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This is a nice venue. I have seen Jackson Brown and Don McLean oh and a few others and it has great atmosphere.

I saw Jackson Browne at the Strand a few years back.. he was on a solo tour.. it was great. He really seemed to enjoy the Strand as well.

On a side note.. I've been to a few Jackson Browne concerts, and I've been mistaken for Jackson Browne on more than one occasion. this was back when I was quite a few pounds lighter :) But twice it got me to the front of the concession stand line. Before I was "found out" LOL

That's definitely a compliment to be confused with Jackson! He's quite handsome! :flirt: I saw him a few years ago too at the Strand!
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I recorded the show. Unfortunately I sat beside a loud drunken JB fan who is audible throughout. I sometimes listen back when the guy informs JB that he saw Planet of the Apes on that stage and JB's comment about hearing a distinct dialect. It is really quite comical. The recording is also compromised by a bevy of female fans constantly professing their love for old JB.

Pink Floyd light show in 96. The sound system was not that great the show had brought with them. It came back I did not go the second time. To many concerts over the years have done damage to my ears. Nice looking venue with a rich history.

I am missing all the high and low frequencies in my hearing too. Hey, thanks a lot Ted Nugent!

Sounds awesome! Why don't you post it! :D

Jackson Brown and his friend Rosie :D I was sitting near the same drunk. When Brown changed the lyrics to Cocaine so say do not do Coke then the drunk went wild and started the name calling. It did put a damper on the music a bit. Jackson held his head high and did a great job despite the drunk redneck and his insults.

LOL, I must have been far enough away from all that nonsense :) Really enjoyed that Strand show.

Just for the record we must have all been at the same concert because I remember that obnoxious drunk too! I also remember smelling pot and was stunned that people were smoking that at the elegant Strand! :nono: Oh wait this is Louisiana!:rolleyes:

I saw Eric Clapton at the Gold Dome in the early to mid 80's. One of the few concerts at the gold dome as I recall. The Hirch and Municipal where typically "very smokey" but the Gold Dome was filled with mom and pop's with the lights on. I kept wondering when the lights would go off but they never did. Someone fired up a doobie, and even Eric said something on stage about it. That was one brave stoner! :D

I've smoked in there twice:D When I saw The PinkFloyd laser show, And a few years ago BELA FLECK and the FLECKTONES ! Awesome show- I'm a long time fan of Victor Wooten ! ( sorry Pokie !):peace:

LOL, you didn't happen to see Eric Clapton in the gold dome did ya? :D

P.S. I forgot all about the Pink Floyd laser light shows.. I partaked in one of those. :D But I barely remember it.... LOL

I got a good recording of that show. Victor blew me away.

BELA FLECK and the FLECKTONES play some great music. I would love to see some good blues music come to the Strand.

all this talk about the Flecktones.. had never heard of them.. here they are:

As a bassist for 20 years, I've been a long time fan of these guys. Victor Wooten is, in my opinion, one of the top 5 Bassplayers alive today! His older brother, known as "future man", is the Percussionist(spelling?) who is playing a drum machine that looks like some kind of keybord guitar, and is his patented invention. Bela Fleck is a world renown banjo player who has played with the likes of Chet Atkins and Allison Krauss.:cool:

Hey Vix, who are your other 4 fav bassists? I was just thinking 'bout that yesterday. Percy, Jaco, Phil, Victor and Paul. Check youtube for a few Percy Jones solos.

Tony Levin!

my favorite bass players. well possibly not by skill level, and not in any particular order.

Murry Hammond (Old 97's)
Bruce Flett (Bluebirds)
Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead)
Garry Talent (E Street Band)


Here's an OLD one from the Old 97's Tried finding one where Murry is singing lead, but couldn't find one.. but he's pretty damn good with the harmonies and backup vocals... really helps to give the old 97's their 'sound'

This is a fun one.

You probably would really like DBT! The Truckers are really raucous also. I see a local on your list. There is another local who could very well make the list. He hasn't played in twenty years due to family and business but he was a virtuoso. Great fretless and for a while would boggle minds with the stick. Mike Jones. At parties he'll still pull out a six string from time to time.

Cant figure out how to upload youtube vids. Help.

Well Sal, I posted on this just the other day.. :) Here's a link over on LateNight Radio.

Adding YouTube Videos to a Message

Any questions after reading that.. shoot away.. :peace:

still trying looks as though it worked thank you latenight. I have always loved this instrument.

