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Ah, didn't know that mate... Btw, how do you post videos you've taken with a smartphone onto the forum?
Del did a video of JS performing last night, but when she emails me it, there's nothing there, probably because the file size is too big... So how do I get the video she's taken on here phone posted here?:)
Don't want to use YouTube or anything like that.
Marco.
Upload it to youtube then post from there is way i did it but guess there are other ways
Yeah, but it's the "other ways" I'm interested in mate, hence my last sentence above, as Del would rather not upload anything to YT.
Marco.
Yeah, but it's the "other ways" I'm interested in mate, hence my last sentence above, as Del would rather not upload anything to YT.
Marco.
You can keep it private... Vimeo do it too...Not sure about apple cloud and google drive. they can go up there but not sure if anyone else can see them
you can use icloud and put a link for folk to view it.
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/the-easiest-way-to-share-iphone-photos-and-videos/
think its same with google drive etc
Okies, I'll explore that... This blues guy should be good, and due to play at the same venue:https://www.romancandlepromotions.co.uk/single-post/2018/08/29/GIG-ANNOUNCEMENT
Reminds me a bit of a black Catfish Keith:
https://youtu.be/DYlzrrZv4EM
Marco.
I love Churches for shows, some even have comfy seats these days.
Looked a good night Marco, intimate shows are my thing now and you'd struggle to get me anywhere near an Arena. I think I'd only do that if Led Zeppelin ever did another show, so I'm not holding my breath!
Another church, but this time a classical concert (in Wrexham's historic St Giles Church), with various excerpts of music by Strauss (and vocal performances by Welsh Mezzo-Soprano, Erin Rossington, winner of one of the top awards at the Llangollen Eisteddfod 2019):
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Nice big organ! Lol...Seriously though, it was great concert in a beautiful venue:cool:
Marco.
Went to see Stereophonics at Sheffield Arena on Friday 28th
They were excellent 1st time i've seen them live and well worth the wait. They were supported by The wind and the wave who worth having a listen to good singer who also played banjo, had the crowd bouncing nicely along.
Great sound from where i was sat with missus bout halfway down 1 side. Walkway out into crowd was good especially when whole band played there with a drumkit that i never noticed being setup :).Lighting was great with strings of fairy lights all over giving a great effect. Plenty crowd singing moments although me n guy next to me were singing away to most of them lol.
Would recommend them to anyone who thinking of seeing them 10/10
Next up is Goldfrapp at Manchester Albert Hall on the 25th of this month really looking forward to seeing them for 2nd time.
mightymonoped
27-03-2020, 19:24
I’ve travelled back in time to say..this one
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mightymonoped
04-04-2020, 17:59
Another little Quarantine Gig from Lily Moore & Depression, Baby.
https://youtu.be/EFSlhu6wEyQ
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Well I'm not going to see Föllakzoid in Leicester tonight, cancelled for reasons we all know about.
The email I inevitably received telling me about the cancellation also unfortunately said it hadn't been rearranged for a later date.
Wilko Johnson at the Apex (Bury St Edmunds) last night.
First concert since this bloody Covid emerged.
Wilko Johnson at the Apex (Bury St Edmunds) last night.
First concert since this bloody Covid emerged.
How was it? His recovery from 'inoperable' pancreatic cancer is remarkable.
"In 2014, Wilko was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer and was told he had a year to live. One year later, a photographer friend Charlie Chan (who just happened to be a doctor) commented that he looked too well and was still doing his routine and fast-paced musical performance, that something was perhaps not right about this diagnosis. To cut a long story short, he was retested and re-diagnosed with a Neuroendocrine Cancer with a primary in the pancreas. However, it was a large tumour (7 lbs 8oz in weight and the size of a melon)"
https://ronnyallan.net/2015/12/01/the-ecstasy-of-neuroendocrine-cancer-survivor-wilko-johnson/
Bloody lucky :)
Wilko, Norman Watt Roy and drummer - Dylan Howe, I think, were all excellent. Just wonderful being out and listening to live music.
Wilko looked very good, very skinny but he has always been on the slender side and given the amount of tissue removed during operation hardly surprising.
Possibly bass was a little over emphasised by the desk? But beautiful seeing Norman getting in the groove.
Only thing that would improve the band, in my view, would be the addition of a harmonica player (and better singer, as it's not Wilko's strongest point :)), but then I was hearing "Feelgood" material and thinking of the originals with the wonderful Lee Brilleaux.
