GUITAR BOARD

> hi all,
>
> just a few words about last nights gig in Edinburgh. The running order
> was :
>
> Tony McPhee - came on, sang 5 songs and went off again. He was dreadful.
> Out of tune, out of time, very poor indeed.
>
> Edgar Winter Band - what an amazing showman EW is. he played for about
> 50 minutes and was thouroughly entertaining throughout. I couldnt make
> out the names of his band members when he introduced them, but they were
> excellent musicians too. The guitar player looked like hed just
> stepped out of Linkin Park or some other Nu-Metal band! I think Edgar
> played some great sax, but the sound was so poor that it was really hard
> to pick it out. Free Ride and Frankenstein were given a work out too. He
> closed with a very bluesy version of Tobacco Road (note to self - must
> find this one....)
>
>
> Alvin Lee - came on with his trademark red 335 (only this one had an
> interesting tremolo/tuning bridge tailpiece) with 4 x 4x12s and two
> Marshall heads behind him. His band is a 3 piece. Alvin played
> incredibly effortless fast fluid guitar solos all night. I doubt if
> many other guitar players could keep up with him for speed and fluidity.
> He played some of the TYA classics - Here Me Calling, Goin Home and
> also played a very melodic While My Guitar Gently Weeps on an acoustic
> guitar. He was joined by Edgar Winter for a encore where they went
> through every rock ad roll classics you can think of. AS with EW, AL
> suffered from a crap PA mix. The only time his guitar really cut through
> was during the solo acoustic numbers.
>
>
> All in all, a good gig although it was for me ruined by very poor sound.
> I cant believe in this day age of sophisticated PA systems that its
> not possible to get a good clear sound. Or have artists stopped doing
> proper soundchecks?
>
>
> If you thing fast guitar playing started with Vai and Satriani, then go
> along and see how Alvin Lee does. Hes not half bad for a pensioner!
>
> cheers
>
> andrew s

>
> I wish I had a fiver for every time Ive felt like approaching the sound
> engineers and demanded, What the fuck are you guys getting PAID

> Alvin Lee - came on with his trademark red 335 (only this one had an
> interesting tremolo/tuning bridge tailpiece) with 4 x 4x12s and two
> Marshall heads behind him. His band is a 3 piece. Alvin played
> incredibly effortless fast fluid guitar solos all night. I doubt if
> many other guitar players could keep up with him for speed and fluidity.
> He played some of the TYA classics - Here Me Calling, Goin Home and
> also played a very melodic While My Guitar Gently Weeps on an acoustic
> guitar. He was joined by Edgar Winter for a encore where they went
> through every rock ad roll classics you can think of. AS with EW, AL
> suffered from a crap PA mix. The only time his guitar really cut through
> was during the solo acoustic numbers.

> TS McPhee was a bit of an Icon when I were a lad with the amazing Thank
> Christ for the Bomb Groundhogs album, and the fact that I went to school
in
> Wishaw with his cousin (Graeme Mearns -- still playing great acoustic
> blues).
>
> Another old mate of mine is now playing bass with McPhee in the
> reincarnation of Groundhogs -- namely one Dave Anderson (the bass player
in
> Hawkwind before Lemmy, and also formerly of Amun Duul, Brinsley Schwarz,
and
> that ilk...)

>Ian Pettigrew wrote in message
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>
>> TS McPhee was a bit of an Icon when I were a lad with the amazing Thank
>> Christ for the Bomb Groundhogs album, and the fact that I went to school
>in
>> Wishaw with his cousin (Graeme Mearns -- still playing great acoustic
>> blues).
>>
>> Another old mate of mine is now playing bass with McPhee in the
>> reincarnation of Groundhogs -- namely one Dave Anderson (the bass player
>in
>> Hawkwind before Lemmy, and also formerly of Amun Duul, Brinsley Schwarz,
>and
>> that ilk...)
>
>Just re-read this one... surely I get some sort of award for the most
>blatant (pathetic?) name-dropping, or something?

>
> As I was saying to Mick Abrahams - ex Tull and Blodwyn Pig - and Terry
> Marshall - son of *the* JIm Marshall in the pub the other night,
> theres nothing worse than blatant name-dropping.

>Steve Cobham wrote in message
>news:d1+rQKYlWfgeQxn2rX5tUj5dl2GH@4ax.com...
>>
>> As I was saying to Mick Abrahams - ex Tull and Blodwyn Pig - and Terry
>> Marshall - son of *the* JIm Marshall in the pub the other night,
>> theres nothing worse than blatant name-dropping.
>
>I have an old mate, a well-known rock photographer [1], staying with me at
>the moment - he doesnt namedrop as such (hes too sweet a guy), but he
>knows *everybody* personally.