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Mika

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May 12, 2004, 4:54:35 PM5/12/04
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A few of my friends and I have a decent little blues band and we play
everything from traditional to current blues tunes, but, "with-an-edge". We've
been trying to come up with a good name, any ideas ?

Thanks for your help !

Some of the artists styles we do are Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Guitar Slim,
Howlin' Wolf, BB King, Freddie King, Albert King, SRV, Buddy Guy, Otis Span,
Jake & Elwood, Ronnie Earl, etc...

drwow

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May 12, 2004, 5:22:24 PM5/12/04
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Mika wrote:

The Bluenatics

dw

Steve Robinson

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May 12, 2004, 5:39:41 PM5/12/04
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> A few of my friends and I have a decent little blues band and we play
> everything from traditional to current blues tunes, but, "with-an-edge".
We've

The Razors? The Blue Razors? That's got an edge to it.

HTH
Steve.


Steve Robinson

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May 12, 2004, 5:44:18 PM5/12/04
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> "Mika" <mbenn...@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
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> The Razors? The Blue Razors? That's got an edge to it.

or how about "Victor Kiam and The Electric Razors"?

"Er... which one's Victor...?"

:¬)


p.o.

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May 12, 2004, 6:00:43 PM5/12/04
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Red Hot Blues

Pavlos

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Jeff

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Murry and the Dropouts.


for personal replies, remove PESTSTRIP.

papacarl

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May 12, 2004, 7:30:05 PM5/12/04
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Blue Note Bar-B-Q,,,,,where are you from? That may be helpful in the name.


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el stinky

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May 12, 2004, 7:42:24 PM5/12/04
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Mika wrote:
> A few of my friends and I have a decent little blues band and we play
> everything from traditional to current blues tunes, but,
> "with-an-edge". We've been trying to come up with a good name, any
> ideas ?
>

BLUES HAMMER!!!!


Spyder Barques

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"Mika" <mbenn...@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
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> A few of my friends and I have a decent little blues band and we play
> everything from traditional to current blues tunes, but, "with-an-edge".
We've
> been trying to come up with a good name, any ideas ?


BL00ZEDGE!!1!

--
Thad


David Axt

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"p.o." <pavl...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Red Hot Blues
>
> Pavlos
>

That name is already taken. Good one though!

DA


D.R.

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"Mika" <mbenn...@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
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Here is a valuble resource of how to choose a bandname:
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail16.html

Another guitar-related resource:
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail36.html

Both pages use Flash and require a soundcard.

Enjoy!
D.R.


Spyder Barques

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All right people! Are you ready to
BOOGIE? Cuz we gwine play you some
authentic, way-down-in-the-delta
blues to rock your world! One, Two,
Three...

;-)

--
Thad

>


Tivers

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May 13, 2004, 4:14:36 AM5/13/04
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SuperX

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May 13, 2004, 5:31:53 AM5/13/04
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Razorback Blues Brothers

Lil' Jimmy's Blues Express

Roadkill Blues Band

Skinny Pete's Blues Rovers

Bluesmobiles

Bluematics


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Pete

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"The Blue Bloods"
"The Heart Strings"

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Steve Robinson

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"Jeff" <jeffp@PESTSTRIP@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> none of these names are as good as "The Rolling Stones"

I think that name is already used by a blues band.

Timothy

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May 13, 2004, 12:56:30 PM5/13/04
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If you have an edge...

"Pontius Pilate and the Nail Drivin' Five"

Although you will piss off half of the world...

Mika

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May 13, 2004, 1:24:50 PM5/13/04
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>Need good name for new BLUES BAND


So far, The Soulcasterz is it.....


Tivers

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May 13, 2004, 1:39:20 PM5/13/04
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>Lil' Jimmy's Blues Express
>
>Roadkill Blues Band

Combine the two and you get:

Sailin Possum Express

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Charlie

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May 13, 2004, 2:29:54 PM5/13/04
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Dreaming up catchy or seemingly inventive and clever "band names" is wasted
energy and focus and here is why.

