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Re: Tribute Title (again), recent shows.
In a message dated 6/14/99 9:26:57 AM Central Daylight Time,
b_lachey at hotmail_com writes:
> Not to steer the direction towards the band again (sorry) but who played
> with them in Chicago? Was Terri there?
Nope, I didn't see Terri at all. Here's something I wrote earlier re:
my impressions of the whole thing, or at least some of them...
btw, on a different (very thin) thread...I was at the Schuba's show. The 2nd
one. Which didn't actually start until 10:45 or so, and OtR didn't show up
until 11:30 or so. So they didn't play as long as I'd've liked. They were
tight musically, very together and on top of things, though less passionate
then they sometimes are. Or maybe I was just tired. Karen almost definitely
was. Tired, I mean. I saw her between shows, and she looked absolutely wiped.
I haven't been to a show in almost 3 years, either, so perhaps that affected
my impressions.
I really enjoyed it, despite the wide-eyed blank stare of the
holey-sock-footed basist who didn't fit, somehow.
Bummer that I missed all you listies that were there. I was crammed into the
front corner, by the stage door, and had a long conversation with Brian
without quite realizing it. (I didn't recognize him -- that's how long it's
been since I've seen a show.)
The best was when they did Faithfully Dangerous as a tribute to the recently
deceased Mel Torme, and Karen added in all this be-bop ad-lib, and Linford
was cracking up. She was trying hard not to look at him, I think, so she
wouldn't crack up too. :) I still laugh thinking about that.
Anyway was well done, too, I thought...more closely-woven than that song
often is.
And I had forgotten how incredibly intensely I love Little Blue River,
especially with the hymn tacked on the end. Which of course I can't remember
the title of right now. THAT touched a melancholy chord in my heart. Perhaps
not a minor one, but at least augmented. Or maybe just a 7th chord. At any
rate, that was probably my favorite part of the show.
Ah, there's more, but there are so many memories and impressions whirling
around in my mind that it would come out all jumbled. Perhaps later.
--byrd
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