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Monk November Twenty
hello all--
Took in my first Monk show. I'm a latecomer to the whole OTR family, so
I'm afraid I never saw Ric live with the band (except on the serpents and
gloves video I got with GDBD). I was impressed; pleased to hear a reworked
(and in a lot of ways more compelling) Circle of Quiet. And who doesn't
like Jimi's Little Wing? Plus a fun almost-hard-rocker called This Train
(I'm sure you Monk devotees are already good friends with this and other
songs).
Overheard Ric saying to a friend, conspiratorally and with a little mischief
in his voice, that he was "scheming" to play an Emery show in December. I
imagined that he was referencing this current proposed show. Looks like it
is on his mind...
As for the suggestion that Monk is like a cross between FSOL and Eno, well,
I'd have to disagree. Not like that at all; the drumming is too funky.
Have fun folks,
jnf
NP: Richard Davies - Telegraph
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