skod
Senior Member
along with some guy named Sting- on his "Back to Bass" tour, of course. (;-)
Very pared-down, and absolutely wonderful show: sound was great, although (astonishingly) they had Sting's bass pulled way back in the mix. Vocal intelligibility was superb, among the best I've ever heard there. The music really deserves a very simple, non-orchestral presentation, and these guys did it up in spades: David Sancious and Dominic Miller are just solid as rocks, Peter Tickell is a fiddling sensation, and Jo Lawry is an outright revelation.
It was great to hear Vinnie's interpretation of all the Copeland stuff on the various Police songs they did. I seriously love the guy's live playing: just *solid*. IMNSHO, the best possible way to do this music is just to carve away all the fat, and leave the tune exposed.
Good, solid, hour and a half show, 3 encores. The most amusing thing about it was that the temperature was about 52-55degF, and poor Vinnie looked like he was *freezing his butt off*. He played the last half of the show with the hood on his hoodie pulled up. He did his usual "push the glasses up on the nose with the left hand" thing about 5 times a tune, but to this he added "and adjust the hoodie to keep the wind from blowing down his neck", all without affecting his performance in any perceptible way.
Unreal. And very much worth the price of admission!
Very pared-down, and absolutely wonderful show: sound was great, although (astonishingly) they had Sting's bass pulled way back in the mix. Vocal intelligibility was superb, among the best I've ever heard there. The music really deserves a very simple, non-orchestral presentation, and these guys did it up in spades: David Sancious and Dominic Miller are just solid as rocks, Peter Tickell is a fiddling sensation, and Jo Lawry is an outright revelation.
It was great to hear Vinnie's interpretation of all the Copeland stuff on the various Police songs they did. I seriously love the guy's live playing: just *solid*. IMNSHO, the best possible way to do this music is just to carve away all the fat, and leave the tune exposed.
Good, solid, hour and a half show, 3 encores. The most amusing thing about it was that the temperature was about 52-55degF, and poor Vinnie looked like he was *freezing his butt off*. He played the last half of the show with the hood on his hoodie pulled up. He did his usual "push the glasses up on the nose with the left hand" thing about 5 times a tune, but to this he added "and adjust the hoodie to keep the wind from blowing down his neck", all without affecting his performance in any perceptible way.
Unreal. And very much worth the price of admission!
Attachments
Last edited: