Joined: 30 Dec 2003 Posts: 26 Location: NEW YORK,NEW YORK
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 11:32 am Post subject:
road ...you will be ok at the pirate fest looks like fun...I love tampa ...
hey there's always that other place on dale may across from the statium ...the traffic stopper!.that can make up for just about anything in life.....yeeeeeeeeeha!
Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 150 Location: Ibaraki, Japan
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:08 am Post subject:
mayer wrote:
Warren had a great tone, looks like he is no longer using soldano, but I couldn't really see his rig.
I was just browsing the Gov't Mule site and saw pictures of their taping of the Carson Daly show. In that picture he's got a Diaz head and a Soldano.
I heard somewhere that he used a Maven Peal on the Mule's latest album. Maybe he used that? He sure has a great tone on that latest record.
Joined: 09 Jun 2004 Posts: 289 Location: Baltimore, Md
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:10 am Post subject: Another great show...
Gregg Allman and Friends at the State Theater in Falls Church, Va.
I decided to use the D.C. subway rather than drive...so a big part of my adventure was finding the correct station, then trudging 10 blocks or so through the snow/slush, in the dark, along a major hwy, to a venue I'd never been to...
I got there rather early, which was good since I was thirsty and I was able to get a balcony seat near the upstairs bar...later on, the place was absolutely packed.
Pretty much the same song list as others had mentioned, the band sounded great right off the bat.
Gregg was in great voice, but could have been a bit louder in the mix. As others said, Gregg played quite a few songs on guitar, and there was great rapport between him and Robben...you could see it in their faces.
I was hoping maybe Robben would cover the harmony vocal on "Midnight Rider," but Gregg sang alone. (On second thought, after hearing Gregg and Floyd sing, maybe Robben save his pipes on this tour!)
Robben played the LP exclusively, was very tasteful and understated (at least for Robben!!! ) But people really took notice when Robben took a solo, and was I was to educate them as to who Robben is.
I almost didn't recognize Daved with long pants on. (C'mon Daved, it was a balmy 15 degrees outside!)
I had to leave early to catch the train, and had to be at work 0630 today, but I had a great time listening to a great band!
This weekend, Tommy Castro is in town for 2 shows...
"... Ford is an absolute wonder, a man who brings an immaculate sense of jazz phrasing to his blues-based playing, and his solos were inspired, brave and brimming with soul. When Ford improvised, jaws dropped and hearts soared among the loud and appreciative Bear's Den crowd." _________________ Travelling by train of thought
Joined: 09 Jun 2004 Posts: 289 Location: Baltimore, Md
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 5:19 am Post subject: nice review
That's a great review you posted, RWFTB.
There's one today in the Washington Post, but it's a registration-only website so I won't link to it.
Excerpt:
"Gregg Allman has a premier bluesman's resume:
He lost a brother and band mate to violent death.
He's battled addictions and the law.
He married Cher."
The article mentions that Robben backed Joni Mitchell and George Harrison, and that he used his own "blistering" licks rather than clone any Duane/Dickey licks, but that's about it. It's mostly a complimentary review of Gregg (as it should be.)
"Allman ended the set with 'I'm No Angel," one of his biggest solo hits. The 1987 tune features perhaps the best dirtball pick-up line in rock history: "Come and let me show you my tatoo." Perhaps those are the words that landed Cher."
Joined: 29 Jan 2004 Posts: 1504 Location: Methuen, MA
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 11:08 am Post subject:
Re: Pirates
Here's a Dave Barry article from last year about the annual International Talk Like A Pirate Day (sorry for the unformatted format)...
