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Moses Mayes - Airport

2005-06-23 Pepper Jack Cafe, Hamilton

Show was fantastic, had never seen them before. Rode my bike, nice night, good times. Here's a little sample, guitar a little low in the mix, but otherwise a great tune and a good example of their sound:

Moses Mayes - Airport

2005-06-23 Pepper Jack Cafe, Hamilton

Yeah, the busted Esau computer is shitty news. I feel for you my friend. Also hope everything is cool tomorrow, vibes.

I'm going to try and make it out and grab a board feed. Might even ride my bike down, it's a gorgeous night.

[color:purple]People on the jambands.ca message board like the Grateful Dead?

I have another story, it comes from my Grade 11 Biology teacher. He was a great teacher, a little odd, but a good guy. Very stern though.

Anyway the topic of Woodstock somehow comes up in class one day.

"Yeah, Woodstock," he says. "It wasn't all it was cracked up to be, you know."

And we're all like, "What do you mean?"

He says, "I only have one memory of Woodstock. I woke up in a porta-john. There was this loud wailing going on, but I couldn't tell what it was. Once I could muster the energy to move, I opened the door and was blinded by the sun...and about a mile away I could barely make out the figure of Jimi Hendrix onstage playing the Star Spangled Banner."

The only similar story I can remember is of Ozzy and Tony Iommi dosing and then going to see Hendrix for the first time, and Ozzy thought it was the acid fucking with him, but then he bought the album and it blew his mind sober.

Hope to have the whole show chopped and flac'd by tomorrow, but here's a taste:

Neil Young's Words - June 18 2005 at the Pepper Jack Cafe, Hamilton

Only met the gal for about 5 total minutes at CTMF, but I remember her as a fine young lass with a broad smile and an easy laugh. Here's to ya!

Awesome man, this is huge news! I have NEVER seen Herring on a small stage. Can't wait.

This is a huge booking. Congratulations KC, you're certainly earning your keep over there at the Caf. I'll have to talk to the other members of the Board of Governors, but I think we can keep you on in your current capacity. You'll have to take a pay cut though.

Songs that have induced the old throat lump from time to time...

The Band - It Makes No Difference

The Band - Tears of Rage

James Taylor - Carolina in my Mind [don't know why, don't even know if the subject matter is particularly sad...something about the chord changes maybe]

That's all I got. Gonna go have a good cry now.

also in just about every alley in between Bathurst and Spadina along queen st.(mostly along the north side)

There is an alley that runs parallel to Queen W St in Toronto just south of it from about Spadina over to Bathurst that has dozens of incredible tags. I havn't been by in some time so they may be gone by now, but holy cow are there some incredible, detailed and beautiful tags in that alley.

I was going to post about that alley too...I worked in an office on Richmond all last year, the building backed onto that alley. We'd all be out smoking and I'd check out some of the awesome tags. There's a lot of shit back there too, wannabes and such, but worth looking at for sure. I remember lots of detailed caricature drawings of people behind my office.

Awesome! I don't know what the time difference is, but it's 3:35pm EST and (I think) I'm listening to Kottke and Gordon, it's cool.

Like I said. I've never seen them stretch out like that, it was great to see. I'm all about a band that sounds great on disc and brings their game when they play; the structure of their record is there but they take it a step further live. larry_llama taped it, will try to get a sample up.

Also quite enjoyed Pete Elkas earlier. I knew he had the songwriting, having seen him a few times over the past two years or so, each time opening solo for Plaskett. His band situation still showcases his songwriting, but he's definately committed to extended instrumental breaks. They were great, it's a band I would definately see again if they were back in town. Jeff and Gavin from Burt played with him.

All in all, a fine night of music in the Hammer! Where was everybody else?

HAHAHAHA...this house has treated us well in most other respects, but nonetheless we're counting the days until the lease is up...

I think the rats are gone to be honest, but the memory remains, if you will.

Looking forward to it myself! I've got a busy night with Pete Elkas at the Casbah, followed by JMATS at the PJ...it'll be a good time.

Given that a defining factor of The Band's music was the constant presense of both piano and organ, I think two keyboard players would be great!

I'm more in the market for a room to let, fifty cents.

hey Weirdness, would it be tough to get a torrent going for that show? I'll leech away and promise to keep seeding for a couple of days.

I'd happily do the same. Short on disk space over here, haven't downloaded torrents actively in over a year, but would gladly make some room for that show.

Also, I used to use Furthurnet a lot and, while I hadn't used it in a long time, I found a whole stash of temp folders, some shows with 2 and a half completed songs, other random shit. Wiped that off and it freed up almost 5GB

So yeah, bring on the torrent! Please

We have a piano/keyboard player who will be making his home in Hamilton as of September, haven't mentioned anything to him yet...

Hey...are we talking about the same keyboard player that's expressed interest in playing for Rose Garland when he gets to Hamilton this September? Don't make me arm wrestle...

Indeed we are dude. His name's Adam, he's a good friend of mine, we'll be roomies in Sept. By all means, if things work out for you guys, I'd love nothing better than to see him join the band. I personally love what you do and I think it would be awesome. I'm sure he'll juggle as many musical commitments as he can.

You're not looking to add a second drummer are you? I'd love to do it, and if forced to toot my own horn, I'll say I've definately got the chops. PM me if you're interested.

How about

The End/Her Majesty - The Beatles, Abbey Road

guitar

and per larry_llama, drum stool #2

EDIT: Has anybody expressed concrete interest in playing bass? I was under the impression somebody had. If that's not the case, I'll gladly play bass. Otherwise I'm sure there's room for me as another guitar player.

Man I'm sorry I didn't see this post earlier...I fucking LOVED the Oysterhead album. I only have a copy of one show on the tour, it's pretty good but the sound quality isn't the greatest. Do you know Jaimoe where I could get a copy of the Massey Hall show? I say this with absolutely no shame, that show is easily in my top five shows that I've ever seen. BRING BACK OYSTERHEAD, I say! The playing styles of all three guys (though granted Trey has exhibited a great many different playing styles throughout his career) was so well suited to the trio format...as you said in another thread Jaimoe, definately the coolest and most interesting thing to happen in progressive rock in many years.

Yeah man, Woodstock New York.

Hey Brodie, what's the cover tomorrow night, and for Elkas on Saturday? Just curious.