Fleetwood Mac's debut gig 45 years ago today

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by chiliD

Back in my younger years as a blues novice, I would attend open blues jams quite frequently. On quite a few occasions with different people leading the jam, they would turn to us on stage and say "Slow blues in BB's key". Being a "rookie" I would look at the bass player and he'd mouth or whisper "B Flat" when he'd see the puzzled or "deer in the headlights" look on my face. Once I "got it", I just thought that was the funniest thing. It was like "bluesman's code" or something. I felt like I was initiated into a "secret society" after that!

That's a cool story. Do you call actual keys on stage? We always use words, as "D" can sound like anything! Adam, Boy, Carl, Doggie, Earl, Frank, George. Those are what we call.

I did monitors for BB King, about 5 years ago. He put on an excellent, LONG show(especially for a guy his age!), and at the end of the show, he pointed right at me, and said, "I want to thanks the sound guy". I know that's a little, nothing story, but it was my one BB King moment in life!