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A a few years later I was making sock puppets to attend gigs with, I can safely say no other live band has had that effect on me!
I have never (Somehow) heard a single note he's played or sung. I wouldn't know it if it jumped up and shagged me.
Where do i start and what do i need?
Next is probably Clapton. I've seen him several times now and will be first to agree that he has good nights and off nights. But catch him on a good night and there's not many who can touch him.
Peter Green - Pitch perfect bends, great articulation, and beautiful phrasing. And that was after his well-publicised problems. I wish I'd seen him back in the day when it was generally accepted that he was at least the equal of Clapton.
For sheer intensity, SLayer are (were) hard to beat. Saw them twice, with the King/Hannemann guitar duo.
Metallica are always good live, even if Kirk isn't the guitarist he was, and Lars isn't the greatest drummist in the world, they do work hard. James is also very, very hard to beat as a combined rhythm guitarist & frontman.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
I've seen him 2 or 3 times - Splinter Group and with the othe guy leading the band who's name escapes me. Didn't think he should have been there to be honest and felt pretty sad.
In the late 60's though PG's FM were probably unrivalled as a live act.
As for my opinion on live acts - hard to beat Nick Cave & TBS. For me he is one of the best frontmen around and the seeds nail it. Would have liked to see the earlier lineups though as I think they were probably better. Quite a few changes of personnel and Warren Ellis obviously influencing the current overall sound a lot.
They have new album out in a couple of weeks that I'm looking forward to.
The Richard Hawley band know how to put on a show as well...
Since then, the best albums (depending on what you like, because he's recorded loads of stuff in some pretty disparate genres) are probably Accelerated Evolution, Ki, Addicted and Epicloud.
If you like extreme stuff, his old band Strapping Young Lad had some great stuff too. City is my favourite album of theirs.
And the Steve Vai album with him singing (at the age of 21 or so!) is worth a listen too. Some great vocal moments on there.
That's my Saturday listening then.
Which Vai album did he sing on?
I've got 'Passion and Warfare' and 'Sex and Religion' ?
Thanks i will give all of that a good listen and let you know.
Sorry i hijacked the thread.
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David Rawlings and Gillian Welch.
The other guy whose name escapes you I guess was Nigel Watson. I'm sure I've heard since that Nigel Watson was pretty much using (abusing?) Peter Green as a means to benefit himself (allegedly).
Let me know how you find it - hope you enjoy at least some of it.
I listen to 'Still my bleeding heart' all the time and always liked the vocals, maybe with the exception of the bit where he hits his finger with a hammer at the end !
I will give it all a fair listen tomorrow.
I'm sure Maiden will allow me just one day playing someone else's music.
I love "Still My Bleeding Heart"
Del Amitri.
I saw them live in the very late 90's in London.
Man they were tight, i mean really perfect. All their own songs were done brilliantly and Justin Curry is a very good songwriter but then at pre planned intervals they would wheel on stage this old 'Tombola' machine and a huge list would come down on a drape behind the drummer with a list of cover versions, numbered 1 - 10.
They played 'Miserlou' by Dick Dale (Brilliantly) while the machine ran for a minute or so and then a ball wold be drawn and they played that corresponding cover version.
There were some cracking songs on that list but the standout memory is Justin handing the lead mic over to the guitarist and watching him adjust it right up into the air, tilt it back down and the band played 'The Ace of Spades' (Perfectly).
I honestly didn't know what to expect before the gig but it's a great memory.
Do they still tour?
I hope JC is still writing or involved in the MI somehow.
shame this is one of their shittiest songs but it's a good example
The most complete showman I have ever seen. That was his legend.
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