Robben Ford Discussion

edpesco

Hi all, I organized a little guitar weekend within the arts festival FOEN-X in Hard/Austria (near Bregenz at the Lake of Constance) from Friday Sept.2 to Sunday Sept.4. On Saturday 3rd we play a RF-tribute program with my band NICK'S NOISE and believe it or not our beloved henkholland will drive 10 hours with wife, dog, guitar and amp just to join us. We made a nice selection from the RF-songbook and later that evening great German Jazz guitarist Michael Sagmeister will hit the stage. Friday and Sunday also nice artists. Worth a trip for anyone.

For those who read German: www.foen-x.com

BTW Sat. Sept.3 is Dal's 50th birthday. For Dal: I already had mine and I tell you it feels horrible, you feel young all your life and suddenly wake up old, 50 years old, they say a man in his best years but face the facts: the good years are definitely OVER, GONE, VANISHED Crying or Very sad

Just kidding...I love the reflection of my face in my metal toilet paper holder every morning...

Ed

henkholland · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:31 am Post subject:

Still honered to got this invitation. I'm really looking forward to do this special gig together and we certainly will have a party that night! Thanks for the spirit of Robben!
Henk

edpesco · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 2:47 pm Post subject:

Robben's spirit will be there? You mean spooky things going on? But... he is still alive, isn't he? I'm frightened, I think we should cancel the whole thing...

JohnnyZ · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 4:14 pm Post subject:

Oh, how I wish I could join you all, especially since I'm also hitting the 50 year old club really soon (10/05/1955).

Please, tape this event. I would love a copy!

Thanks,
~JZ~
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edpesco · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 10:37 pm Post subject:

believe it or not this remarkable event will be filmed and after passing a hard censorship edited on DVD and will open a series of unintentional humour DVDs

PierreL · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 11:55 pm Post subject:

Damn, I'll want my copy Ed !

edpesco · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:18 am Post subject:

sure you can have a copy, will give you lots of humoristic entertainment, Henk will diguise as RF Very Happy

roadwarriorfortheblues

edpesco

roadwarriorfortheblues

edpesco · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:10 pm Post subject:

OK warrior, I'll do my best. Hard to translate as my friend's language (a journalist who wrote it) is very special intellectual humor that lives from the language ( many people don't understand it in the original version). Here's my broken English:

What links the Band from Vorarlberg (Austria's most western county) and the Dutch guitarist Henk van der Kolk? No, not the interest on chess-masters of the 19th century, but their commen enthusiasm for guitarist Robben Ford. Robben who? you might now be asking. And this is exactly the six-string strangler's problem who was born the 16th December 1951 in Ukaiah/CA. Because this man is a world renowned "guitar stinger" who has played actually with everybody, from Jimmy Witherspoon, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison to Miles Davis. Nevertheless he never made a superstar like for example Eric Clapton.
Robben Ford - transcendental Blues Burner, schizophonic string surfer, pilgrim on the mystic sound mile, a legend still to be explored.
At their mutual concert Nick's Noise and Henk van der Kolk will faithfully present excerpts of the RF songbook. Historic-critical coverversions after the masters example (model?). "Homework" well done: Nothing but the blues but with a certain esprit.

srammell · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:07 am Post subject:

Hi Ed,

sounds like a nice evening in store, I too would like to get a DVD copy of your 'tribute' - good luck with the show!

Simon

edpesco · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:39 am Post subject:

roadwarriorfortheblues · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 12:34 pm Post subject: Thanks!

Ed, thanks for taking the time to translate. "Pilgrim on the mystic sound mile" -- oh that's great! Sounds like it's going to be a wonderful festival.
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edpesco · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 12:42 pm Post subject:

...perhaps more wonder than full...
Edmund