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edwin
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Username: edwin

Post Number: 1859
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 9:03 pm:   Edit Post

I'll be playing about 1/4 of the show with my Starfire (it's a good break from all the Fenders and Moduli the other guys play). It's always a great time and we've moved from the Ogden to the Fillmore this year. The preceding Friday we'll be at the Boulder Theater.

It's a benefit for the Denver Rescue Mission and our efforts every year make us the second highest donor that they have. If you live in the Front Range, I highly recommend checking out one of the shows.

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lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 5883
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 10:57 pm:   Edit Post

This looks like a blast! No one better than The Band. But shouldn't you be playing a Gibson Ripper? lol

Bill, tgo
edwin
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Username: edwin

Post Number: 1862
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 11:51 pm:   Edit Post

Hm, I thought it was the fretless Ampeg, but after looking up some pics, I guess you're right. Got one you can send me? :-)
klinkepeter
Intermediate Member
Username: klinkepeter

Post Number: 157
Registered: 2-2008
Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 8:58 am:   Edit Post

that is one of my favorite movies, love it!
pauldo
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Username: pauldo

Post Number: 1329
Registered: 6-2006
Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 9:17 am:   Edit Post

Cool.

8-D
edwardofhuncote
Intermediate Member
Username: edwardofhuncote

Post Number: 103
Registered: 6-2014
Posted on Friday, November 14, 2014 - 10:20 am:   Edit Post

Hate picking favorites with The Last Waltz, or The Band in general, but "Ophelia" did it for me... it's still one of my warm-up-in-key-of-C routines.
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 5887
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Saturday, November 15, 2014 - 9:06 am:   Edit Post

Standouts for me included Rick Danko singing "It Makes No Difference" and Muddy Waters' jowls shaking as he proclaimed "I'm a Man".

Bill, tgo
cozmik_cowboy
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Username: cozmik_cowboy

Post Number: 1793
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Saturday, November 15, 2014 - 9:44 am:   Edit Post

While I always loved TLW, it'll never be the same after reading Levon's autobiography.
But I have never, ever, failed to have goose bumps the whole time Mavis is singing on "The Weight", & I doubt I ever will!

Peter
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 5888
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Saturday, November 15, 2014 - 11:03 am:   Edit Post

Peter, I have the same mixed emotions about TLW and Robbie Robertson. Levon's book, "This Wheels on Fire", is a great read - VERY well written for a rock autobiography. It and Phil Lesh's "Searching for the Sound" are my two all time favorite books in this genre. The way Robbie and Scorsese treated Muddy Waters and the other Band members to make room for the diabetes-inducing Neil Diamond was unforgivable. (To me, Neil Diamond always sounds like he has to go to the bathroom really badly. He's so URGENT!)

Bill, tgo
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 11562
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Saturday, November 15, 2014 - 2:03 pm:   Edit Post

Peter and Bill, which edition of Wheel's on Fire do you have? I'm thinking of picking up a used copy of the 2000 edition; but I'm wondering how much was added in the 2013 edition.
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 5891
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Saturday, November 15, 2014 - 2:43 pm:   Edit Post

Oops, 2x post. I wonder why this issue can't be fixed on this site? It doesn't pop up on any other forum I frequent.

Bill, tgo

(Message edited by Lbpesq on November 15, 2014)
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 5892
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Saturday, November 15, 2014 - 2:44 pm:   Edit Post

Dave:

I'm not sure. I believe my paperback copy is still in a box somewhere, (we moved in August), but I know it's not a 2013 edition since I read it a few years ago. Now I'll have to go check out if there is new stuff in the new edition.

Bill, tgo
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 11563
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Saturday, November 15, 2014 - 3:52 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks Bill; according to Google, the new edition has 48 more pages, which cover the last 12 years of his life.
cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member
Username: cozmik_cowboy

Post Number: 1794
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Saturday, November 15, 2014 - 10:43 pm:   Edit Post

I read a library copy; don't know which edition.
I do own Phil's, and am just finishing my second (or is it third?) reading; we are in complete agreement on those 2 books, Bill.

Peter
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 11564
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Monday, November 17, 2014 - 7:08 am:   Edit Post

Bill and Peter; I ordered it for my Kindle. Thanks for the recommendation!

Edwin; looking forward to your report on the show.

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