Great video. I like unusual guitars and guitarists. My favorite guitarist would have to be Steve Howe of Yes. I have seen him on stage several times and he would bring a dozen or so instruments on stage. He would use a different guitar for almost every song ranging from a mandolin to more conventional guitars both electric and acoustic . He even played the steel slide guitar in a very unique way. Not "country" style but very special and unusual for that particular instument. "Relayer" is still one of my favorite albums. But Steve also played lots of grassy and folksy tunes as well that I bet Latenight would like. One in particular he wrote for his daughter but I can remember the name for the life of me. I must do some diggin'.......

Yes,yes! My neighborhood pak-a-sak had a fairly good selection of 8-track tapes. I would spend a lot of time going through them. Remember how the showcase would have a hole large enough to stick your arm in and slide one out and peruse song lists and credits. I think the first ones I bought with coke bottle money were Fragile and Close to the Edge. Still hold up today. Rolling Stone magazine and their top album of the...never mention Yes. After those came Tales which was a little too esoteric for me, I had some trouble with Latin lyrics at the time. Ah, but then Relayer. By then I had a relatively good system and probably a Garrard turntable and was fully back in the Yes camp. I remember when it and Tormato were finally released on disc. I had forgotten just how good Relayer was. I may have been the first person to purchase Steve's Beginnings. There is a great vid of Steve playing a lap steel on an edit of To be over on youtube.

Bassplayers
 

Hmm.. hard to say about my top 5 bassists-
there are a few that HAVE to be on my list:
Geddy Lee(RUSH)
Stu Hamm(STUDIO)
Stephan Lassard(dave mathews band)
Kim Stone(the rippingtons)
Stanley Clarke(studio/virtuoso).....so many to list, I know I'm leaving out good ones!:peace:

Sal you are a Yes Fan? I'm totally blown away. I will youtube the steve video. Chris Squire was pretty sweet on bass too. I won't even mention Rick Wakeman....... don't get me started..

I am one of the top 10 Yes fans on the planet, I must be! :D Measured by hours spent listening via 8 track, cassette, and vinyl combined. (CD doesn't count) I saw them in Jackson and Houston in the late 70's..

FWIW I like Relayer first and Tales of Topographics Oceans second. But I also like Steve's solo guitar. Around 1980 Steve made a solo album and I bought it on vinyl. good stuff. They always let him do this thang for one or two tracks in each album. I should search my old collection this weekend.

Whoa Stanley Clarke. I was roadkill after listening to Journey to Love. It was maybe six months before I could listen to anything other than RTF or Mahavishnu Orchestra. I know Journey to note for note. It is in my DNA. Hello Jeff, Concerto for Jazz Rock Orchestra and Song to John. The Alembic bass guitar completely changed the parameters that were imposed on the bass. There is a Phil Lesh and Friends DVD where he drags it out of the closet and bombs the audience. Remember vibrating feet.

Rick Wakeman. I was a closet classical fan sneaking listens to the Moodies Days of Future and then came the intro to Yessongs. The Brahm's and Stravinski. Journey to the Center.. and the later one, what was that called. The medieval King Arthur one. I forget. The last thing I saw was on PBS a couple years ago and Rick was given about fifteen minutes. It was jaw dropping. And Chris. He was the first bassist I ever heard playing off the beat. Having Bruford and later White on the skins allowed him to write in a completely new way. Paul and Chris reinvented the instrument. I also had a Jon Anderson LP. I can't remember much about it. Lyrically way over my head. I think Yes became too big a monster to tour. Now that all that rock god stuff is over and you put those guys in an intimate setting, they still make the hair on my neck stand up.

Journey to the Center of the Earth was released in my formative years. :) About that time (mid 70's) there was a flick called "At the Earth's Core" playing at Eastgate and we all thought it was cool. The bad guys were these flying telepathic creatures called Mayhaws or something like that living in the center of the earth.. Sorry for digressing......

I really liked ABWH but missed Chris. The Union CD was good too. Back in the 70's, the bass range on my stereo equipment wasn't too good, but then I got a pair of Klipsch speakers in college which opened up a new world to me (below 200 Hz) Then I could hear Chris a whole lot better. Plus I am a bit range deaf after so many 70's concerts.

Cool! I'm gonna look for that phil lesh dvd-:cool:

Bruce Flett (Bluebirds)
Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead)
Garry Talent (E Street Band)
These three can really get down and blow people away :note::note::note::note::note::note::note: