Stanley Clarke

[jfsjbb]

shirky,

it was about $1k then. With today's Euro-US$ rate it would be some 600-700 US$ (that's still a lot of money).

 

[Stingray5]

Cool thread!


Hey Jfsb etc..., why did James Brown need 6 Walkie Talkies??


And JT, Stanley doesn't look like he's having a good day in that photo, either! Perhaps he's feeling a little "inadequate"...



[Edited by Stingray5 on 09-25-2000 at 01:09 PM]

 

[jfsjbb]

Originally posted by Stingray5
Cool thread!
Hey Jfsb etc..., why did James Brown need 6 Walkie Talkies??
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That's what I asked myself. They told me that some of their gigs were in stadiums where there's a long distance from the dressing rooms to the stage. As our festival was very small, they didn't use them at all. (We did, and I tell you, that looks really cool, having a plug in your ear and a mic in your sleeve. )

There were lots of other requirement concerning the transportation, the lodging, the food, the drinks, the security, but as you cannot see that on stage, I'd prefer to keep it classified, sorry.

 

[jfsjbb]

Originally posted by john turner
i think it is pretty extreme to attempt to invalidate a 30+ year music career based on a single performance, regardless of reason.

nobody can be 100% on every night. combine that with traveling overseas, and the potential for travelling sickness and just play off nights.

i mean, cut me a break, the guy's been a touring, respected pro and master of his instrument for 30 years.

Absolutely right.

There are two things to mention: "Nobody's perfect" (not even. Mr. SC), and "You never get a second chance to make a first impression".

That's exactly my problem. I know SC can play much better than he did when I saw and heared him. That deepens my disappointment. As I worked at the festival, I did not have to pay for the show. Most of the audience did. Those who saw him live on stage for the first time problably won't give him a second shot, as you have to pay a lot of $$ for the superstars over here in Europe.

 

[Christopher]

One thing no one's mentioned is Stan's work with the now-defunct Animal Logic. The songwriting was a little pedestrian, but the pairing of Clarke and Stewart Copeland was inspired. They sounded great together.

 

[Chris A]

This post was originally posted by Hary the thread starter, but he posted it in the wrong place, by mistake. So I moved it here, but I couldn't figure out how to get his name on the post instead of mine, so the opinions of this post do not necessarily reflect those of your moderator and should not be mistaken as such! thanks.
Chris A.

Hary said:

I've read all of your letters, and I think everybody has it's own truth. I ,don't want to hurt anyone, but I think Stanley is STILL a great player. 30 years of a wonderful and succesful career can't be forgotten because of a gig.
I agree with what you said about the backline and so on, but that's not important for me, if I think about one's music.
First time I didn't write my favourite songs.
So:
I Wanna Play For You
School Days
Mothership Connection (the version on The Bass-ic Collection)
Jamaican Boy
Wild Dog
Hello Jeff
No Place To Hide
Louie Louie (but I like the version made by Motörhead better. I like harder musics too, and that's really cool)


That's all for now


Hary



All times are CT (US) +1 hours



[Edited by Chris A on 09-25-2000 at 08:04 PM]

 

[Phil Smith]

Interesting comments about SC in a number of threads on TalkBass. Regardless of what troubles he may be experiencing now personally, that may or may not be affecting his performances, one thing is clear, he is an awesome bassist! Both electric and upright. Check out "The Romantic Warrior" on the "Romantic Warrior" album with Return To Forever. Now check out the fact that his opening solo starts out with the bow and then he switches to finger style. Now think about how you would do those runs on electric, but hold it, wait, he's doing this on an upright! Not only that, he's only about 20 something in 1976! This is just one example of some of the awesome stuff this guy has done and continues to do.

Phil

"If this bass could only talk", heck I know what it would say, "Speechless!"