Well, this was unexpected....

[buldog5151bass]

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!

Obviously, the TB faithful are stoked for you. I just know they have a volume rep.

 

[2thAche]

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.

Papp's got alot of presence for sure in all those songs. I'd be excited about getting a dirty tone up front

 

[Joe Nerve]

UPDATE:

Show has been rescheduled to next Sunday, Oct. 9th due to weather concerns (its outdoors).

Yes... I did not sleep last night knowing it was all up in the air. I didn't think rescheduling was going to be possible.

I am beyond psyched to play this show. I put mega time into learning the songs, and believe I will be doing justice to the work of both Pappilardi and Jack Bruce - while making it my own at the same time. I had never heard most of what we will be playing, and was blown away by some of the West, Bruce and Laing material.

First time hearing this put a huge smile on my face, and made my hair stand on end at the same time . Guitarist told me to just play roots.

LOL. Yeah...

Can't wait.

Prayers for sunshine next Sunday welcomed and appreciated .

 

[two fingers]

UPDATE:

Show has been rescheduled to next Sunday, Oct. 9th due to weather concerns (its outdoors).

Yes... I did not sleep last night knowing it was all up in the air. I didn't think rescheduling was going to be possible.

I am beyond psyched to play this show. I put mega time into learning the songs, and believe I will be doing justice to the work of both Pappilardi and Jack Bruce - while making it my own at the same time. I had never heard most of what we will be playing, and was blown away by some of the West, Bruce and Laing material.

First time hearing this put a huge smile on my face, and made my hair stand on end at the same time . Guitarist told me to just play roots.

LOL. Yeah...

Can't wait.

Prayers for sunshine next Sunday welcomed and appreciated .

Very cool! That's some grindy bass. Let it eat!

 

[Father Gino]

Prayers to the pantheon of agnostic deities heading your way.

 

[dave64o]

I don’t get the “just play roots” comment. Maybe he was trying to take some pressure off of you and say you don’t have to play note-for-note? But, still, the bass players on those songs are not root note players, so…what was that supposed to mean?

You can handle this, so have fun and just PLAY!

 

[Joe Nerve]

I don’t get the “just play roots” comment. Maybe he was trying to take some pressure off of you and say you don’t have to play note-for-note? But, still, the bass players on those songs are not root note players, so…what was that supposed to mean?

You can handle this, so have fun and just PLAY!

He was looking to make it easy on me. I'm not playing roots. That would be absurd in this situation .

 

[Bunk McNulty]

2:54 my favorite bit--a SWOOP!

 

[Pocket Dave]

Looking forward to any pictures/videos after 10/9.

 

[Ostie]

He was looking to make it easy on me. I'm not playing roots. That would be absurd in this situation .

Play the roots, play the branches, play the leaves. Play all over the whole dang tree!

 

[City]

UPDATE:

Show has been rescheduled to next Sunday, Oct. 9th due to weather concerns (its outdoors).

Yes... I did not sleep last night knowing it was all up in the air. I didn't think rescheduling was going to be possible.

I am beyond psyched to play this show. I put mega time into learning the songs, and believe I will be doing justice to the work of both Pappilardi and Jack Bruce - while making it my own at the same time. I had never heard most of what we will be playing, and was blown away by some of the West, Bruce and Laing material.

First time hearing this put a huge smile on my face, and made my hair stand on end at the same time . Guitarist told me to just play roots.

LOL. Yeah...

Can't wait.

Prayers for sunshine next Sunday welcomed and appreciated .

Grew up with this Album....still have in my collection. I was a true West Bruce and Laing fan. Learned many a guitar riff from Leslie from those WB&L Albums (3), two studio and the live

 

[BassDad1964]

Play the roots, play the branches, play the leaves. Play all over the whole dang tree!

This. Exactly this. What a cool gig and a great opertunity.

 

[Joe Nerve]

Had a blast!

Lots of jamming and unexpected awesomeness that I decided to post in a separate thread. Will post more as its sent to me.

The Doctor - and then some, in this link right here: It doesn't get much better than this...

 

[dave64o]

The Cat looks great up there (and in the video). I've seen lots of pictures of them here but don't think i ever saw one in use out in the wild like that. Sounds like it worked nicely.


EDIT: Wow, there's a local singer in these parts who looks A LOT like Corkey Laing. Now that I think about it, I've never seen both of them in the same place at the same time....