Let the music speak for itself....if the band is hot people will make it a
point to remember the name whether it is
a "clever" name or simply the Bill Jones Blues Band.

Did the Allman brothers band use some "clever" band name? No. Are the
revered by any as the best blues band of all time past present and future?
Yes. See?

The examples go on like Steve Miller Band, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Dave
Clark Five, Pat Metheny Band, Santana, Simon and Garfunkle..etc etc
etc..........clever names are bogus and totally unnecessary.


The M U S I C makes the band's name for itself..not some cutesy words.
One's time would be better spent rehearsing and working on licks. It's the
M U S I C !!!!!! Not some dreamed up weird ass name.....IMHO

- OR - let your grandma name it and go with her first suggestion no matter
what it may be...

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- Charlie in Mississippi
- "Keep the Blues Alive"
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- now booking in the southeast

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David

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I think I've heard of those guys. Supposed to be a good band


R.ob

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May 13, 2004, 3:34:00 PM5/13/04
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Charlie wrote:

> Dreaming up catchy or seemingly inventive and clever "band names" is wasted
> energy and focus and here is why.
>
> Let the music speak for itself....if the band is hot people will make it a
> point to remember the name whether it is
> a "clever" name or simply the Bill Jones Blues Band.
>
> Did the Allman brothers band use some "clever" band name? No. Are the
> revered by any as the best blues band of all time past present and future?
> Yes. See?
>
> The examples go on like Steve Miller Band, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Dave
> Clark Five, Pat Metheny Band, Santana, Simon and Garfunkle..etc etc
> etc..........clever names are bogus and totally unnecessary.
>
>
> The M U S I C makes the band's name for itself..not some cutesy words.
> One's time would be better spent rehearsing and working on licks. It's the
> M U S I C !!!!!! Not some dreamed up weird ass name.....IMHO
>
> - OR - let your grandma name it and go with her first suggestion no matter
> what it may be...
>

"A really great blues band". Then, when you are announced on stage, the
script may follow this pattern: "ladies and gentlemen, please give a big
round of applause and welcome to the stage 'a really great blues band'".

Then, at the end, you can thank everyone for coming, and explain that you've
been 'a really great blues band' and they've been a great audience. If
people tell you the bands name was well suited, you know you're onto a winner!

dodgrile

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May 13, 2004, 3:47:15 PM5/13/04
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http://www.elsewhere.org/cgi-bin/bandname - random band name generator
:)

www.cognoscience.com - for people who really, really need to get out
more...

Vanessa

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May 13, 2004, 4:18:30 PM5/13/04
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Pete wrote:
:: "The Blue Bloods"
:: "The Heart Strings"


The Bluey Moods

arf


Bill

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May 13, 2004, 4:50:26 PM5/13/04
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On Thu, 13 May 2004 13:29:54 -0500, "Charlie" <cha...@excite.com>
wrote:

>Dreaming up catchy or seemingly inventive and clever "band names" is wasted
>energy and focus and here is why.
>
>Let the music speak for itself....if the band is hot people will make it a
>point to remember the name whether it is
>a "clever" name or simply the Bill Jones Blues Band.
>
>Did the Allman brothers band use some "clever" band name? No. Are the
>revered by any as the best blues band of all time past present and future?
>Yes. See?

Not that I necessarily disagree with your main point, but didn't they
actually start out as "The Allman Joys"?


PainKiller

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Charlie

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May 13, 2004, 5:11:36 PM5/13/04
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No butt brain...I said that a cutesy name is a waste of energy. I didn't say
to have a nameless band...man are you dense....

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- Charlie in Mississippi
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Charlie

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Maybe, I don't know...thx for the chuckle....

