NoJ Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 I'm wondering if he is worth seeing. He's opening up for the Meat Puppets next week and we're trying to figure out the game plan for the night. Thanks for any replies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Of course he is!! I missed the Denver Watt/MPs show (school night) but have seen Watt a couple times in other outfits (Banyan with Nels Cline and Stephen Perkins being most memorable). I've read good reviews of his opening set with the Jom & Terry Show (Jazzy/Funky/Punk-y). You don't get a lot of opportunities to see a bassist of Watt's caliber (and vocals, too!). Take it, if you can. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Let me put it this way: Every time I've seen him, I've left saying I will never miss a Watt show when he comes through town. (Even though I haven't been able to live up to that.) I wish the Watt/Puppets tour was coming through Atlanta. I'd be all over that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chez Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 It's freakin' Mike Watt!! Of course you should go! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 Ok, thanks. I'll share all the positive input with the crew. Regarding MW, I don't know anything about him outside of his Minutemen work and I barely am familiar with that so that's why I was asking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Watt is the best. even if you don't dig his music, just being in the same room as him is worth it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
i'm only sleeping Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Ball-Hog or Tugboat? is one of best records of the 1990 decade! imho... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Ball-Hog or Tugboat? is one of best records of the 1990 decade! imho...Man, I started re-listening to this a few months back after, like, a 15 yr absence. it really is an excellent album (love most of the collaborations). "Against the 70s" is amazing... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 From my point of view, I'd be going to see Watt and asking if the Meat puppets are worth it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lost highway Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 I dig the Hyphenated Man record a lot too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chez Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Check out "We Jam Econo" a great documentary on the Minutemen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Ball-Hog or Tugboat? is one of best records of the 1990 decade! imho... This record is like Nels Cline's coming out party. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Great show last week in Portland (ME). Watt and his band were spectacular. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 yeah the boston show was amazing. best i've seen Watt. that Last cover was amazing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Brooklyn Vegan has a nice recap of the Watt/Puppets show. For some reason, I was thinking this was the lineup with the organ player, which is pretty cool, but not as good as his guitar/bass/drum lineups. Knowing he has Tom Watson on guitar again makes this an even more attractive show. Bummer no Atlanta date. http://www.brooklynvegan.com/meat-puppets-mike-watt-grant-hart-played-brooklyn-bowl-pics-setlists/#photogallery-1=37 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 yeah the boston show was amazing. best i've seen Watt. that Last cover was amazing Yeah, Live Totem Pole EP is one of my favorites but they blew fIREHOSE's version away the other night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 yeah the boston show was amazing. best i've seen Watt. that Last cover was amazingHow was Grant Hart? I hear he's not looking so good these days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 shaky at best. he looks like he's lived a rough life. i talked w/ him briefly and he was not really focused. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 There's a Grant Hart documentary on Netflix, or Prime, or something like that. He seems like a severely broken man. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 There's a Grant Hart documentary on Netflix, or Prime, or something like that. He seems like a severely broken man. Thanks for the tip. I found it on Prime. Saw him 5 or 6 years ago. Talked with him for a few minutes and walked away sad. He talked about how he had just sent a certified letter to SST demanding money for Intolerance. Trump talking about a certified letter reminded me of the conversation. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dagwave Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 so bummed to miss watt this time'round. Go way back, and still have a polaroid shot after a Baltimore show at Ottobar, Gracious, gifted, alert, and ferocious. And my introduction to Nels in the backward time travel machine. Genius. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 The Meat Puppets show with Mike Watt was pretty good. All the tunes you wanted to hear were played although nothing from Rat Farm. I thought Curt was playing much less psychedelically than usual. The highlights were the jams during "Lake of Fire" and "Up On the Sun". The biggest highlight however was when all the band members from Watt's band were invited onstage for the final tune, The Beatles "Tomorrow Never Knows". Everyone on stage had huge smiles on their faces. That was really cool. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Not a big fan of Rat Farm (though I do like "Down" a bunch, and 1-2 others). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 Listen Chicolini, you really should reconsider Rat Farm because its a good album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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