| Author | Message | ||
| jlpicard
Advanced Member Username: jlpicard Post Number: 257 Registered: 7-2002 |
Just three more days till I see the Man!!! He'd be perfect if he would just play an Alembic! | ||
| richbass939
Senior Member Username: richbass939 Post Number: 480 Registered: 11-2004 |
Hope you enjoy it, Mike. Please come back on and give us a report. Rich | ||
| j_gary
Intermediate Member Username: j_gary Post Number: 147 Registered: 6-2005 |
Enjoy! It is more than a musical experience when Paul hits the stage. I wonder if we realize how fortunate we are to have had him amongst us all these years. He got the bassman out of the cheap seats. Good grief, if he ever starts playing an Alembic, few of us will be able to afford one again. Shhhh, nobody tell him our secret. I love my Hofner and Ricks, but to pick up the MK after dancing with the old girls, goodnight Irene! | ||
| bassman10096
Senior Member Username: bassman10096 Post Number: 818 Registered: 7-2003 |
He's pretty well wed to that Hofner. I've heard he doesn't even particularly like that bass - just has to play it because it's part of his signature look & sound. I saw PM about a month back for the first time. What a performer! He so obviously loves his music and likes performing it for the folks. About 2 hours into his set, it occurred to me that he truly is a legend. Really - the inventor of Eleanor Rigby! And so much more. He played a lot of unexpected tunes and left me completely pleased with the looong set (3 hours). But he has such a songbook - he could easily have done another 3 hours and I'd have been glued to my seat for that set as well. Hope you have a great time. Bill | ||
| j_gary
Intermediate Member Username: j_gary Post Number: 148 Registered: 6-2005 |
Hi Bill, I think I know a bass that would pull him away from that old Hofner. Thank you, Thank you!! | ||
| bassman10096
Senior Member Username: bassman10096 Post Number: 820 Registered: 7-2003 |
He looked pretty comfortable, though I'll bet the medium scale would suit him pretty well... Check your Email for some pix of my project. You're welcome. I'm glad to hear you are enjoying yourself! Bill | ||
| jlpicard
Advanced Member Username: jlpicard Post Number: 260 Registered: 7-2002 |
Well, All I've got to say is ..I was totaly blown away at the Glendale Arena show. My fellow bandmates and I were jumping out of our seats like fourteen year old girls after every song! Three hours of live McCartney! The man sure loves to perform. Before he came out there was a short film on several large screens recapping his career ( like there is anyone out there who doesn't know the history! ) Prior to that there was a DJ who was doing remixes of Beatle songs for about twenty minutes. I could have done without that part. As the story goes this DJ sent a copy of some of his work to Sir Paul who apparently liked what he heard, phoned up the DJ and gave him access to all the master tapes and then invited him on the tour. WOW, Lucky S.O.B. Anyway, There's nothing like attending a concert where the musical soundtrack of your life is lovingly peformed for your pleasure. Time and reality had ceased to exist for that magical three hours. The band was excellent, faithfully reproducing both the music and vocals from the opening, Magical Mystery Tour, to Please Please Me, Eleanor Rigby, Maybe I'm Amazed and on and on to the new album and finally to the closing of Sgt.Pepper's reprise/ The End , where the the other two guitarists traded solos with Paul. Interspersed with the band numbers Paul would don his Martin or Epiphone Texan while the band left the stage and drop right into "Yesteday" or "Blackbird", "I Will" and "Jenny Wren" while giving us some backround on what inspired hime to write them! Pauls stage demenor was as if he were talking to one person in his living room instead of twenty thousand in an arena! Relaxed and confident but very open and down to earth. A refreshing change from the giant egos you sometimes encounter in this business. Two encores later he came out once more to sign autographs thrown at him from the front rows. All and all, An unforgettable experience. My bandmates and I drove 650 miles to see him and would gladly do it again! Mike | ||
| bassman10096
Senior Member Username: bassman10096 Post Number: 821 Registered: 7-2003 |
Hey Mike: Nice recap. PM did everything you described in Milwaukee as well. What a personal experience! I agree with you about the DJ, but, what the hey... | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 486 Registered: 9-2002 |
It's funny how this stuff works on you. I had the live CD set for 'Wings Over America', but was in the CD store and picked up 'Tripping the Live Fantastic' and 'Live in America 2002', just had never updated my collection to include these. It was warm here Sunday, I threw open the windows, turned up the stack, and with the BigRedBass in hand, proceeded to play through my two new cd's. It was a great afternoon. That was certainly a Big Mac Attack, fought successfully with My Fave Bass. I hear those horns to 'Got to Get You Into My Life' and I'm just gone . . . J o e y (Message edited by bigredbass on November 28, 2005) |