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Gary Tateosian

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May 13, 2004, 5:20:18 PM5/13/04
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...Balls of Blue.... =-)


...Gareth
>

R.ob

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May 13, 2004, 5:35:55 PM5/13/04
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Charlie wrote:

> No butt brain...I said that a cutesy name is a waste of energy. I didn't say
> to have a nameless band...man are you dense....
>

Dude, I was joking! Re-read my post with sense of humour daemon enabled.
It really wasnt intended as a serious post. Cor blimey

Pete

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"Spyder Barques" wrote:

> All right people! Are you ready to
> BOOGIE? Cuz we gwine play you some
> authentic, way-down-in-the-delta
> blues to rock your world! One, Two,
> Three...
>
> ;-)
>
> --
> Thad

Oh no....

Start a new thread about Fugazi or something...

Oh god,

It'll end in tears,

Pete ;-))))))

(I've been playing slide all evening)


Charlie

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May 13, 2004, 6:51:55 PM5/13/04
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OK sorry..my mistake..maybe it lost something in the translation....

Yeah it is funny now that I reread it with that inclination....

I take back the butt brain remark!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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Spyder Barques

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>
> "Spyder Barques" wrote:
>
> > All right people! Are you ready to
> > BOOGIE? Cuz we gwine play you some
> > authentic, way-down-in-the-delta
> > blues to rock your world! One, Two,
> > Three...
> >
> > ;-)
> >
> > --
> > Thad
>
> Oh no....
>
> Start a new thread about Fugazi or something...
>
> Oh god,
>
> It'll end in tears,

You're not a BLUESHAMMER fan?!
:-O

"If you want to hear real blues you have to hear 'Blues Hammer.'"

--
Thad

Rob.

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May 13, 2004, 6:57:41 PM5/13/04
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Charlie wrote:
> OK sorry..my mistake..maybe it lost something in the translation....
>
> Yeah it is funny now that I reread it with that inclination....
>
> I take back the butt brain remark!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
>

No worries :-P

el stinky

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OH DAMN!!!!

someone beat em to it... and its just as "authentic" as the "real" BLUES
HAMMER
http://www.blueshammer.us/


Bogus Fracture

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>Subject: Re: Need good name for new BLUES BAND ?
>From: "Charlie" cha...@excite.com
>Date: 5/13/2004 2:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>Message-id: <2ght6mF...@uni-berlin.de>
>

>The M U S I C makes the band's name for itself..not some cutesy words.

Face it, for better or worse, image means a lot in blues.

Memphis Bogus Fracture

David

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> Not that I necessarily disagree with your main point, but didn't they
> actually start out as "The Allman Joys"?

Yes they did


Bogus Fracture

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May 13, 2004, 8:37:29 PM5/13/04
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The New Cirrhosis Blues Ensemble

Spyder Barques

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>
> OH DAMN!!!!
>
> someone beat em to it... and its just as "authentic" as the "real" BLUES
> HAMMER
> http://www.blueshammer.us/

Oh, geez. I'm guessing those guys haven't seen the movie.
OMG, can this be real?
I think that I will have to get one of those shirts, though.

--
Thad


David

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May 13, 2004, 10:59:57 PM5/13/04
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Are you the same Spyder from the Yahoo group Guitar Players?


Charlie

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May 13, 2004, 11:08:31 PM5/13/04
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Hahahaha..is this your best shot???

Too bad you would never have time to see Phil Keaggy since he doesn't use
(or need) a "catchy name". Gee I guess you'll pass on Eric Clapton too
then..right?

Your logic is so pathetically transparent as some feeble attempt to troll
me.
I think you like me!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-ps yeah it is Pat Metheny Group..what a butt head "correction" but you
would pass on him too since no "clever name". Thank you for a great
chuckle....