Support from John Otway was amusing, but a bit shit - although I suppose that's how its meant to be :lol:
EDIT: Also I love the Apex, very civilised small venue, plenty of cheap parking nearby, and an easy forty minute drive from where I live.
wilko, wasnt he with feelgood back in the day?
wilko, wasnt he with feelgood back in the day?
Yes indeed, Wilko was an original band member and writer of classic "back in the night" - which I was very pleased to hear last night :)
Pigmy Pony
18-02-2022, 17:31
Yes indeed, Wilko was an original band member and writer of classic "back in the night" - which I was very pleased to hear last night :)
Me and Mrs. P saw Wilko a few years ago at some one-day outdoor festival near Doncaster, and he was great :) As you say, not much of a vocalist, but loved his choppy playing style, and he was very entertaining. Did "Roxette", which is my favourite.
One of the support bands was Mickey Finn's T. Rex. Which was odd as Mickey had died years ago.
Covenant
25-05-2022, 06:55
Saw Van Morrison on Monday night at Liverpool Philharmonic. He was his usual miserable self not even saying hello but he sang for a full hour and a half before leaving the group still playing for another twenty minutes. They were really good musicians, Van himself is a great sax player.
Well I'm not going to see Föllakzoid in Leicester tonight, cancelled for reasons we all know about.
The email I inevitably received telling me about the cancellation also unfortunately said it hadn't been rearranged for a later date.
Forgot I posted this, actually got to see them in Bristol a couple of weeks ago, and rather good it was too.
Sherwood
18-07-2022, 21:29
Not the last gig, but the last time I was in Washington DC. In the space of about one week I saw Shaun Colvin, Al Stewart, and Joan Armatrading at the Birchmere Theatre!
Off to see Agnes Obel at Symphony Hall Brum Monday. This gig was scheduled for September 2019 and only now taking place September 2022.
3 year delay.......
Pierre De Grenoble
10-09-2022, 12:58
Steve Hackett, tonight. 50th aniv of Genesis's Foxtrot.
Agnes Obel at Symphony Hall gave us about 15 tracks which were taken from all four of of her albums. She had an impressive all female group accompanying her with 2 Cellists and a percussionist.
I felt she was at her best when she was playing her old battered piano on her own, then you heard the original stripped back versions of her songs played beautifully and with great charm. However the amplification of the others in the group changed the feel of her music making it more aggressive, darker and powerful which I am sure was liked by many. My only issue was with the kick bass which was treated a bit too heavy by the mixing desk and could swamp the sound a little.
Great evening and fantastic to hear some of her best compositions played live at last after waiting 3 years for the gig to be re scheduled due to Covid.
Agnes Obel at Symphony Hall gave us about 15 tracks which were taken from all four of of her albums. She had an impressive all female group accompanying her with 2 Cellists and a percussionist.
I felt she was at her best when she was playing her old battered piano on her own, then you heard the original stripped back versions of her songs played beautifully and with great charm. However the amplification of the others in the group changed the feel of her music making it more aggressive, darker and powerful which I am sure was liked by many. My only issue was with the kick bass which was treated a bit too heavy by the mixing desk and could swamp the sound a little.
Great evening and fantastic to hear some of her best compositions played live at last after waiting 3 years for the gig to be re scheduled due to Covid.
Hey Jim
Was there too!
Agree with you on all.
Terrific evening only marred by the fact we had to dash early for our train.
Don’t think we could have been sat any higher up (my mistake) too.
Mind you, odd looking down from on high with the music fired at you horizontally.
Now my wife is a convert. Think she liked the powerful essence thing.
Hi Steve, I had another mate sitting up where you were and he really enjoyed it.
Great night and great lady.
ceejaydee
15-09-2022, 20:39
The Good Lady and I went to see Agnes Obel at Cambridge Corn Exchange yesterday evening.
After the delays with the tour already mentioned it was worth the long wait to finally see her.
I enjoyed the live versions of her songs and felt the cellists and percussionist brought a slightly different dimension to the live sound versus the studio recordings.
At times it felt like I was listening to 'The Agnes Obel Quartet' but for me this was not a bad thing and overall a very satisfactory experience.
Thought the support 'Merope' were rather good too and worth further investigation so I picked up their album 'Salos' on vinyl during the interval and had it signed by Indrė.
Can't actually remember the last concert I went to as for various reasons it had been a good few years, so rather pleased with the evening..
ZZ Top, Wembley Arena, last night.
First time I've seen them even though been into them for 40 years, didn't think I ever would.
