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I've been playing a very loose, very casual, bi-weekly saturday gig for about six months now . . . and I've found that a really good keyboard player and a really good drummer just need one additional player on any kind of strings, be it bass or guitar, acoustic or otherwise, just to fill things out. It's also much better to have the bass player, because the keyboard guy is crippled if he has to play basslines.
I understand what you're saying, though, it is nerve-racking. This gig I have now is different, though, because it's so low-pressure, we're just F-ing around half the time, one guy will start on a groove and we play around with it until it's exhausted. If this were a serious gig, the three-piece would sort of be, much less fun, and much more work.
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