Cheap Trick do Sgt. Pepper..Tom Petersson rules!

[faivy]

I watched this DVD for the first time last night. I was grinning the whole time. Great guests like Joan Osborne but the augmented band does great renditions of all the Pepper tunes and Tom makes a 60's Tbird II sound exactly the way it should. Required viewing for any Rock bass player

[jaywa]

Originally Posted by faivy

and Tom makes a 60's Tbird II sound exactly the way it should.

What? No 12-string?

[becker4567]

I never understood why Tom Peterson hasn't gotten the recognition that he deserves. One of the great rock bassists in the business!

[jaywa]

Originally Posted by becker4567

I never understood why Tom Peterson hasn't gotten the recognition that he deserves. One of the great rock bassists in the business!

I think a lot of it is the 12-string bass thing. People pass him off as just a frustrated guitarist who's more tone than technique. I vehemently disagree with that viewpoint... the guy can play bass.

[Hamrhed]

Ive seen him several times- and the last time (in a small venue- unlike the other times) Tom never touched a 12 string... and his tone was smokin!

Tbird mostly, w/ a little Fender and Hofner thrown in- through Hiwatts killer...

[faivy]

The Sgt. Pepper thing is all T-bird with HiWatt & what looks like a 4x10 Reeves cab. He is, no doubt, a BASS player. McCartneyesque,Jamersonesque, very cool note choices

[edbass]

IMO Mr. Petersson is absolutely a tremendous bassist. His work with CT on the 12er's is one thing, on a 4 string he's stellar in a whole different way. Exceptionally "tasty".
For a real treat, if possible get to a CT gig early enough to hear his sound check. His live rig sounds like the voice of God, totally his own tone but maybe a little "Live at Leeds" ish; “fat” doesn’t really describe it; sort of omnipresent.

It inspired me to get a 12 string and a Reeves rig; sadly it's just not quite the same...

[monkeyhaiku]

My first and foremost hero. I couldn't count all the things I've learned (and stolen) from TP.

[RichardCranium]

I caught the show last year when they played a limited run here and let me tell ya they brought it. TP played a cream T-Bird and had tone for days. Cheap Trick are a few years older now but still sound amazing live.

[jaywa]

Bun E. Carlos is just one of the best straight-ahead rock drummers ever. Dead solid time, but still has that old-school "swing" in his playing that seems to have disappeared from the current generation of young drummers.

[Richland123]

One of the best concerts I ever saw was Cheap Trick and ZZ Top. Cheap Trick put on a great show and was extremely tight and polished and every band member did their role very well and the vocals were incredible.

Check out the Cheap Trick live double CD set called "Silver". One of the best live recordings you will hear.