Davey Boy 2.0 Posted June 23, 2002 Report Share Posted June 23, 2002 Some fench trumpet player witha WICKED back-up band. Oh my oh my I wish I'd been on half a hit or sumpin. Guitar player---> better than Trey. ask anyone who was there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treyter Posted June 23, 2002 Report Share Posted June 23, 2002 dude that's funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleB Posted June 23, 2002 Report Share Posted June 23, 2002 funny because its true!!!!! That might have been the sickest show I have ever seen... no bull shit... no exageration....no words can even begin to do it justice.... i picked the right night to dose... jebus.... 4 players, each sicker than the last.... this band awnserd the question... "What if Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis would have recorded that album?"...... I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about last night. No shit, that guitar player was unlike anything else I have ever heard, playing above the nut?...what is that all about?..... The upright bass was amazing and the drummer did a megaphone solo which would put the vacume to shame. Best vocals I have EVER heard. Midway thru the show, this dude walked out of the crowd and onto the stage... i was afraid that the walls were gonna come tumbling down, fucking vocals... or so I thought. These vocals were not in english or french or any other language I am familiar with, my guess would be arabic. Filled my soul with the most powerfull and emotional souds I have ever heard from a human voice. I don't think I have ever seen a band that was so good I had to remind myself to breath.... until last night..... if you blew that show off because of the ticket price or a percieved better offer, shame on you... these guys will not be back anytime soon, maybe never... I would drop $20 to see any one of the 4 do a show solo. Sooooo glad a few of you were there to share that magical night with me.... toasters all around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted June 24, 2002 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2002 Wow..... That sounds like a hell of a night boys. (Whoops, sorry. This is Booche) We are over at Davey-Boys. Call and get drunk. Us Quebec-workers have a long weekend. 230-5962..... If we arent here, we have gone for a bite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybone Posted June 24, 2002 Report Share Posted June 24, 2002 It's been a while since i've posted, my computer is fucked, so i'm posting from Brad's. Just had to chime in and say that my mind was totally blown last night. Eric Truffaz and the Ladyland Quartet was their name. The players were Manu Codjia, Michel Benita, Philippe Garcia and of course Eric Truffaz. Good lord they were amazing.That music tickled my soul in all the right places and i really haven't lost that feeling since. Everyone was using cool loops, and as BB mentioned the singer's voice was so powerfully moving...i fully lost it several times. And yes, the guitarist was all that and more. The drummer and bass player were incredible and did shit that i've never seen before. damn good shit. $20 so well spent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 24, 2002 Report Share Posted June 24, 2002 Wow, sounds like a good show. Er, what band was it???!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted June 24, 2002 Report Share Posted June 24, 2002 It was an amazing band. The lineup was trumpet, electric guitar, acoustic (stand-up, double) bass, acousitc drums. They opened with what I swear was "'Round Midnight", and right away, the comparisons to Miles Davis were easy to make. The trumpeter's manner on stage was very Miles, sort of like late Miles but with a smaller band. He'd stand/sit there, doing nothing except enjoying the music while the rest of the band blazed behind him, then step up and play either very minimally, or an amazing solo. The bassist was incredible. At one point, he started slapping on the side of the bass to make some percussion sounds, then looped it, and started soloing on top. (Actually, everybody in the band was doing loops and delays.) During the solo, he played a short bit with a bow, looped that, on top of the percussive loop, and kept soloing. It was amazing. The drummer was sick. The closest comparison would be to either The New Deal's drummer, or the guy from Drums and Tuba. Based on the drums alone, you got the feeling these guys have been influenced by trance/dub/electronic music (e.g., sudden shifts in beats). The drummer didn't do any electronic drumming, but he had a megaphone with what looked like guitar delay pedals strapped to it; he layered vocal stuff into the different delays, get it looping, switch it up on the fly, and run live vocals through it, all into one of the mics on the drum kit. The guitarist was also amazing. I'm not sure I agree with Davey Boy, but not because he wasn't good. He was, but he's a very different player from Trey, much jazzier, and (at times) a lot more chaotic. He had that way of hitting the note that gives the right amount of tension and seems like it doesn't belong, but does. The vocalist they had was also wonderful. It added a kind of "world" dimension to the music, and added an emotional component that was almost overwhelming. The music was jazzy, funky, trippy, and made with an intensity and care that fills my heart with glee. I'm glad I took a chance on Saturday. Special thanks to doubleB for the recommendation. Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingfool Posted June 26, 2002 Report Share Posted June 26, 2002 Arabic would sound right with that type of band and names, and yes, it packs a wallop emotionally. I've listened to my share of arabic pop and middle-eastern songs in the last year, and the things some of them can do... Yeah. Note to self: when I next bump completely fortuitously late at night into Bradm going to a concert, drop everything and accompany him. It's my timing telling me something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted June 26, 2002 Report Share Posted June 26, 2002 quote:Originally posted by dancingfool: Note to self: when I next bump completely fortuitously late at night into Bradm going to a concert, drop everything and accompany him. It's my timing telling me something.Yes, df, you should listen to synchronicity. But don't drop everything; leaving shwarma on the Bank St. sidewalk might be nasty... Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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