calvino
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Esp.,- since it more than likely be the same exact show, since she is using backing tracks, etc. --- I would see her any chance I would get, too. My wife and I will be at the Chicago show in Jan. I have a show from this tour (a live webcast that she did) on my hard drive - but we opted not to watch it, yet. My friend saw her last night in St. Louis - haven't heard how it went, though.
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Compared to last year when I saw CRB at the same place (Thalia Hall) - this past weekend it did seem that the band had a bit of a chip on the shoulder - esp Casal -- I always enjoyed his playing, but this weekend -he was playing with much more emotion - taking center stage - doing the typical rock star guitarist stuff - which was great. Perhaps this is how he normally plays - but I don't I don't remember him playing like it last fall when I saw them. Not sure if this has any correlation with Magpie - but if it does - I hope it continues. A healthy competition is never a bad thing. I did ta
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Saw the Chris Robinson Brotherhood again last night. It was another great show. Tight vocals. Adam was in the mix well and he didn't over play. Casal played a lot more Telecaster - more than I expected and he was great through out - real great. Chris was pretty much on, too. His rhythm guitar playing still doesn't really add anything, but he doesn't get in the way, either. I would definitely catch them.
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Chris Robinson Brotherhood at Thalia Hall - Chicago
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Yep.
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Him and Keith were my favorite guitarist when I was kid. I wore out my sister's AC/DC 8-tracks.
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Ha! I was just listening to that on the way home from work.
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More than likely, I am heading down to St. Louis to catch them.
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Let us know how that McLaughlin/Herring show is - if you don't mind... I didn't hear about the tour until recently and the two Chicago dates are sold out. Sounds like a great show. I know I am beating dead horse here - but if I only listened and watched a webcast of Dead & Co. - I may feel the same way, but actually going to a show is a whole different thing for me - with this band. The whole vibe is pretty great and the music is a big part of it. It's weird, I guess. It does suck that prices for tickets for this Fall tour are a bit expensive - but so it goes.
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Yeah - I am kinda surprised that it isn't sold out -- on paper, the band that he is bringing, doesn't motivate me to go. I noticed a few weeks ago he added Eric Krasno and Karl Denson to the bill.
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Well double fuck - didn't hear anything about this show until now. Crap. Speaking of the Riv - Phil is playing there tomorrow and Thursday. Tickets still available for both nights.
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Technically that line came from Patti Smith.
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Stick with Ozark - I think it got better as it went along. We will be watching the last episode of Stranger Things 2 tonight - another great season, thus far.
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Very nice, indeed. Still need to catch these guys play at some point.
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I guess I didn't think the whole anti-Trey/Phish was still a thing. I heard the rumbling prior to the FTW shows, but not since. Can't say I have seen any 'Anybody but Trey' shirts floating around the lots, either. (Though I don't follow any this too closely)
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It helps that my wife likes Mayer --- though she never was really a fan of him prior to the Dead and Co. thing. He doesn't bug me and I think his playing is good and at times great. He definitely brings something different- for better or worse - than the above guitars mentioned. I never been a fan of the whole 'clone' idea. I just never gotten it - If I want to listen to somebody play like Garcia - I will just put on a tape - like this morning 11/14/72 has been playing. I listened to each of the shows that I attended once - mostly because I wanted to hear how the taper did. I probably wo
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Maybe because Phil isn't around, so they can have fun ( i kid - kind of). I agree that Oteil and Mayer bring a lot more energy to the table and that energy is definitely felt at the shows - at least during the shows that I was at. It definitely feels like an actual band again, rather than musicians just sitting in with the rest of the Grateful Dead dudes (or dude).
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I checked out Page's photo auto-bio this past weekend - a lot of cool pic's and such - a short narrative about the different era's, nothing earth shattering in the written narrative, though. One could get through the entire book while listening to Led Zeppelin I.
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I have Bruce's book (checked it out from library) at home - haven't even glanced in it, yet - The recent Lou Reed bio is still keeping my attention.
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Was the lot similar to the Judas Priest lot documentary - forgot the name of it. Must have been a trip. Wish I would have seen a Maiden show during the 80's. I was still buying records back then --- hard to beat a Maiden gate-fold.
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Saw Ted Leo tonight - great show.
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They really killed Lotus that night - great tune.
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I always thought Up was great ---- I think I enjoy it more than Monster and New Adventures. It could be that this was first time that I saw them in concert - while they were supporting the Up record --- they definitely played like they had something to prove (it was in St. Louis - Wilco opened).
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Even the Chicago Catholic Cardinal knows that 'thoughts and prayers' are not enough.... (and Cupich is a hunter) Headline from the Chicago Tribune: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-met-cupich-politics-1107-chicago-inc-20171106-story.html
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Checked out Siouxsie and and the Banshees' Scream from the library - their version of Helter Skelter is a hoot. Never heard it before.
