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Otr past and present...
I've been on board the Over the Rhine ship since a few months before
Patience came out the first time -- I've seen them well into at least
30 times or so, past and present line-ups -- I really don't think
they're going down-hill at all. O.K. -- I WAS indeed one of the
people chearing for Ric to leave the band long before he did (he
didn't seem to be respecting the songs any longer, and was "wanking"
too much over songs that had no place for it), and have now found
that I have TWO bands I REALLY enjoy, Monk AND Over the Rhine, rather
than one band that sounded like it was trying to be two. I'm also
one of the folks that was at Emery Christmas '95 who already had
thought that Gordon Jack Henderson would make a great addition to the
band. I've been to a LOT of GREAT, and poor Otr shows, but the two
best have been Emery '95, and Cornerstone '98 -- one with the old
band (and Jack sitting in, too), and one with the newer line-up.
Let's keep in mind, for one, Terri is still supposedly in the band --
why she has not shown up to the past few shows is beyond me, but
Linford seems to be expecting to begin playing out with her again
soon, so the lovely backing vocals (which I believe adds a whole
other dimension to Otr) are not gone. Secondly, lets keep in mind
that they just lost one of the most tasteful drummers in music -- I
will indeed miss Brian with everything in me, but I must say that I
think once they settle on someone else and get rehearsed, they COULD
regain momentum -- it may take a while...Linford has been playing
with Brian since...oh...whenever they joined Servant...was that '86?
It may take a while to regain that sort of "gel" between musicians,
but it is possible. Being a musician, I'm impressed they could even
pull off such a show without a drummer -- it would be hard. And,
lastly -- I've seen moments of great genius with G. Jack, and am
proud that he's a member -- it would likely make me angriest if he
left than anything else, but I do realize that many folks disagree
with me on that one. So -- I'm excited to see what happens in the
future -- excited to hear the next Over the Rhine c.d. (and not to
expect it to sound just like one of the others they've ALREADY
released), and the next Monk c.d. (we're expecting that soon, too!)
I think we'll all be suprised.
Now, I wonder what Bruce Cockburn's "Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner
in Timbucktu" will be like when IT comes out in a few DAYS!
Life is cool.
amen,
mr. shannon lee lewis
SLEWIS at libris_libs.uga.edu
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