Del Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 Not having listened to The Slip as long as most of you, I'm still listening to stuff that this guy does that makes my jaw drop... The guy OWNS an acoustic guitar, and he ain't half bad on the electric either ... Awhile ago I got ahold of a solo Brad show, and it is unbelievable... Hands down one of the best solo performances I've ever heard in my life. And his playing with The Slip... His guitar sends shivers up your spine one minute, then blows your head off the next. Jazz, bluegrass, rock, psychedelic... he can do it all. I like his songwriting ability as well. December's Children is a good song. It's their "Street Sleeper". His singing comes from the heart, which is nice to see these days. Sorry to go on and on here, but Brad doesn't get the attention he deserves, in my opinion. Maybe it's one of those "everyone already knows" type of things, but as I sit here listening to Brad during the From The Gecko-> Zion-> December's Children from 2003-12-30 D2, I am truly in awe... Can't wait to have it done to me in person in May Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 liked meeting Brad right after his set at Frontier and discussing the venue and music and such, really nice guy who didn't seem to mind my rolling eyes and somewhat fevered (from dancing) complexion he seems to grow more leery of me after each new time I speak with him with my rolling eyes and I've come to appreciate that in a person musically, him, and the other two, are obviously insane the words to their songs often remind me of E.E. Cummings poetry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakis Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 Definitly an unbelievable band...I hope and wish the slip plays the cometogether music festival again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
show---whore Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 Last june at creekside jambore heather, briguy and my self were chillin back stage around 6am playing foosball and brad walked over and jumped right in. it was one of the funnest times i had last year, big giant smiles on everyones face. earlyer on in the day back stage brad walked over and rested his gtr case on briguys cooler and he was all "dude brad barr's case is on my cooler". i think alot people hold brad and The Slip up above alot of other musican, i know i do. its good to see that he doesn't hold him self above anyone. drunken foosball rules! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimafleck: the living legend. Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 "dude brad barr's guitar case is on my cooler".... ahahahahha... the slip show at come together was one of the greatest musical experiences of my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigsy Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 "if there's one thing i know to be true, let what ya love, be what you do. and it may take time, to tear down walls, but everything big, must first be small." cheers to brad barr.... and while im at it, andrew barr, and marc friedman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kung Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 I want him to have my babies. Funny you mentioned Cummings there Paisley not sure if you're aware that the line Sometimes True To Nothing (and the theme of it) is actually from a Cummings poem. quote: XI from AMORES/ Tulips & Chimneys (1922 manuscript) e. e. cummings O Distinct Lady of my unkempt adoration if i have made a fragile certain song under the window of your soul it is not like any songs (the singers the others they have been faithful to many things and which die i have been sometimes true to Nothing and which lives they were fond of the handsome moon never spoke ill of the pretty stars and to the serene the complicated and the obvious they were faithful and which i despise frankly admitting i have been true only to the noise of worms. in the eligible day under the unaccountable sun) Distinct Lady swiftly take my fragile certain song that we may watch together how behind the doomed exact smile of life's placid obscure palpable carnival where to a normal melody of probable violins dance the square virtues and the oblong sins perfectly gesticulate the accurate strenuous lips of incorruptible Nothing under the ample sun,under the insufficient day under the noise of worms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 I am totally into the Slip these days. Nothing is as soothing to me. Mike and I put them on during our reflexology sessions with Sunshine and it really completes the experience. Brad Barr is a genious. He can solo a hundred different ways and no way is better than another. He's eclectic without being over top. It's such well balanced music, poetic with great compositions and experimentation. I can not wait until the Shaker. Every time I think about it my heart races. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamH Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 I can appreciate Brad's abilities on his own but so much moreso with Marc and Andrew. Is the formula just Marc + Brad + Andrew + Berklee + 10 years of playing together? What are the parts I don't know about...the mystery and the love and that which can't be pinned down to technical prowess and excellent timekeeping? I think it's that mystery...magic for lack of a better term...that makes Brad and the rest so mind-numbing. It's also what compels me to drive 14 hours to Boston for one night, and then drive back the next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groove Fetish Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 Ahhh- the slip..... slip 2003 webalbum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 He's got real soul, that's for sure. His playing is both strong and confident and yet subtle and fragile. Also, he, and his musical brothers, have impeccable taste, definitely something that puts them up and above the general fray for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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