Quick vid 'Sultans'- my 4th gig with the new band

Voxman

Gig at the Old Hall Tavern, Chingford) 9th Sep 2023 - my 4th gig with the new band (the Alan Linfoot band), and my wife and some friends came to this one and took some pics & phone vids. (Not the best of sound quality with a phone, and my wife couldn't get the phone to work so missed the beginning).  Ridiculously I must have played 'Sultans' 100 times but had a loss of concentration at the start of the 2nd solo (thankfully improvised & recovered - audience knew no difference!) . Sorry about that but it was 32 degrees, hottest night of the year, and we were well into our 2nd set (31 numbers over 2hrs) so I was a bit hot, sweaty & tired and just had a 'brain fart' lol!

Kittyfrisk

Aaah, man, you're too hard on yourself.  Sounded very good.
Get the frontman with the strat & the fan blowing hair to carry his weight & do the bloody solos   

Voxman

Kittyfrisk said:

Aaah, man, you're too hard on yourself.  Sounded very good.
Get the frontman with the strat & the fan blowing hair to carry his weight & do the bloody solos   

You're very kind sir, thank you. 

ScreamingDave

ExceLlent stuff, well done. 

Voxman

ScreamingDave said:

ExceLlent stuff, well done. 

Very kind, & thank you for looking in

theatreanchor

Well done. Hard solo to get right. Nice tones!

stratman3142

That's great. So are you just using a Headrush 108 for your backline sound, or are you going into the PA as well?

Voxman

stratman3142 said:

That's great. So are you just using a Headrush 108 for your backline sound, or are you going into the PA as well?

Thank you. Backline on a tripod and one on the floor as a monitor. I'd like to have been a tad ouder  but the landlord asked for it to be turned down a bit.  The Headrush's are crazy loud, that was just halfway. 

Voxman

theatreanchor said:

Well done. Hard solo to get right. Nice tones!

Thank you and appreciate you looking in. 

Roland

Voxman said:

… had a loss of concentration at the start of the 2nd solo (thankfully improvised & recovered - audience knew no difference!) . ..

Your playing is excellent, and so is your tone. It’s a well known solo, but Knopfler didn’t play it the same way every night, and there’s no reason why you should. I wish bands would put more improvisation into their performances.

Voxman

Roland said:

Voxman said:

… had a loss of concentration at the start of the 2nd solo (thankfully improvised & recovered - audience knew no difference!) . ..

Your playing is excellent, and so is your tone. It’s a well known solo, but Knopfler didn’t play it the same way every night, and there’s no reason why you should. I wish bands would put more improvisation into their performances.

Thanks Roland, you're very kind 

stickyfiddle

Good stuff! Let's be honest - this is one we've all heard a million times by a million cover bands and often not played that well.
This is definitely not one of those!

I have minor comments for drummer and singer (former would benefit from a little more swing and the latter needs to look like he's enjoying himself!) but none on the solo aside from the minor flub that you're aware of and dealt with really well!

Voxman

stickyfiddle said:

Good stuff! Let's be honest - this is one we've all heard a million times by a million cover bands and often not played that well.
This is definitely not one of those!

I have minor comments for drummer and singer (former would benefit from a little more swing and the latter needs to look like he's enjoying himself!) but none on the solo aside from the minor flub that you're aware of and dealt with really well!

Thank you Sticky!  Agree re drummer, he deps for us & is a good guy but as you rightly say, needs to be a bit more laid back and swingy. 

Jez6345789

Lovely I have heard mr Knopfler blow it way more and well as for that soulless plank of a PRS seems you know how to make it cry and sing lovely

rustneversleeps

Well played.(played in the Tavern many times)

Voxman

Jez6345789 said:

Lovely I have heard mr Knopfler blow it way more and well as for that soulless plank of a PRS seems you know how to make it cry and sing lovely

Thanks Jez.  LOL re the PRS.  Actually, my PRS is a lovely guitar to play & its my main gigging guitar, with my Patrick Eggle Berlin Pro as back-up as it too can do H/B & single coil tones.  In an ideal world I'd use my Les Paul Custom for Rock & a Strat for stuff like this, Hendrix etc but changing guitars every few numbers is a pain live and the LPC is darned heavy for a 2hr stint.  The PRS really is a great one stop shop gigging guitar that can cover both bases pretty well. Mine has the 5 way rotary selector where the 2nd position is very Strat like, and it's very light & comfortable to play when you're up there for 2hrs.  

Thanks again for listening & glad you liked the clip.

Voxman

rustneversleeps said:

Well played.(played in the Tavern many times)

Thanks RNS - which band & do you still play there? 

Jonathangus

That's great stuff - nice one!

Voxman

Jonathangus said:

That's great stuff - nice one!

Thanks Jonathan

Dr_Necessiter

Most enjoyable, thank you.

Voxman

Dr_Necessiter said:

Most enjoyable, thank you.

Thanks Doc, appreciate you looking in