Re: [bomp] [Old Guitarists Die Hard )was bomp] re: dick dale

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I saw Link a couple years ago too.  He was playing with this HORRIBLE
band called Jet City Fix, who opened for him and whose rhythm section
backed him....kinda ruined the experience for me.  It was the type of
band with leopard-print drums and flames all over everything....you
know like "WE LIVE FOR ROCK AND ROLL" but they're totally clueless. 
Probably had a street team too.  Link opened with Rumble AND closed
with Rumble.  When he came back for an encore and went into Rumble for
a THIRD time, I decided it was time for me to cut outta there.  I'm
glad I saw Link, but I doubt I'd ever do it again if given the chance.


On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 17:57:07 -0500, Rocky Serkowney
<rocky.serkowney@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
> Hey,
> 
> This reminds me of the time we caught Link Wray a couple years ago.  Kinda
> disappointing in that the band was pretty metallic sounding and Link
> insisted on playing looong versions of only a handful of his tunes.  Case in
> point, he played about a 10-minute "Comanchi" until he blew his amp.  After
> the opening band (the Chickens, I think came to the rescue by lending an amp
> within 5 minutes or so, what did we hear?  Ten more minutes of "Comanchi"!!
> 
> So I guess it's always a bit of a crap shoot when it comes to current live
> performances by these guitar "legends".  Still, hard not to check 'em out if
> they hit town, especially if one hasn't had the live experience with 'em
> before.
> 
> Squirrely.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Emery" <jemery@pstrategies.com>
> To: <bomp@router.xnet2.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 10:50 AM
> Subject: [bomp] re: dick dale
> 
> >
> > he's just nuts.  when he plays live now you're treated to a lengthy
> version
> > of peter gunn, sometimes more than once per set.  you get a vocal
> rendition
> > of house of the rising sun, also sometimes more than once per set.
> miserlou
> > is still great, but chances are you won't hear any of his other monster
> > instro tunes from the 60s.  last time i saw him he spent about 5 full
> > minutes mid-set talking all this crap about deforestation of the trees in
> > south america and whatnot, said, "this next song is about how we must take
> > care of our environment" -- then he plays "the victor"!
> 
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