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Bizarre Gardening Accident - mourn with me

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Thunderthumbs73 said:
Sounds like a lot of fun. I've just been able to get my drums out of storage for about three years and I like a lot of the music of R.E.M. but I'd certainly always want to do some of the music after IRS no matter what capacity in a band. I think there's a lot of diversity of styles, moods, feels, etc... and I think there's a lot of public/popular recognition for that music. Can't have an R.E.M. show and not do "It's the End of the World and We Know It" and other hits!!!
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We are very much having this conversation. The singer and I are absolute fiends for the first 6 records, and the guitarist is discovering the band for the first time somehow. I'm open to some later stuff, but only after we've got all the oldies down.
 
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Fuzzbass said:
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Apologies to the OP for the off topic, but on June 28 I played another show at Jimmy's with Too Many Daves, my "big band" (meaning: too big to play indoors). The reason I mention this: I believe you and I met at TMD's previous Jimmy's gig that happened years before the pandemic! That was a cool hang, I hope you've been well.
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That's awesome! I auditioned for a band last year with 2 other Eriks in it and Too Many Eriks seemed like a no-brainer name. Funny that I've never seen the back bar in daylight before.
 
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I definitely know two of you in real life (@DCErik and @Fuzzbass ). @Bar Band Bassman - you look familiar, but I'm not 100% we've met before.

I'm around nearly every week helping out with the open mic night (where I met Erik) and am in charge of the "indoor music" at the Memorial Day and Labor Day events (which is where I met Fuzzbass - I still tell the story occasionally of having to remove the office door to make enough room to carry the Hammon organ outside for a "Too Many Daves" set).

Sorry for the derailing of the thread! (no, scratch that - not actually sorry at all)
 
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DCErik said:
That's awesome! I auditioned for a band last year with 2 other Eriks in it and Too Many Eriks seemed like a no-brainer name. Funny that I've never seen the back bar in daylight before.
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Whoa, two of my other VA gigs this year (at Crossroads in Chantilly) were with a drummer named Erik! However both he and the guitarist/BL live in Pennsylvania*, which is the only reason I didn't recommend him to you along with the others.


*In case you're wondering: they are willing to gig in VA because that band is a pure power trio (nicer $$$ split of course).
 
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DCErik said:
We are very much having this conversation. The singer and I are absolute fiends for the first 6 records, and the guitarist is discovering the band for the first time somehow. I'm open to some later stuff, but only after we've got all the oldies down.
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For a number of reasons, I came to the band through "Out Of Time" when it came out and a few years later went backwards to older songs, but also followed them from that album forward. I like the older stripped down stuff and it has a certain sound to it, but the multi-instrumentalist in me likes the newer and expansive stuff that is orchestrated like "Reveal", "Up" and "They Great Beyond".
 
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Thunderthumbs73 said:
For a number of reasons, I came to the band through "Out Of Time" when it came out and a few years later went backwards to older songs, but also followed them from that album forward. I like the older stripped down stuff and it has a certain sound to it, but the multi-instrumentalist in me likes the newer and expansive stuff that is orchestrated like "Reveal", "Up" and "They Great Beyond".
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I think what I like best about the old stuff is how approachable it is for a 3-4 piece band (doubled guitars aside). This is kind of the ideal we're striving for: the '85 Rockpalast show.
 
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DCErik said:
I think what I like best about the old stuff is how approachable it is for a 3-4 piece band (doubled guitars aside). This is kind of the ideal we're striving for: the '85 Rockpalast show.
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Rockpalast does very high-quality concert filming for the era. They often featured one of my favorite bands featuring one of my favorite bassists/lead singers, Level 42 (and Mark King). Making my way very slowly through the R.E.M. footage as honest concentration will allow on a very busy day trying to get a lot done by COB.
 
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