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More than a little envious, have a great evening...
1. Nowhere Now
2. Pariah
3. Home Invasion
4. Regret #9
5. The Creator Has a Mastertape (Porcupine Tree Song)
6. Refuge
7. People Who Eat Darkness
8. Ancestral
Pause
9. Arriving Somewhere but Not Here (Porcupine Tree Song)
10. Permanating
11. Song of I
12. Lazarus (Porcupine Tree Song)
13. Detonation
14. The Same Asylum as Before
15. Heartattack in a Layby (Porcupine Tree Song)
16. Vermillioncore
17. Sleep Together (Porcupine Tree Song)
Zugabe
18. Even Less (Porcupine Tree Song)
19. Harmony Korine
20. The Raven That Refused to Sing
How did Alex fit in with the songs ?
Did he play around the album parts or make it his own ?
Did Steven allow him free rein do you feel ?
I appreciate that critique is not always easy, but I know you have the credentials to make it constructive and meaningful.
There was plenty of chance for him to get flashy, but SW was taking quite a lot of the To the Bone solos. So not free reign, but flexibility, I think Alex was playing to the songs, not himself and he fit right in.
My only slight complaint, and it's personal taste, would be that his sound was not the best at times, just an amp / guitar combo that I don't particularly like, very thick and swampy. SW by contrast sounded great with his bad cats and tele!
But as a unit, the band sounded really, really good. gotta love nick Beggs and that Chapman Stick too.
Interesting to follow Nick Beggs career too, glad you mentioned him.
Was looking up Begg's career today. Founder member Kajagoogoo. Very varied work over the years.
The other thing that is really eye opening. No matter how good you are... there is always someone to take your place. Craig Blundell and Alex really are top drawer.
Do you know Alex personally?
I was hoping to catch him at the Birmingham Symphony Hall this March but can't make it unfortunately...