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Re: Upcoming Concerts You Will Be Attending
By: ChipRawks Date: August 27, 2011, 11:15 am
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[quote author=Mac link=topic=155.msg1098#msg1098
date=1314461346]
On a spur of the moment we went to an outdoor concert featuring
a tribute band for the Beatles. [glow=red,2,300]Brit
Beat[/glow].
It was just a picture perfect night. The temps were perfect, the
band played spot on, wife and I enjoying drinks and food with
our friends. Dayum, that's a memory to hold.
[/quote]
How were they dressed on stage? The classic look from the 60's
or the "I'm phucked up on LSD" look from the early 70's? ;D
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Re: Upcoming Concerts You Will Be Attending
By: Mac Date: August 27, 2011, 4:52 pm
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[quote author=ChipRawks link=topic=155.msg1099#msg1099
date=1314461753]
How were they dressed on stage? The classic look from the 60's
or the "I'm phucked up on LSD" look from the early 70's? ;D
[/quote]
Yup... the typical 3 primary stages of their work. Mop tops, Sgt
Pepper, Long hair hippies
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Re: Upcoming Concerts You Will Be Attending
By: ChipRawks Date: September 3, 2011, 6:40 am
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Looking at the "who's coming to town schedule", we have Santana
on 9/21/11, Blink 182 with My Chemical Romance on 10/6/11 and
Judas Priest on 10/19/11. I have no idea if I will see any of
these shows. Leaning toward Blink 182 as I have heard great
things about there tour this year.
I also saw on the same list that Motley Crue with Poison just
came to town. Huh? I heard absolutely nothing about this. No TV,
Radio or Flyer announcements. It's getting to be pretty lame
around here. Unless you have paper in hand or remember to check
periodically online, you are bound to miss dates.
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Re: Upcoming Concerts You Will Be Attending
By: Mac Date: September 7, 2011, 8:37 am
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Let me preface by saying I love just about everything Santana
has done… There are some stinkers though. So last night’s
concert event was happy and… not so happy.
Michael Franti and Spearhead opened the show. I recently
discovered Franti from his hit Say Hey (I Love You) and it fun
to watch the band warm up the audience. In a way, Franti and the
band make a nice compliment to the upcoming Santana set.
Set change
Santana and his 10 piece band (2 male singers, bass, guitar,
keyboard, 2 horns, 2 percussionists and the drummer) "The Band"
HTML http://www.santana.com/players/default.aspx
open the show with,
uh, ****. They are just banging and blowing and scratching at
their guitars for just a loud wall of sound. WTF. Then once they
get that 5 minute mess over they kick into AC/DC’s Back In Black
from Santana’s latest project “Guitar Heaven: The Greatest
Guitar Classics of All Time”. This project was what I was
thinking of that had misses. And Back In Black is a major miss
for me. Rapping AC/DC? I don’t think so.
So I’m kinda stewing, thinking my first 15 minutes with Santana
are going very bad. Then he starts playing the hits. Thank gawd.
The groove is laid and Santana does what he does best, bends
those strings effortlessly. He mostly plays his older stuff
which is fine by me. At one point he pulls out Corazon Espinado,
a beautiful latin grooved peppy song. In the background is video
footage of African tribes dancing (not to his song, just their
tribal dances) and I was thinking wow, what a contrast. It fits
and rather enlightening.
At one point Santana’s wife takes over the drum kit to play a
song… so I thought. Well, she winds up playing about a 20 minute
drum solo. First, I’m not a fan of Drum solo’s. Second, I didn’t
think she was all that great. Precision wise. She could play
hard with interesting fills, but she missed some and went in and
out of a groove. She played the song kind of sloppily. I was not
impressed. Of course it doesn’t help comparing her to group’s
long time drummer Dennis Chambers.
Oh by the way, Benny Rietveld, Bass Player, had a couple of
minutes to show off his lightening speed groove. Awesome.
Lastly I was satisfied with the set list. I mean his catalog is
huge and to hope for the songs I wanted to hear was just that
hope.
But not trying to sound like an old man here, this was one LOUD
concert. Good Gawd it was loud. I’ve been to this concert venue
many times. It’s rather small to middle size and there is no
need to play it so loud. The first song or two had the mix wrong
and you could barely hear Santana’s guitar.
All in all, I’m glad I got to see him. Good memories on an
amazing guitarist and band.
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Re: Upcoming Concerts You Will Be Attending
By: ChipRawks Date: September 7, 2011, 9:11 am
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Sounds like a very hit and miss concert and not one of his
better performances which is a shame since I know how much you
were looking forward to seeing Santana.
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Re: Upcoming Concerts You Will Be Attending
By: Mac Date: September 7, 2011, 11:02 am
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[quote author=ChipRawks link=topic=155.msg1422#msg1422
date=1315404660]
Sounds like a very hit and miss concert and not one of his
better performances which is a shame since I know how much you
were looking forward to seeing Santana.
[/quote]
I'm not totally surprised. I saw him about 20 years ago and
remember just being pissed he did nothing but jam. No hits.
It was hit and miss for me. I guess I had high expectations.
Still, I'm glad I went.
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Re: Upcoming Concerts You Will Be Attending
By: Mac Date: September 9, 2011, 8:52 am
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A different perspective from me. So it's entertaining shredding
vs. what I call all the musicians doing stupid shit on their
instruments
[quote]It's rare to see an opening act perform its role as well
as a barefoot Michael Franti & Spearhead did Tuesday night at
the Fox Theater for Santana.
Mixing it up with the crowd, Michael Franti's raw energy and a
giant balloon drop had The Fox rocking from start to finish.
After a brief intermission, Santana took the stage in front of
an eager crowd and did not disappoint. Holding nothing back
Carlos Santana started his set by performing a guitar shredding
solo that both thrilled and amazed concert-goers. It was
definitely a treat for all who attended.[/quote]
Review with pictures...
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Re: Upcoming Concerts You Will Be Attending
By: Mac Date: October 21, 2011, 11:32 am
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[center]Australian Pink Floyd
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Tonights the night and I expect nothing less than a fantastic
evening.[/center]
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Re: Upcoming Concerts You Will Be Attending
By: Chiprocks1 Date: October 23, 2011, 8:35 am
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[quote author=Mac link=topic=155.msg2961#msg2961
date=1319214773]
[center]Australian Pink Floyd
Tonights the night and I expect nothing less than a fantastic
evening.[/center]
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So, how was it?
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Re: Upcoming Concerts You Will Be Attending
By: Mac Date: October 23, 2011, 9:39 am
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[quote]So, how was it?[/quote]
Excellent, but I'm going to be critical here. It could have been
better because it has been.
My seat was excellent. Saw most of the stage, but with that
being said, not much happened on stage. All the guys stood
exactly in place. Very little movement. Almost robotic. There
was a blow up kangaroo and blow up cartoon character from their
video portion of the show, but nothing else.
The boys introduced 3D to the show and provided clear lens paper
glasses. I thought those video's were very lame. A floating pig
in space for 5 minutes, constant clocks drifting past the
screen. Very forgettable stuff. I removed my glasses before the
first song was over.
The band had some sound issues in the beginning. Something was
buzzing on occasion, completely derailing the songs. They must
have figured it out by the 3rd song.
On the good side, despite the sound glitch, it was perfect.
Excellent levels, clear on every instrument and guys know how to
play it. They dug deep into song selections too. Some old
numbers and a few songs not played as much on the radio. Which
took away from a lot of more popular songs. But that's OK. I
like what they gave us.
They played long sets. Played for over 3 hours.
I still highly recommend. If they should pop through your town,
by all means, pony up for the tickets and give it a go.
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