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anderyn
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response 50 of 91:
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Oct 26 05:10 UTC 1998 |
Plays guitar and sings.
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krj
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response 51 of 91:
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Oct 26 19:09 UTC 1998 |
Gaughan's guitar playing tends to go somewhat under-noticed, I think.
On album, I believe he played most of the really yummy guitar-as-
bagpipe parts on the old Five Hand Reel LPs from the late 1970s.
He hardly touched an electric again for years, near as I can tell;
he played the Ark with an electric back a few years ago, and he
played some electric guitar on some of the tune sets on the Clan
Alba album.
He's done one pure instrumental acoustic guitar album, COPPERS AND BRASS,
which was reissued in a middling quality edition on Green Linnet.
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happyboy
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response 52 of 91:
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Oct 30 02:29 UTC 1998 |
oh...i think i have a performance of his on one of my
green linnet comps...."Song for Ireland" ? if so he's
a powerful fingerstyle player.
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kewy
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response 53 of 91:
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Nov 30 01:25 UTC 1998 |
Wow, I have a lot of reviewing to do for all the shows I saw this
summer. I'll do them short, and in chronological order.
Moody Blues, 6-19-98
okay, I'm not a huge fan, and got the tickets for free, you could tell
they had aged.. but they sounded pretty good.
Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, 6-25-98
Wow. That sums it up, this was a great concert, the second time I've
seen them perform live, but this time I was a little older and more able
to appreciate it.
Ani DiFraco, 6-29-98
This show is in competition with HORDE fest as being my favorite show of
the summer. I loved it, and that's about all there is to say about that
w/o writing pages.
Third Eye Blind/Eve six, 7-5-98
I liked this show a lot more than I thought I would, I went with my
sister, who *really* wanted to go, but ended up really enjoying it
myself, they put on a really good show (both bands), and I was planning
on seeing them when they came to A2 recently, but didn't.
Lilith Fair, 7-8-98
I wasn't too impressed with Lilith Fair, Tracy Bonham, Me'shell
Nedegacello (botched spelling), Natalie Merchant, and Sarah Mclaghlan
played the night I went, Sarah Mclaughlan was good, Natalie Merchant was
good considering I don't usually like her music.
HORDE festival, 7-19-98
EVERYTHING about this show was awesome, Alana Davis was wonderful, Ben
Harper as well, Blues Traveller (who I'm generally not crazy for) were
great.... and the Barenaked Ladies.... My favorite.. I finally got to
see them live, and were certainly not a dissapointment (tremendously
understated). What made everything even better, we had row M seats...
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eeyore
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response 54 of 91:
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Dec 3 07:15 UTC 1998 |
Went to go see Mary Jane Lammond last night....WONDERFUL!!!!
,-She sings only in Scots Gaelic, has a great sense of humour, and had a
wonderful rocking backup band, that included a young lady by the name of
Wendy Mac Issac (Ashley Mac Issac's cousin), that fiddled like a dream. :)
All in all a sonderful concert, even though the seats were maybe half
filled. :(
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eeyore
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response 55 of 91:
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Jan 15 21:27 UTC 1999 |
Well, back to me, then....:) Hath nobody seen a concert?
Last night I went and saw Cry, Cry, Cry at the Ark. For those of you who
have ignored the rest of my cheerful ranting on them, it is a trio formed by
Dar Williams, Lucy Kaplansky, and Richard Shindell. Opening for them was
Cliff Ebberhardt...and what an opener he was!!! Just him and a guitar,
completely rocking. Would very much go see him in concert agin. :) Cry,
Cry,Cry started out kinda slow (a little depressing since it means that they
botched a little the very first song, which is one of those that is great,
or awful), But the energy picked up as they went. They played everything
off their album, plus a few others, including Auld Lang Syne, and one by
each songwriter. :) Once again, I am reminded that Dar behind a mic comes
out sounding like an entertaining flake....but there were some GREAT talks
between songs.
Next month's review: Solas. :)
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anderyn
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response 56 of 91:
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Jan 15 22:37 UTC 1999 |
Darn. I wanted to go see that show -- I got the album, and it's FANTASTIC.
I've seen Dar alone live, and she's okay, but the three of them together,
at least on the album, are rocking.
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eeyore
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response 57 of 91:
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Jan 15 22:40 UTC 1999 |
The song that they started with, that wa a bit botched, was Running with the
Devil....the Leslie Smith Song....I was kinda bummed. But you did miss a
really good concert...it was also, however, sold out.
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eeyore
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response 58 of 91:
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Feb 26 12:49 UTC 1999 |
Well, I was waiting a few days to see if Mark stuck something in here, but
since he hasn't, I'll od it. :)
Went and saw Solas in concert on Monday night. EXCELLENT concert!!!
