12:10:30+00:00

Following on from the general cover versions conversation, I thought it might be interesting to think of songs that we would like to hear Aynsley play in the future. This is meant to be lighthearted and not to influence or pressure Aynsley in anyway, although hopefully he may also find it of interest.

Well I guess I should suggest one to start with…

How about a cover of another great British blues singer Peter Green? Therefore I’d suggest Fool No More by Fleetwood Mac.

Britbabe, will you be suggesting Red House by Jimi Hendrix?

All-time Cover songs

2008-07-22T19:23:11+00:00

What’s your top 5 cover songs that in your mind were better than the originals? An example would be Purple Rain by Aynsley over Prince’s version. Everybody from the Beatles to Fall Down Boy have done them but I’m looking for the ones you all thought were an improvement.

All-time Top Five Guitarists of any genre

2008-09-26T17:36:33+00:00

Things are still a little quiet on the site so I thought I’d throw this out. Obviously there’ll be a Blues slant to the list but don’t forget the greats of other styles of music. I’ll reveal my full list later but for now I’ll just give Joe Bonamassa as a member of my five.

Sound quality

2008-09-14T08:10:44+00:00

Hello. Don’t know where to write, so i decided to post here. My question is… i got a CD of Everything I need and find some problems with songs. Actually with song number 10 Little Wing. When I it plays, a can hear a wheeze and noise that is coming from the guitar. At first i thought it is from my headphones (beyerdynamics dt 990 pro), but then i changed them to more cheaper phillips sbc hp 830 nothing has changed. The clicks can be listen at about 14 seconds from the begining of the song. The disc is made by Ruf Records. So, I would like to know, whoose fault is this? The disc, the recording company or the hardware the song was recodring?

Latest news from Aynsley??

2008-09-09T08:59:42+00:00

Aynsley has his first live dates in a while this weekend. Saturday he is at the Napton Music Festival 14th September folowed by a solo date at Southend-on-sea @ Club Riga. Anyone here going?

It would be nice to hear if Aynsley has any news on whether he has made any recordings for a new album during the summer. Please ask if you are there.

I had heard that was the plan, but there has been no new blogs or contributions from his band here in a long time.

What’s everyone listening to ??

2008-07-13T17:31:55+00:00

Hello All , just thought I would find out what everyone is listening to at the moment.Also if there are any current ‘must have’ Albums.

Also , maybe Aynsley & Co can tell us what they are currently listening to.Here goes my current:

Dani Wilde - Heal my Blues - Good
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger - Excellent
Aynsley Lister - Everything I need - Good
Jeff Healey - Heal My Blues
Led Zeppelin - Mothership - Good

Shameless Plug

2008-09-11T22:49:13+00:00

OK,

It’s a little quiet around Spoons Towers at the mo, so I’ve hassled my little brother into updating my website.
If you feel the need/urge/sorry for me~or just a little curious, then pop along to : -

http://www.docspoons.com

I will be posting my daily tour blog on the home page once we’re back on the road so you can read it even if you aren’t
a member of MySpace. For those of you that don’t know, I usually post a daily diary with behind the scenes pics from our travels on the road
on my MySpace which, at its peak, has over 1000 readers a day. So come the end of October keep your eyes peeled for our daily Euro exploits.

Looking forward to catching up with you at some future gigs

Spoons
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