tinnitus photography Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 musicians get touchy about fluids near their pedalboards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I rested a drink on a speaker once when I went to see Hospitality and the vibration caused it to fall over. If it had fallen the wrong way it would have soaked the guitar player's pedalboard. That would have been mortifying. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SarahC Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 musicians get touchy about fluids near their pedalboards.it was nowhere near his pedalboard. he did it to be a dick. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Wilco a few times. Ed Kuepper. The Waifs. and not on a music side, the live show of Mrs Browns Boys, which was a hoot! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smells like flowers Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I rested a cup of water on the lip of the stage once at a 97's gig, and Ken Bethea kicked it into my face. I don't go to Old 97's shows anymore. That incident sucks really bad. What a lame thing to do to a fan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 The first Jeff Tweedy living room show I attended he let me play guitar with him on 5 songs. That was pretty close. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Yeah that's cool and all but I co-wrote all the songs on Being There with Jeff while tandem skydiving together after eating lobster while dancing girls gave us shots of the most expensive tequila in the world. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I know. You don't have to keep rubbing it in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 I hid in the bushes and peered thru some side windows for a few of those Living Room shows. I tell ya, an unforgettable experience to be that close. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roadhse ma Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I've been front row a couple times for Tweedy/Wilco, but the one show that is going to be forever in my mind as the best show I have ever seen/been at, and had amazing seat was Paul McCartney in Nashville this past fall.3 rows from the stage. I made eye contact with a Beatle.Pretty much never gonna top that unless I one day end up somehow singing with Jeff... Just go to see Tweedy at Berklee you'll kill it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toad Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 been on the rail the last few panic shows in texas. the benefit of going solo. tonight i somehow scored front row center seats 2, 3 and 4. the only way it could have been better is if i had the aisle. hope the person next to us is decent. also managed pit tickets for dmb this summer. wife asked to be close. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
theashtraysays Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I don't remember ever having front row seats in a seated venue for anything. I've had second row (Wilco, David Byrne/St. Vincent, Randy Newman), third, etc, but never front row. I've been on the rail for GA for Wilco recently and for lots of others back in my younger days. I definitely agree with the "sound is better if you're back a little" point. I do like being close enough to feel like I'm "at" the show rather than just "watching" the show. So I prefer close over perfect sound most of the time. Winterlude had great sound up close which was nice, kinda best of both worlds I thought. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smells like flowers Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 I do like being close enough to feel like I'm "at" the show rather than just "watching" the show. Well said-- I feel the same way. For me, the sweet spot is 4-5 rows back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chez Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 For an old guy, I've been on the rail a lot -- to the point that I usually joke with the other, younger railbirds that "I'm not a Narc, honest." Wilco several times, Pavement, Morphine, Guided By Voices, Cracker, Steve Earle, Alejandro Escovedo, Jason Isbell (twice), Drive-By Truckers several times, Patterson Hood, Bob Mould (I have permanent hearing loss from that show), Grant Lee Buffalo, Matthew Sweet, Richard Thompson (several times) . . . I know I'm forgetting many. I've never had front row tickets -- only at GA shows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 I had front row, center seats to see John McLaughlin (w/ Trilok Gurtu and Kai Eckhardt) back in 1992-ish. They were opening for the Andy Summers Band, who we did not stay for. (I like Andy, but he was in a bit of a cheesy phase at that time.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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