I meant to say I would relish an opportunity like this - nice!
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Well, this was unexpected....
- Thread starter Joe Nerve
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I meant to say I would relish an opportunity like this - nice!
Congratulations Joe. We’ll deserved. Have fun!I just got asked to play a Leslie West tribute show with former members of Mountain and The Leslie West band - including Corky Laing on drums.
I'm stoked, and couldn't not share it.
Lots of work ahead. Diving in right now...
Congrats!!I just got asked to play a Leslie West tribute show with former members of Mountain and The Leslie West band - including Corky Laing on drums.
I'm stoked, and couldn't not share it
Lots of work ahead. Diving in right now...
Congrats Joe I know you will kill it RTSI just got asked to play a Leslie West tribute show with former members of Mountain and The Leslie West band - including Corky Laing on drums.
I'm stoked, and couldn't not share it
Lots of work ahead. Diving in right now...
I just got asked to play a Leslie West tribute show with former members of Mountain and The Leslie West band - including Corky Laing on drums.
I'm stoked, and couldn't not share it
Lots of work ahead. Diving in right now...
Why Dont Cha!!!
I just got asked to play a Leslie West tribute show with former members of Mountain and The Leslie West band - including Corky Laing on drums.
I'm stoked, and couldn't not share it
Lots of work ahead. Diving in right now...
Enjoy the ride! I loved playing Mountain back in the 70's cover band days! Good Fortune and many happy gigs ahead!
John
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Still not sure on the setup but will most likely be my Hartke LX850 and 2X15s. Bass will most likely be my Acinonyx. I was told to make it all my own and not worry about nailing Pappalardi's sound or getting it note for note. I plan to work on a balance that will make me, the band, and the audience happy. In this particular case the priority will I think be the band, the audience, then me
. Interesting topic for another thread...RE the setlist, some people are touchy about putting that out beforehand and I have no idea where they're at with that, so I can't post a set list. I can say that everything I know of that's important WILL be getting played... Nantucket, Scenes, Never in My Life, Mississippi Queen, etc. I am hell bent on doing For Yasgur's Farm... so gonna do my best to assure that's in there too.
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
Fantastic gig - worth all the work you have put in.
If you don't mind me asking, how are your ears? I'm guessing this will not be an IEM gig.
If you don't mind me asking, how are your ears? I'm guessing this will not be an IEM gig.
Congratulations! Sounds like a great opportunity and a blast.
Coincidentally, I just came across some cool Leslie West quotes and stories in "Wont Get Fooled Again" which is about the Who recording Who's Next In the Record Plant in NY.
Leslie was asked to record at the Record plant as co guitarist with Pete. They were performing live in the studio and Kit Lambert disrupted a take. Leslie said "Kit Lambert was out of his f*cking mind, because we doing doing one of the tracks and , and it was going along great. Kit comes out with a sign that says 'Great work! Keep it Up!' He's putting it in front of our faces as we're playing. Pete stops the session and called Kit a f*cking twit for ruining the take. You know he's running around like a madman with a sign in front of everybody while we're recording. I've never seen anything like it"
"I was using a very small Sunn cabinet, with one 12" speaker, and a 50 watt Marshall. Townsend was using his Hi-watt amps, and he said to me that he wanted to be the loudest. Afterwards he came over to me - I guess he was a little embarrassed- and said 'Can you hear yourself okay?' I told him I could hear myself even if I was in Chicago."
Kit also mistakenly invited Felix Pappalardi to the sessions, asking him if he played organ. Felix showed up with his two bass amps expecting to work on the production. "John Entwistle came in and said' What's this?' Felix said, 'My bass amps.' Entwistle says, I'm the bass player in the f*cking Who.' Felix says, 'Well make up your mind I'm a busy man.' He thought he was going to be in there to produce. It got a little heated, and he left. What happened was that Kit Lambert thought he was Felix Cavaliere from the Rascals who did play organ. So it was embarrassing to him. He didn't play anything."
"I remember Keith Moon playing on this gigantic Hammond organ between takes. He was out there, and he looked like the Phantom of the Opera. I said to Pete, 'Well, it looks like he's having a good time.' And Pete says, 'No mate, he's being deadly serious'"
Leslie gave Townsend a Les Paul jr afterwards.
Sorry for the longish digression.
Have fun and knock 'em dead!
Coincidentally, I just came across some cool Leslie West quotes and stories in "Wont Get Fooled Again" which is about the Who recording Who's Next In the Record Plant in NY.
Leslie was asked to record at the Record plant as co guitarist with Pete. They were performing live in the studio and Kit Lambert disrupted a take. Leslie said "Kit Lambert was out of his f*cking mind, because we doing doing one of the tracks and , and it was going along great. Kit comes out with a sign that says 'Great work! Keep it Up!' He's putting it in front of our faces as we're playing. Pete stops the session and called Kit a f*cking twit for ruining the take. You know he's running around like a madman with a sign in front of everybody while we're recording. I've never seen anything like it"
"I was using a very small Sunn cabinet, with one 12" speaker, and a 50 watt Marshall. Townsend was using his Hi-watt amps, and he said to me that he wanted to be the loudest. Afterwards he came over to me - I guess he was a little embarrassed- and said 'Can you hear yourself okay?' I told him I could hear myself even if I was in Chicago."
Kit also mistakenly invited Felix Pappalardi to the sessions, asking him if he played organ. Felix showed up with his two bass amps expecting to work on the production. "John Entwistle came in and said' What's this?' Felix said, 'My bass amps.' Entwistle says, I'm the bass player in the f*cking Who.' Felix says, 'Well make up your mind I'm a busy man.' He thought he was going to be in there to produce. It got a little heated, and he left. What happened was that Kit Lambert thought he was Felix Cavaliere from the Rascals who did play organ. So it was embarrassing to him. He didn't play anything."
"I remember Keith Moon playing on this gigantic Hammond organ between takes. He was out there, and he looked like the Phantom of the Opera. I said to Pete, 'Well, it looks like he's having a good time.' And Pete says, 'No mate, he's being deadly serious'"
Leslie gave Townsend a Les Paul jr afterwards.
Sorry for the longish digression.
Have fun and knock 'em dead!
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The custom IEMs are helping a lot with my other band.
I'm bringing my in ears to this tribute, but I'm thinking same as you. Pretty sure they're all as old school as it gets, and I'm fine with that. I want to have mine though if the Sound People are set up for it. There is an opening band, and I have no idea who they are or what they do.
FWIW, pumping the bass frequencies on all these Mountain songs to learn them is kicking my tinnitus in again, but I'm used to it and will cope. There are certain bass frequencies that tinnitus LOVES. It works for me because it seems most musicians hate those frequencies whether they have tinnitus or not
. I've gotten lots of compliments regarding how I EQ my bass. From lots of bands, too. I like to hear the notes with only enough boom in the low end to feel it. Not get destroyed by it.Thanks for the concern!
