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boombox
Old Love
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 Posted - 10/07/2009 : 15:18:51
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Did Neil play any really early material? Any Buff/CSNY tunes?
Not seen the setlist, but he was doing 'Burned' earlier in the UK tour. |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 10/07/2009 : 17:59:20
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Originally posted by boombox
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Originally posted by lemonade kid
Did Neil play any really early material? Any Buff/CSNY tunes?
Not seen the setlist, but he was doing 'Burned' earlier in the UK tour.
Hey Boomer.....is Neil going solo unplugged on the piano? That's my favorite
for Neil. "Burned" is nice on piano!
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caryne
Old Love
United Kingdom
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Old Love
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caryne
Old Love
United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/08/2009 : 23:34:59
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Well it'll be my husband's band, Animals and Men, at the Fleece in Bristol next Thursday. Got this preview in a magazine this week so they are all worrying now that they will have to be good!!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2427/3798581835_d3089ef2a0_b.jpg |
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John9
Old Love
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/08/2009 : 15:07:57
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The Berliner Residenz Konzerte Orchester in the Great Orangerie at Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin on Friday night. The concert was delivered by candlelight in an intimate setting.....and the supremely gifted musicians and soloists were dressed in eighteenth century finery as they performed works by Bach, Handel and Mozart.....music to touch the soul.
"Music is a friend that will not forsake nor deceive you......for you have drawn from her all the charms and raptures of heaven...whereas friends are lukewarm or crafty" - Sophie Charlotte, Queen (consort) of Prussia and for whom the palace was built in around 1700. |
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Old_Man
Old Love
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23/08/2009 : 16:58:52
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| Alvin Youngblood Hart's Muscle Theory, supported by Gerry Jablonski and The Electric Band at The Blue Lamp in Aberdeen. Tremendous double bill, terrific night, both bands red hot! |
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boombox
Old Love
United Kingdom
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Posted - 24/08/2009 : 16:15:35
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Alvin Youngblood Hart's Muscle Theory, supported by Gerry Jablonski and The Electric Band at The Blue Lamp in Aberdeen. Tremendous double bill, terrific night, both bands red hot!
I caught AYH yesterday at the Rhythm Festival in Bedford, but came away slightly disappointed with him. The guy has real presence on stage and can really play and I LOVED the dirty, grungy blues stuff (and the Neil Young sand Doug Sahm covers were good too), but he jumps around in style a bit too much - the more ska/reggae type things didn't do much for me. Still, I might check out his new album.
Others on the bill I saw in whole or in part were:
The Silver Brazilians - pretty good garage rock band, who would be good for a beered up night out.
Jet Bronx - good band, but the vocalist (hesitate to say 'singer'!) sucked, and he's a real pretentious git on stage too, so left after three songs
Imperial Leisure - not really my sort of thing, but very well performed by the band and good fun - excellent, energetic frontman too
Acoustic Strawbs - well, hardly acoustic with Chas Cronks' bass pedals, but no problem with that. Was worried they wouldn't be as good as when I saw the electric band earlier this year, but I enjoyed it all the same.
AYH - see above
Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash - musically very competent, but no real passion IMHO. Also, even though the fans might want to hear them, he shouldn't try to sing some of the old songs he didn't sing at the time.
Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams - the band who opened the Friday and Sunday last year. This year, they opened on Friday and closed the festival on the main stage on Sunday (and they got promoted to the better hotel in Bedford!). Can't say much more than EFFING BRILLIANT!! My sixth Circus show in the past 12 months and it was a belter, helped by some of the best stage lights I've seen in years. I cannot recommend this band highly enough to anyone - well worth the nearly 400 mile round trip, meaning my arriving home at 2.35am to get up for work this morning. |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
USA
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Posted - 24/08/2009 : 18:45:14
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Originally posted by boombox
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Originally posted by Old_Man
Alvin Youngblood Hart's Muscle Theory, supported by Gerry Jablonski and The Electric Band at The Blue Lamp in Aberdeen. Tremendous double bill, terrific night, both bands red hot!
I caught AYH yesterday at the Rhythm Festival in Bedford, but came away slightly disappointed with him. The guy has real presence on stage and can really play and I LOVED the dirty, grungy blues stuff (and the Neil Young sand Doug Sahm covers were good too), but he jumps around in style a bit too much - the more ska/reggae type things didn't do much for me. Still, I might check out his new album.
Others on the bill I saw in whole or in part were:
The Silver Brazilians - pretty good garage rock band, who would be good for a beered up night out.
Jet Bronx - good band, but the vocalist (hesitate to say 'singer'!) sucked, and he's a real pretentious git on stage too, so left after three songs
Imperial Leisure - not really my sort of thing, but very well performed by the band and good fun - excellent, energetic frontman too
Acoustic Strawbs - well, hardly acoustic with Chas Cronks' bass pedals, but no problem with that. Was worried they wouldn't be as good as when I saw the electric band earlier this year, but I enjoyed it all the same.