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> Yes, they certainly did, showing that Charlie's just being a one-sided
> asshole again. All I know is that if I'm going to see a band, if they
> couldn't bother to put some time into coming up with a catchy name, I
can't
> be bothered with them. All of the examples given are false. The Allman
> Brothers started with the Allman Joys. Additionally, their last name rolls
> off the tongue pretty easily. The Jimi Hendrix Experience wasn't clever?
> Rather than using "The Jimi Hendrix Band" or something like that, they
> tailored the name to show that there was more to the music than just a
band;
> it was an experience. Simon & Garfunkle originally called themselves "Tom
&
> Jerry". The Dave Clark Five: first of all, his name rolls off the tongue
> easily. Second of all, how many other people were using a number to
express
> the band? It hails back to Louis Armstrong's Hot Sevens. Very cool.
Santana,
> how many people have a cool name like that? BTW, there *is* no Pat Metheny
> Band.
>
> Do you really think you'd be likely to stop at a club because you see the
> Mike Crutcher Band is playing? Please. What about some of the great bands
> who bothered to have a cool name? Cream, Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones,
The
> Meters, The Who, The Mothers Of Invention, Nirvana. I don't even like all
of
> those bands, but they certainly considered what they would be called.
Yeah,
> their music could speak for itself, but they bothered to have some pride
in
> their name and are part of music history because of it.
>
> Get real. Marketing is a major part of being successful in the music
> business.
>
> Hey, maybe in Charlie's honor, you could call it "No Crossposting".
>
> --
> Mike C.
> http://mikecrutcher.com
> "As much as I love music, I never really thought it was my life. I thought
> it was the vehicle I used to express my life" - Herbie Mann
>
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The Burwoods

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1. Dick Shellac and the Shiney White men
2. Herman Nerdman and the Volumes

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Marc Mulay

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Knock yerself out ;-)

Lo Serotone
Bad Molesteral
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Puking Chubby
Limp 'n Drippy
Hot Guk
La Labia
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Third Ball
Third Nipple
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Herp's 4 Ever
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Mouth Dump
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Wanna See My...?
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Sack 2 Crack
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Gimme Hole
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Charlie

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OK then how about

Mud Cat and The Deep Fried Five ???

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The Burwoods

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Oh ! there's a horn section , Awsome. Or sub Wiskers

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Franky

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> >Need good name for new BLUES BAND
>
>
> So far, The Soulcasterz is it.....
>
>
Sorry, it's been taken!

http://www3.sympatico.ca/soulcasters/

el stinky

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pick one up for me. i will pay you back with a DEEP DOWN IN THE DELTA
version of MUSTANG FUCKING SALLY

OOOWWWW


Boyd Williamson

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> No butt brain...I said that a cutesy name is a waste of energy. I didn't say
> to have a nameless band...man are you dense....
>
> - Charlie in Mississippi
> - "Keep the Blues Alive"

Aw, Charlie, you're no fun. What's wrong with being a bit creative with the
name? Why not try to entertain people from the first moment they hear of
you? You can change your clothes, your guitar, your hairstyle, your style of
music, and even your physique to mold your image; why not change your name?

Sometimes, it happens that the people who were naming you at your birth
simply didn't have a show business career in mind when they did it!

Would Cary grant have made it as Archibald Alexander Leach? Would Judy
Garland have made it as Frances Gumm? Would Alan Alda have done better as
Alphonso dąAbruzzo? Would Mel Brooks fared better as Melvin Kaminsky, or
Albert Brooks as Albert Einstein?

Would John Denver have sold as many records as Henry John Deutschendorf?
Would Kirk Douglas have starred in as many movies as Issur Danielovitch
Demsky? Was it a waste of energy changing Baldemar G. Huerta to Freddie
Fender? Did you know Glenn Ford's given first name was Gwyilyn?

C'mon, Charlie, give us a break. Even Huddie Ledbetter was much better known
as Leadbelly, and Elias Bates impressed more people as Bo Diddley. McKinley
Morganfield is a fine name, but much more easily remembered as Muddy Waters.

Please, allow Patricia Andrzejewski to be Pat Benatar. Let Harold Lipschitz
be Hal Linden if he wants to, and Joseph Levitch be known as Jerry Lewis.