Mostly they played all the crowd pleasers from 'Eliminator', but we did get 'Just Got Paid', 'Brown Sugar', 'Nationwide' and 'Certified Blues.'
Anyway, it was really good.
Pigmy Pony
12-07-2024, 13:09
ZZ Top, Wembley Arena, last night.
First time I've seen them even though been into them for 40 years, didn't think I ever would.
Mostly they played all the crowd pleasers from 'Eliminator', but we did get 'Just Got Paid', 'Brown Sugar', 'Nationwide' and 'Certified Blues.'
Anyway, it was really good.
Yeah I bet it was excellent, and just the right amount of loud. I saw them at Donington when they'd just released Eliminator. Who they got replacing Dusty Hill?
Yeah I bet it was excellent, and just the right amount of loud. I saw them at Donington when they'd just released Eliminator. Who they got replacing Dusty Hill?
Elwood Francis, who was their guitar tech for years. He does have the beard for it.
Pigmy Pony
12-07-2024, 13:38
Elwood Francis, who was their guitar tech for years. He does have the beard for it.
A prerequisite really, to have one either on your face or your birth certificate :)
ZZ Top, Wembley Arena, last night.
First time I've seen them even though been into them for 40 years, didn't think I ever would.
Mostly they played all the crowd pleasers from 'Eliminator', but we did get 'Just Got Paid', 'Brown Sugar', 'Nationwide' and 'Certified Blues.'
Anyway, it was really good.
I would have loved to have seen them, but didn't even know they were playing. It always amused me to learn that the drummer's name was Beard, yet he was the only one of the three who didn't have a beard.
Coincidentally, the last time I attended Wembley Arena was to see Frank Zappa on tour. Both performers have names starting with "Z".
I would have loved to have seen them, but didn't even know they were playing. It always amused me to learn that the drummer's name was Beard, yet he was the only one of the three who didn't have a beard.
Coincidentally, the last time I attended Wembly Arena was to see Frank Zappa on tour. Both performers have names starting with "Z".
First time I have been to Wembley Arena. It's a bit too far away for me but it was their only UK gig on this tour.
Had lunch in 'The Bell' in Fleet Street. Not been in there in almost 20 years, it hasn't changed at all, surprisingly.
'You know those guitars that are, like, double guitars?'
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'You know those guitars that are, like, double guitars?'
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Those middle strings must be difficult to fret.
Brief review in The Daily Telegraph:
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/music/zz-top-a-rock-masterclass-delivered-with-a-flick-of-the-wrist/ar-BB1pS48V?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=519d8e1bc88c406cb1c9674397358fa8&ei=6
Couple of great dudes, I bet they were entertaining. Nice one.
Chantel McGregor played The Stables, Milton Keynes a few months back.
It's pretty local to me, and I've seen her a few times there and locally. Always up for a good Blues/Rock night out, and has some great acts with her.
She also backed up Elles Bailey last year: same venue.
It's a great venue and easy access for M1.. Worth a look at the future artists playing there.
https://youtu.be/1AfC8nsNLLc?si=1quRMpI2kK-bw_KT
She had the Cinelli brothers with her too:
https://youtube.com/@thecinellibrothers?si=GK7tBY3WxU7mTg_S
Fantastic, and good showmen.
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Saw Heilung in Glasgow last year, incredible experience to see it live.
Stayed with me for days afterwards.
These guys
https://youtu.be/9PFz9FQsU8w?si=Dy4Ow3U0JEEXgtT9
Chantel McGregor played The Stables, Milton Keynes a few months back.
It's pretty local to me, and I've seen her a few times there and locally. Always up for a good Blues/Rock night out, and has some great acts with her.
She also backed up Elles Bailey last year: same venue.
It's a great venue and easy access for M1.. Worth a look at the future artists playing there.
https://youtu.be/1AfC8nsNLLc?si=1quRMpI2kK-bw_KT
She had the Cinelli brothers with her too:
https://youtube.com/@thecinellibrothers?si=GK7tBY3WxU7mTg_S
Fantastic, and good showmen.
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Sounds interesting - what recordings of hers would you recommend?
Thanks
She's not got a huge catalogue, so have a browse. The shed sessions make good listening as it's all live and raw.
I'm no good for you
Take the Power &
Eternal Dream
Lose Control album is pretty good.
Also, the Bass player Colin Sutton, is cracking...senior Lecturer at Uni.
MA in Music.
Drummer, and all round musician.
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