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The All New Julie Slick thread

#165
Caught the 2 of a Perfect Trio gig in Phoenix, last night; great show. Crimson music is indeed alive and well, although experiencing the 4-piece 80's lineup in 1984 remains my favorite gig of all time.

It used to be that I would look forward to zeroing in on the bassist at shows, and gleaning some new-found knowledge, or at least a new lick, or 2. Either I'm getting old, or Julie was not allowed to go into the stratosphere, or perhaps my own sense of my skills came into play; for some reason, it seemed like I could figure out everything that she was doing, and had the sensation of being unimpressed. Maybe it's just that I have been a Crimson fan longer than she's been alive, and have become jaded.

Maybe I need to catch another gig, too.
 
#167
You may not be reading my words with sufficient insight. One does not go to a show featuring influences and idols and expect to have a "hey, I coulda played that whole gig, easily" moment. Am I still processing the experience above my eyebrows? Perhaps.

Like I tried to say, maybe it's me getting old, cynical, jaded, and sufficiently skilled, or the fact that Julie was not really given enough solo space for herself, or some combination of factors. I am hard-pressed to ever recall this feeling of not-being-blown-away after seeing a gig from such musical luminaries. It's almost like there's an inner guitard-thing that is rearing its' ugly head.
 
#170
plankspanker13 said:
It used to be that I would look forward to zeroing in on the bassist at shows, and gleaning some new-found knowledge, or at least a new lick, or 2. Either I'm getting old, or Julie was not allowed to go into the stratosphere, or perhaps my own sense of my skills came into play; for some reason, it seemed like I could figure out everything that she was doing, and had the sensation of being unimpressed. Maybe it's just that I have been a Crimson fan longer than she's been alive, and have become jaded.
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Real easy to sit in the audience and think you can hang, and another thing to actually hang night after night. If Julie wasn't a great bass player, she wouldn't be there.
 
#171
JimmyM said:
Real easy to sit in the audience and think you can hang, and another thing to actually hang night after night. If Julie wasn't a great bass player, she wouldn't be there.
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+1....There is also a HUGE difference in being able to create/innovate and being able to imitate. Julie rules.

If Plank has been around so long, he should know this, hell I knew it when I was a kid in the late 70's...I expected to be able to play what the stars were playing, but to come up with it in the first place and commit to it is a different story. ;)
 
#175
I should correct that; I misunderstood the person who responded to me and we're not sure what the situation is. :( As I understand it, you need to be at the venue before 6 in order to be assured of getting in for VIP seating since there are a limited number of chairs.
 
#178
I'm almost certain that if the venue doesn't object, cameras and recording are fine. At the two shows I saw earlier on the tour there were lots of people with cameras (not just phones) and several with audio recording equipment. Also, quality recordings of several shows from the tour are available as torrents at dimeadozen, so somebody's been doing it!

Good luck -- and of course let us know how it goes!
 
#180
Yes, I have been downloading those torrents; the Chicago show was particularly good.

Well, if I don't hear anything else we'll just talk to Adrian and Tony at the soundcheck. I'd love to get a good recording with my equipment.
 

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