Stefanie Powers might have been just as beautiful if she hadn't changed her
name from Stefdnia Zofija Federkiewicz, but who's to say? Would Cheryl Ladd
have been as fetching a Charlie's Angel if she'd been billed as Cheryl
Stoppelmoor?

I mean, Hollywood Squares MIGHT be that much more entertaining if everyone
knew that Peter Marshall was really Pierre LaCock, but maybe not.

Michael Keaton didn't have much choice; Michael Douglas, his real name, was
already taken! James Stewart had the same problem, so he changed his to
Stewart Granger. So did Jane Peters, who became Carole Lombard.

Would Elle MacPherson be nearly as sexy as Eleanor Gow? Would Walter
Matthau EVER have gotten his real last name, Matuschanskayasky, into the
screen credits?

Ronald Reagan kept his own name, but do you think it bothered him that his
first wife, Jane Wyman, was really Sarah Jane Fulks; or that his second
wife, Nancy Davis, was really Anne Frances Robbins? Should it bother us?

Would it bother you if you knew that President Gerald R. Ford was really
Leslie Lynch King, Jr.?

I dunno, Charlie. Personally, I like band names like Skid Marx and the Hugh
Jazz Band; Alcoholics Unanimous; Hitler's Bikini; Mao Tse Helen;
Phenobarbiedolls; Seven Year Bitch; Well Hungarians; Testostertones; Stukas
Over Bedrock; theXpairOmentals, and the Crash Test Tickles (the last two are
mine, thank you).

How many other Charlies are playing blues in Mississippi? I mean, it's fine
for you, but what are the other 32,796 Charlies in Mississippi gonna do?

Hmmm. Butt Brain and the Waste of Energy... I like it!

Boyd Williamson, a/k/a
Zoid Asteroid Machine
...and proud of it.

http://zoid.z9design.com
http://vers.z9design.com
http://humor.z9design.com
http://graphics.z9design.com

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet..." -from "Romeo and Juliet"
by William Shakespeare... who many think was really Sir Francis Bacon...


Ed Cregger

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May 14, 2004, 1:37:27 AM5/14/04
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"Charlie" <cha...@excite.com> wrote

> > OK then how about
> >
> > Mud Cat and The Deep Fried Five ???


I played in a band in the seventies named Mudcat.

We were a bunch of southwestern NJ swamp-billies trying to make good. We did
manage to make an impression on the University of Delaware's seismometer in
Newark, DE. Or I should say, I made an impression. I was the bassplayer. The
Amazing Seismo. <G>

Ed Cregger


Jeff

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May 14, 2004, 3:42:28 AM5/14/04
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On Thu, 13 May 2004 20:34:00 +0100, "R.ob" <no.e...@email.email>
wrote:

>Charlie wrote:
>
>> Dreaming up catchy or seemingly inventive and clever "band names" is wasted
>> energy and focus and here is why.
>>

Right, for a blues rock band, a catchy or conceptual name isn't really
necessary, but for a rock or pop band, sometimes it's vital - Led
Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Box Tops, The Pretty Things, The Flamin'
Groovies, Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom Band, The Mothers, XTC,
The Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Humble Pie, The Strawberry
Alarm Clock, The Velvet Underground, The Grateful Dead, etc., etc., -
these are all brilliant band names. I think a really good band name
is just as important as a good movie title. How could a director
reason, "I don't care what we name this movie. It doesn't matter.
We'll focus on the acting and the story but thinking up a good name
for the movie is a waste of time. We'll just call it the star of the
movie's fourth adventure movie." A good album is a movie for your
ears and it deserves a dramatic or good title rather than a throwaway
or generic title. I think there's a big difference between "The Jimi
Hendrix Experience" and "Jimi Hendrix Blues Band."


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Krick Stahlschwanz

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May 14, 2004, 3:59:32 AM5/14/04
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What about calling yourselves:

RANK YANK WANK ?

