Friday 1 Mar 2024, 4:49pm
The Mustangs Country Band urgently need to find a good Country Bass Player (ideally also with backing vocals)
The existing band comprises friendly mature, grounded (without egos), seasoned people (in their 60’s+) each with significant past gigging experience. We have been gigging regularly, and have good dates through 2024 and onwards. We have in excess of 90 popular Country / Country Rock / Easy Listening numbers regularly performed, with good vocals and vocal harmonies, and good overall band quality sound.
We are unfortunately losing the services of DP (From April) and we need a person to similarly move us on who can play Good Country Bass with “Country Feel and Presence” to re-complete our four-piece line-up - looking to a achieve a high overall presentation and sound quality as a band, to gig about twice / three times a month. We have bookings and regular future playing out opportunities and would look to induce and firm up with the re-set line-up to take us forward very quickly indeed.
We have Good PA Systems, Monitors, Back Line Amps, Instruments and Lighting gear; and most of the building blocks including Graphics, Back Drop, Insurance, PAT Testing etc are in place. We have facilities that we use to meet / for rehearsal purposes, and we use the Earth Studio’s.
Our songs are from the likes of the Eagles, Mavericks, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Alan Jackson, George Straight, Merle Haggard, Gordon Lightfoot, Willie Nelson, Gram Parsons, George Jones, Randy Travis, Highway 101, Don Gibson, Hank Williams et al . Our Country stretches to Smokie, The Beatles, Stones, etc.
Our target audiences are relaxed atmosphere Social Clubs, Holiday Parks, Party Events and Festivals etc, and some Pubs / Hotels.
We play Country as it sounded and is missed and loved from a few years ago; when it had a heart and tradition (yes those Life Experience, Drinking & Cheating Songs !!). That’s not to say there isn’t also some very decent stuff from the last few years.
As a Band, if we can find a like-minded and committed Bass Guitar person, to re-complete the jigsaw, we hope with your help and shaping to be into “something” really good for the next few years or so. It should not necessarily always be a question of money, we just want to focus and play, build an excellent reputation and standard as a performing country band, and feel we have done, and can do “a very good night” indeed for our listeners, audiences and hosts, of whatever form.
Please do consider our programme to be influenceable and changeable by you. We have committed to be, and are, a Country Band. We are not a Rock Band, or a Blues Band; and we are not trying to be a tribute band.
Thanks for reading and should you be interested please get in touch