Posted on Sun, Sep. 08, 2002
Arrrrr! Talk like a pirate -- or prepare to be boarded DAVE BARRY Every now and then, some visionary individuals come along with a concept that is so original and so revolutionary that your immediate reaction is: ``Those individuals should be on medication.''Today I want to tell you about two such people, John Baur and Mark Summers, who have come up with a concept that is going to make you kick yourself for not thinking of it first: Talk Like a Pirate Day. As the name suggests, this is a day on which everybody would talk like a pirate. Is that a great idea, or what? There are so many practical benefits that I can't even begin to list them all.Baur and Summers came up with this idea a few years ago. They were playing racquetball, and, as so often happens, they began talking like pirates. And then it struck them: Why not have a day when EVERYBODY talks like a pirate? They decided that the logical day would be Sept. 19, because that -- as you are no doubt aware -- is Summers' ex-wife's birthday.Since then, Baur and Summers have made a near-superhuman effort to promote Talk Like a Pirate Day. As Baur puts it: ``We've talked like pirates, and encouraged our several friends to, every Sept. 19, except for a couple where we forgot.''And yet, incredibly, despite this well-orchestrated campaign, the nation has turned a deaf shoulder to Talk Like a Pirate Day. In desperation, Baur and Summers turned to me for help. As an influential newspaper columnist, I have the power to ''make or break'' a national day. You may recall that almost nobody celebrated Thanksgiving until I began writing about it in the 1970s.I have given Baur's and Summers' idea serious thought, looking for ways to improve it. One variation I considered was Talk Like a Member of the Lollipop Guild Day, on which everybody would talk like the three Munchkins in the film version of The Wizard of Oz who welcome Dorothy to Munchkin Land by singing with one corner of their mouths drooping down, as though they have large invisible dental suction devices hanging from their lips. But I realized that would be stupid.So I have decided to throw my full support behind Talk Like a Pirate Day, to be observed this Sept. 19. To help promote this important cause, I have decided to seek the endorsement of famous celebrities, and I am pleased to report that, as of today, Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Britney Spears, Brad Pitt, Oprah Winfrey, the Osbournes, Tiger Woods, Ted Koppel, the Sopranos, Puff Doody and the late Elvis Presley are all people who I hope will read this column and become big supporters. I see no need to recruit President Bush, because he already talks like a pirate, as we can see from this transcript of a recent White House press conference:REPORTER: Could you please explain either your foreign or your domestic policy?PRESIDENT BUSH: Arrrrr.To prepare for Talk Like a Pirate Day, you should practice incorporating pirate terminology into your everyday speech. For example, let's consider a typical conversation between two co-workers in a business office:BOB: Hi. Mary.MARY: Hi, Bob. Have you had a chance to look at the Fennerman contract?BOB: Yes, and I have some suggestions.MARY: OK, I'll review them.Now let's see how this same conversation would sound on Talk Like a Pirate Day:BOB: Avast, me beauty.MARY: Avast, Bob. Is that a yardarm in your doubloons, or are you just glad to see me?BOB: You are giving me the desire to haul some keel.MARY: Arrrrr.As you can see, talking like a pirate will infuse your everyday conversations with romance and danger. So join the movement! On Sept. 19, do not answer the phone with ''hello.'' Answer the phone with ''Ahoy me hearty!'' If the caller objects that he is not a hearty, inform him that he is a scurvy dog (or, if the caller is female, a scurvy female dog) who will be walking the plank off the poop deck and winding up in Davy Jones' locker, sleeping with the fishes. No, wait, that would be Talk Like a Pirate in The Godfather Day, which is another variation I considered (``I'm gonna make him an offer that will shiver his timbers'').But the point is, this is a great idea, and you, me bucko, should be part of it. Join us on Sept. 19. You HAVE the buckles, darn it: Don't be afraid to swash them! Let's make this into a grass-roots movement that sweeps the nation, like campaign-finance reform, or Krispy Kreme doughnuts. I truly think this idea could bring us, as a nation, closer together.But not TOO much closer. Some of us will have swords.
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and I was able to get a balcony seat near the upstairs bar...later on, the place was absolutely packed.
) But people really took notice when Robben took a solo, and was I was to educate them as to who Robben is.
(C'mon Daved, it was a balmy 15 degrees outside!)