Chris Berry

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May 14, 2004, 8:05:43 AM5/14/04
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Not another Boy Band...
Loose Screws
A Shade of Mauve
Three Brothers Blue


Mika

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May 14, 2004, 8:33:11 AM5/14/04
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> Need good name for new BLUES BAND


Cliff Hangar & The Trestle Troll Blues Band


David

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May 14, 2004, 9:45:04 AM5/14/04
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"Charlie" <cha...@excite.com> wrote in message
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> OK then how about
>
> Mud Cat and The Deep Fried Five ???

Mudcat is a country/blues band in Atlanta


Doug Cunningly

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May 14, 2004, 9:54:02 AM5/14/04
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"R.ob" <no.e...@email.email> wrote in
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> Charlie wrote:
>
>> Dreaming up catchy or seemingly inventive and clever "band names" is
>> wasted energy and focus and here is why.
>>

>> Let the music speak for itself....if the band is hot people will make
>> it a point to remember the name whether it is
>> a "clever" name or simply the Bill Jones Blues Band.
>>
>> Did the Allman brothers band use some "clever" band name? No. Are the
>> revered by any as the best blues band of all time past present and
>> future? Yes. See?
>>
>> The examples go on like Steve Miller Band, Jimi Hendrix Experience,
>> Dave Clark Five, Pat Metheny Band, Santana, Simon and Garfunkle..etc
>> etc etc..........clever names are bogus and totally unnecessary.


>>
>>
>> The M U S I C makes the band's name for itself..not some cutesy

>> words. One's time would be better spent rehearsing and working on
>> licks. It's the M U S I C !!!!!! Not some dreamed up weird ass
>> name.....IMHO
>>
>> - OR - let your grandma name it and go with her first suggestion no
>> matter what it may be...
>>
>
> "A really great blues band". Then, when you are announced on stage,
> the script may follow this pattern: "ladies and gentlemen, please give
> a big round of applause and welcome to the stage 'a really great blues
> band'".
>
> Then, at the end, you can thank everyone for coming, and explain that
> you've been 'a really great blues band' and they've been a great
> audience. If people tell you the bands name was well suited, you know
> you're onto a winner!
>

Yeah, like "the rolling stones." lame.

Doug Cunningly

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May 14, 2004, 9:57:18 AM5/14/04
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"Charlie" <cha...@excite.com> wrote in
news:2ght6mF...@uni-berlin.de:

> Dreaming up catchy or seemingly inventive and clever "band names" is
> wasted energy and focus and here is why.
>
> Let the music speak for itself....if the band is hot people will make
> it a point to remember the name whether it is
> a "clever" name or simply the Bill Jones Blues Band.
>
> Did the Allman brothers band use some "clever" band name? No. Are the
> revered by any as the best blues band of all time past present and
> future? Yes. See?
>
> The examples go on like Steve Miller Band, Jimi Hendrix Experience,
> Dave Clark Five, Pat Metheny Band, Santana, Simon and Garfunkle..etc
> etc etc..........clever names are bogus and totally unnecessary.
>
>
> The M U S I C makes the band's name for itself..not some cutesy words.
> One's time would be better spent rehearsing and working on licks.
> It's the M U S I C !!!!!! Not some dreamed up weird ass name.....IMHO
>
> - OR - let your grandma name it and go with her first suggestion no
> matter what it may be...
>

I don't know, some bands' names really grab your attention, like Jersey's
The Swinging Johnsons or Shirley Temple of Doom.

Peter Huggins

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May 14, 2004, 12:37:10 PM5/14/04
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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD for short).

P.S. In Between the Allman Joys (Name ripped off from a candy bar) and
the ABB, Duane & Gregg had a band called Hourglass (Two albums on
Liberty, went nowhere, band broke up. Duane became a 'hired gun' studio
guitarist for awhile and Gregg stayed in L.A. to fufill contract
obligations).


