Re: 'Rules' for jam sessions

I used to go to this blues jam quite a bit when I turned 21.  It was fun,
but some wierd stuff would happen.  I made a point to be first one up on
stage from the croud so I could play with a coherent rythm section.

I remember one incident of note.  I brought a drummer friend to the jam, and
this blues singer, who was marginal at best, totally dissed him saying
something like"I guess we couldn't get the beat on that one" while he looked
at the drummer.  What an arse.

This other time a slide player got up, and there just happened to be 2
drunkin cowboys at the club.  He plays a really boring solo that as far as I
could tell, consisted of only 2 notes.  at the end of the tune, the drunken
cowboys stood up and yelled "Yeah, Slide GUITAR RULES!!!!"

Ah, jam sessions are funny.

"Max Leggett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:01:44 -0500, "Chip L"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Interesting 'rules' for jazz jam sessions.
> >
> It makes me writhe in memory of the amateur hacks who'd occassionally
> inflict themselves on us. Once. My favourite is a singer [who can't
> find the key and doesn't know when to come in] saying to the audience,
> "How about a round for the guys in the band? They're doing a great
> job."  I so enjoy some twerp bigtiming me. Ack. I guess the problem is
> they want to be stars and don't realise you actually need to develop
> some craft first. Oh, man, just the thought  ..............