(For those of you who don't know them, they are an Irish band...good stuff!)
Their music ran from reels to jigs to airs and stuff with singing, and
everything inbetween. :) Their singer has a wonderful voice, although I
think that she might have had a cold....she was coughing a bit in the middle
sof songs. (The concert was also origionally scheduled for last Friday, and
then was changed at the last minute...we think that might have been why.)
They re-did a Woody Guthrie song (Pastures of Plenty) in such a way that
Woody would probably have never done (and boy was it great! :) We were
sitting extreme stage left (On the left hand side of the left side of the
stage), so all we really got to see was Seamus Egan (banjo, flutes,
whistles), and Mick McAuley (some flutes, mostly concertina). It was
amazing...I don't think tht I've ever seen anybodys fingers move so fast,
and just the thought of making mine move that fast makes them hurt. :) The
rest of the band was Karan Casey (the singer...great voice :), John Doyle
(Guitarist...he was standing in green light at one point, and bobbing up and
down, and I thought htat he looked like a moving piece of broccoli! yike!),
and Winifred Horan (fiddle - Moved just as fast as everybody else....just
WOW!)
Definately looking forward to their next concert, but in the meantime, I've
got one of their albums, have to find the other two, and my boss has them,
plus she has their live video. Like Irish music? DEFFINATELY find this
stuff!!!
I realize this wasn't much of a review, but oh well....:)
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anderyn
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response 59 of 91:
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Feb 26 15:35 UTC 1999 |
Oh, well, actually, they had booked accidentally here and in Philadelphia
for the original night. I'm bummed that I missed them, although I do have
two of their albums already.
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krj
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response 60 of 91:
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Feb 27 15:57 UTC 1999 |
I missed Solas? Darn. I have to pay more attention. Argh.
(eeyore, I love your reviews, please keep bringing them to us!)
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eeyore
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response 61 of 91:
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Feb 27 22:54 UTC 1999 |
well, wait until April...then you get Christine Lavin and Great Big Sea,
plus whoever else we manage to see...We're thinking about Ceili Rain (even
though we've never even heard of them...but with a name like that, how could
we go wrong!! :) and maybe Lucy Kaplansky & Susan McKeowan...that will
depend on if I can afford to go. :) Oh, and probably Suzanne Westenhoefer
and Saffire: The Uppity Blues Women. The people that I've been going with
want to see them, so...well just make it a weekend at the ark. :) (those
two are April 29th and 30th, and Great Big Sea are on May 1st. :)
Happy Ark-going Meg. :)
Twila: Do you have their newest? (My favorite of the bunch), and they also
had a live video for sale...so far, I've only seen the first bit, but it's
pretty good. :)
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krj
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response 62 of 91:
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Feb 28 16:11 UTC 1999 |
((Ceili Rain have a CD in the listening bins at Borders, if I remember
correctly. I think it's back along the "Rock - A" section.))
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eeyore
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response 63 of 91:
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Mar 1 00:31 UTC 1999 |
Hmmm...may have to see if I can get there to check it out....:)
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anderyn
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response 64 of 91:
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Mar 1 16:27 UTC 1999 |
Yeppers, I'm pretty sure it is -- "The Words that Remain".
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krj
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response 65 of 91:
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Mar 8 02:31 UTC 1999 |
I rechecked at Borders and confirmed that the play-station copy of
the Ceili Rain disc is in the "Rock- B" section, right near
the Boo Radleys. I listened to some of it again and confirmed
my previous impression: I like their instrumental settings, but
I can't stand the singer; his voice is somewhat high and thin.
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otaking
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response 66 of 91:
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Apr 14 17:02 UTC 2000 |
Last night, I saw Negativland at Clutch Cargo in Pontiac. They were set up
in the lower floor. My friends and I grabbed some couch space, which was
fortunate since the band (are they a band or a group of perfomance artists?)
asked everyone to be seated. Once everyone sat down, the concert began.
I loved the mix of film loops, sound samples, video images and music blended
into a wonderful wall of sound. I particularly loved the songs aimed at
commercials, especially the Pepsi song ("I got fired from my job. PEPSI.")
They also did a bizarre remix of "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music.
("Wild geese wrapped in blue satin noodles. Wild young girls tied up with
string. These are a few of my favorite thing.") I hope that appears in a
future CD release. "This sentence is false" was another great blend of words
and music that I hope to hear again.
The concert had 2 sets and an encore. The first set began with the "Christian
testimonial." The second set began with a bizarre Christian puppet show led
by Pastor Dick, who talked about the evils of secular Hawaiian music and
nitrous oxide.