AYH - see above
Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash - musically very competent, but no real passion IMHO. Also, even though the fans might want to hear them, he shouldn't try to sing some of the old songs he didn't sing at the time.
Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams - the band who opened the Friday and Sunday last year. This year, they opened on Friday and closed the festival on the main stage on Sunday (and they got promoted to the better hotel in Bedford!). Can't say much more than EFFING BRILLIANT!! My sixth Circus show in the past 12 months and it was a belter, helped by some of the best stage lights I've seen in years. I cannot recommend this band highly enough to anyone - well worth the nearly 400 mile round trip, meaning my arriving home at 2.35am to get up for work this morning.
Hey, boomer...which Circus album would you recommend for starters??
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Old_Man
Old Love
United Kingdom
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Posted - 24/08/2009 : 21:41:25
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but he jumps around in style a bit too much.
I've heard this criticism before, but it's something I quite like about him, so he's never dull. |
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boombox
Old Love
United Kingdom
548 Posts |
Posted - 24/08/2009 : 23:21:45
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Originally posted by Old_Man
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Originally posted by boombox
but he jumps around in style a bit too much.
I've heard this criticism before, but it's something I quite like about him, so he's never dull.
I would agree, but he does the grungy blues SOOOO well - I could quite easily listen to 90 mins of that. |
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boombox
Old Love
United Kingdom
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Posted - 24/08/2009 : 23:52:13
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Originally posted by lemonade kid
Hey, boomer...which Circus album would you recommend for starters??
Tough one!
My analysis as follows:
A Good Thief Tips His Hat - first album by a band trying to find their voice - a few classics still played very frequently eg Circus of Dreams, Silent Revolution. I guess the fans love stuff on thsi album as it's not played as much these days, so it's a treat when they bust out stuff like Genius. However, it does have Alice In Space on - the traditional set or show closer.
Flapjacks From The Sky - the breakthrough album - direction now found and boy do they go for it on this double album. High points too many to list, but if pushed: Sunday In The Rain, Baby Jane, Flapjacks From The Sky and Talkin' To The Buddha, which is always IMMENSE live.
The Great Unravel - latest CD and a year on from its release, still a contender for my favourite album of the decade. Again, lots of great tracks - The Great Unravel, Tink (I Know It's You) (with slide mandolin!), Pushin' Up Daisies.
On balance, as a taster, Flapjacks seems to be a popular one, but it's live that this band is best caught. There's a lovely SBD on bt.etree here: http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=525378
Or check out Radio Free Slambovia via the link on www.slambovia.com (Lots of free mp3s here!!). Quite a lot on youtube too.
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 25/08/2009 : 18:01:59
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Originally posted by boombox
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Originally posted by lemonade kid
Hey, boomer...which Circus album would you recommend for starters??
Tough one!
My analysis as follows:
A Good Thief Tips His Hat - first album by a band trying to find their voice - a few classics still played very frequently eg Circus of Dreams, Silent Revolution. I guess the fans love stuff on thsi album as it's not played as much these days, so it's a treat when they bust out stuff like Genius. However, it does have Alice In Space on - the traditional set or show closer.
Flapjacks From The Sky - the breakthrough album - direction now found and boy do they go for it on this double album. High points too many to list, but if pushed: Sunday In The Rain, Baby Jane, Flapjacks From The Sky and Talkin' To The Buddha, which is always IMMENSE live.
The Great Unravel - latest CD and a year on from its release, still a contender for my favourite album of the decade. Again, lots of great tracks - The Great Unravel, Tink (I Know It's You) (with slide mandolin!), Pushin' Up Daisies.
On balance, as a taster, Flapjacks seems to be a popular one, but it's live that this band is best caught. There's a lovely SBD on bt.etree here: http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=525378
Or check out Radio Free Slambovia via the link on www.slambovia.com (Lots of free mp3s here!!). Quite a lot on youtube too.
Thanks for the links boomer! I'll go the today!
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Lizzyb
Fifth Love
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23/10/2009 : 00:23:51
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Just back from the Zombies. They were really really worth hearing and seeing. I can see why they were a good counterpoint for Love. Colin B's voice, like Arthurs's has aged well. I was quite envious of those of you who saw the double bill.
Tomorrow it's Otway and Barratt - Really Free.
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bob f.
Old Love
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Posted - 23/10/2009 : 02:36:05
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Lizzy...I'm glad you got to see The Zombies. I was fortunate to be at a LOVE/Zombies show, and thought Colin sang great. Was he snapping his fingers? Funny when Love followed them, and Arthur was snapping his fingers during LOVE's set!
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