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Nick

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May 14, 2004, 12:57:22 PM5/14/04
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In teh film The Commitments, teh roignalband was called (IIRC):

And And! And


Groovy
NJ

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>
> On 13-May-2004, "Charlie" <cha...@excite.com> wrote:
>
> > Hahahaha..is this your best shot???
>

> I'm afraid I missed the previous post. Was "Hahahaha" the suggested name
> for the band? If so, I kinda like it!
>
> ~kp


Chuck

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May 14, 2004, 3:58:36 PM5/14/04
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The Bifurcators

Chuck

Tivers

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May 14, 2004, 5:02:29 PM5/14/04
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>Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD for short).

With that name, I think you could get a gvt sponsored one week gig in Baghdad.

ti
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Spyder Barques

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"David" <jackrabb...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
> Are you the same Spyder from the Yahoo group Guitar Players?

No, he's a cheap imposter!
Or I am.
Either way, no.
:-)

--
Thad


Rob.

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May 14, 2004, 7:24:58 PM5/14/04
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Boyd Williamson wrote:
>>No butt brain...I said that a cutesy name is a waste of energy. I didn't say
>>to have a nameless band...man are you dense....
>>
>>- Charlie in Mississippi
>>- "Keep the Blues Alive"
>
>
[ZNIP!]

Now that was a *lot* of names!!

Chuck

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May 14, 2004, 11:34:46 PM5/14/04
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jaysus Mulay, buy a comma...
Chuck

David

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May 15, 2004, 8:30:19 AM5/15/04
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> I don't know, some bands' names really grab your attention, like Jersey's
> The Swinging Johnsons or Shirley Temple of Doom.

There was a band in the 80s called the Swinging Richards.


steve eaton

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May 15, 2004, 5:37:33 PM5/15/04
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"The Burwoods" <cbur...@mts.net> wrote in message
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> 1. Dick Shellac and the Shiney White men
> 2. Herman Nerdman and the Volumes

I like those.
I'll add...

Norman Nasal and the Nosepicker Nine....

Spyder Barques

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"el stinky" <spamfarme...@cox.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> pick one up for me. i will pay you back with a DEEP DOWN IN THE DELTA
> version of MUSTANG FUCKING SALLY
>
> OOOWWWW
>

ROFL
:-D

--
Thad


§c©©t§

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May 16, 2004, 9:17:33 PM5/16/04
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Blueballs.

HTH,
-V


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May 16, 2004, 9:18:34 PM5/16/04
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> "Steve Robinson" <stephen.p.robins...@ntlworld.com> wrote in
> message news:2gfjt6F...@uni-berlin.de...

> > "Mika" <mbenn...@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
> > news:20040512165435...@mb-m10.aol.com...
> >
> > The Razors? The Blue Razors? That's got an edge to it.
>
> or how about "Victor Kiam and The Electric Razors"?
>
> "Er... which one's Victor...?"
>
> :¬)

Blue Floyd.

'which one's blue? "

we all are! :D


Marc Mulay

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May 16, 2004, 9:17:42 PM5/16/04
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22 Itchy Frets (Agree)

The 5th Doctor

Wet Hot Tuna

Hold the Cheese

Ankles 'R Earrings

Willy's in a Knot

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"SuperX" <super!@x.com> wrote in message news:40a34090$0$13085$636a...@news.free.fr...
>
> Razorback Blues Brothers
>
> Lil' Jimmy's Blues Express
>
> Roadkill Blues Band
>
> Skinny Pete's Blues Rovers
>
> Bluesmobiles
>
> Bluematics


tHE bLUEFARTS!


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May 16, 2004, 11:57:02 PM5/16/04
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"The Burwoods" <cbur...@mts.net> wrote in message news:wjXoc.19637$r9.4...@news1.mts.net...
> 1. Dick Shellac and the Shiney White men
> 2. Herman Nerdman and the Volumes

That's right. + Fart Pumprefrosen & The Knockers.


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Michael Jackson.


Boyd Williamson

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Fat Stew & the Blues Kazoos

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