Their encore was very fun. They pulled out a projector and had the audience
read along to Casey Kasem's soundclip used in "The Letter U and the Number
2."
Overall, this is one of the best concerts I've seen in a while. The concert
was technically brilliant. The performance was memorable. I'm going to buy
more of their CDs now, so I can enjoy them more often.
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mcnally
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response 67 of 91:
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Jun 30 00:11 UTC 2000 |
Tuesday night I saw longtime favorites Yo La Tengo at the Showbox,
a mid-sized concert venue in downtown Seattle. Earlier in the day
the temperature had reached a sweltering 90 degrees in a city which
doesn't normally have to cope with a lot of that kind of weather, so
the inside of the theater was a bit hot and stuffy.
The concert was good, though I've seen them do better (this is the
fifth time I've seen them..) Part of the problem may have been me --
I may have been put off by a foul day at work and the heat in the theater.
Certainly they did a fine job on most of what they played. Considering
that they'd just returned from England's Glastonbury festival and then,
flown straight to Seattle, I'm willing to forgive a less-brilliant-than
normal performance from them.
Nevertheless, based on this and past performances, I'd recommend their
live performances to anyone interested in the band -- they typically
put on a good show, have an excellent rapport with the crowd, cover a
substantial selection of both new material and back catalog, and
traditionally wind up the show with a couple of encores' worth of
obscure covers and crowd requests. [for the record, their obscure cover
this time around was "The Shape of Things to Come", which I believe is
from the movie "Wild in the Streets" and was anthologized in the "Nuggets"
collection.. Last time I saw them they covered the song "Love Power"
from "The Producers"(?)]
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kewy
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response 68 of 91:
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Jul 1 22:04 UTC 2000 |
Last night was a free Sloan show at the Tastefest in the New Center
area of Detroit.
I've been a long time semi-fan of Sloan. I've always liked the stuff
I've heard on the radio, and the little other stuff of theirs that I
had heard. In spite of this, I've never ventured to the CD store to
pick up any of their stuff.
the concert was excellent.
I suspect that about 1/2 of the people at the concert didn't really
know much about Sloan, or had never heard them, as no one seemed
especially enthused at the begining. I almost felt bad for the band
since they were having a hard time geting people to clap and all that
other jazz. By the end of the concert they pretty much had the
audience, everyone was clapping and yelling and having a good time.
One of the people I was with had seen them 9 times before... some
people are die-hard Sloan fans, and now I can see why. They played a
wide variety of material, a lot of their older stuff, a good mix of
radio hits and other album bits.
Sloan comes highly recommended by me.
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tpryan
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response 69 of 91:
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Jul 1 23:22 UTC 2000 |
I see the Sloan name on urinal valves quite a bit.
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mcnally
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response 70 of 91:
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Jul 5 18:55 UTC 2000 |
I've flirted with the idea of buying a Sloan album for several years now
but have never gotten around to it. You hear a fair amount of their stuff
on Canadian radio but they've got almost no fan base in the States, at
least away from the border..
What was the Sloan song they were overplaying on 89X for years?
"Underwhelmed"?
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kewy
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response 71 of 91:
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Jul 6 03:40 UTC 2000 |
I never noticed it getting overplayed, but youre probably thinking of the same
song.
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mcnally
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response 72 of 91:
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Jul 6 18:01 UTC 2000 |
Well, overplayed in the sense of "I sure wish they'd choose something
else by this band rather than play the same song every time.."
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carson
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response 73 of 91:
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Aug 12 22:51 UTC 2000 |
(that's the song.)
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bmoran
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response 74 of 91:
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Aug 14 19:46 UTC 2000 |
We went to the Ark a few weeks ago to hear the Stick people. Chapman, that
is. Some pretty cool stuff. Started with a 3pc group whose name escapes
me, very good lead guitar, zen drummer and stick player, followed by Greg
Howard, one of the best in the midwest. There were gasps from the audience
during his performance. Amazing what can come out of a 10 string
instrument. He was followed by the Michigan Stick Trio, local guys. While
waiting for the next band to play, Steve Osborne treated us to the Star
Spangled Banner, played on a theramin. We clapped anyway. CD3 followed,
with their jazzy kind of music, to my feeling more European style than
American. To finish the show, all nine workshop participants got on stage
at the same time(setting a record for 'most strings on the Ark stage at
one time', 100 I believe) and played a piece composed during the last half
hour of the workshop. Very melodic and fun.
My wife came home from work the other day and told me she had picked up
tickets for Asleep at the Wheel for Saturday night. I can hardly wait!
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