DevO Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 Hey dudes, Neil Young's movie Greendale is on tonight at 9pm on Bravo! ! see www.bravo.ca for details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
questcequecest? Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 this will be my second time in the front row! thanks for the heads up, kevO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TimmyB Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 I went to the premiere of "Greendale" at the Toronto International Film Festival the day after Neil Young's second Greendale concert at the Air Canada Centre. At the premiere which Neil Young was at I screamed "Great film Neil!" and he replied to me "Hey, thanks!" As Neil Young films go I wasn't lying either. Comparing "Greendale" to "Journey Through The Past" and "Human Highway," "Greendale" should have won an academy award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 haha....I wish I was there to hear the Timmyb. that would be the third time I witnessed you yell something to a performer which garnered a response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyB Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 Hey bouche, Another time I'll tell you about how I garnered different responses from Phil Keaggy, Dan Murphy (Soul Asylums guitarist at a Golden Smog gig) Jim Cuddy (at a Blue Rodeo gig), Bruce Cockburn, Beck and Chris Robinson (at a solo New Earth Mud gig) to name a few. I guess I'm good at getting a reponse from musicians on stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 also on Bravo today (well, it was on earlier) is a really sweet movie about Lenny Breau, the somewhat unsung Canadian guitar virtuoso who was murdered in 1984 (which was odd because by all accounts he was the kindest guy on the planet)... definately worth watching his playing reminds me of some of the things Brad Barr does... possibly an influence? The late Lenny Breau was an uncrowned king of jazz fingerstyle guitar. A relatively unknown voice on the instrument, he startled newcomers to his music by his ability to comp chords behind himself sounding like two guitarists, ring out lengthy bell-like harmonic passages, tastefully blend his influences of country, jazz and flamenco and fluidly improvise in this sryle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 That Lenny Breau doc is a must-see. One of the best guitarists ever. Murdered? It's up in the air. Nice guy, I've heard it's true, but I've also heard he had some pretty nasty hobbies that mighta gotten him kilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 yeah, he was a junkie and was back and forth between the junk and the methadone for over a decade, but his family accepted that and had his friends keep an eye on him and call them so if he started to get way out of hand they'd go pick him up and take him back out to the farm to clean up what I read online said he was found strangled by a pool in Hollywood "He is one of the true geniuses of the guitar. I suppose he is a musician's musician. His knowledge of the instrument and the music is so vast, and I think that's what knocks people out about him. But he's such a tasty player too. I think if Chopin had played guitar, he would have sounded like Lenny Breau." - Chet Atkins "He dazzled me with his extraordinary guitar playing... I wish the world had the opportunity to experience his artistry." - George Benson "Lenny Breau played more great stuff at one time than anybody on the planet... with feeling and tone. He was the best that ever lived, bar none." - the late Danny Gatton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 I think he was found drowned, and the cops never verified how he died. Frankly, the cop in charge of the case did such little investigation he didn't know the correct pronunciation of his name! "Lenny Breau played more great stuff at one time than anybody on the planet... with feeling and tone. He was the best that ever lived, bar none." - the late Danny Gatton There's a quote on the best by the second best. For the record, I guess Breit is third. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 from what I read they thought he'd drowned but then a week later they figured out he'd been strangled, still unsolvedlike to pick up some of his recordings, guess not many are still in print... his playing is phenomenal in the documentary, I was sleeping and it woke me up "who the hell is that playing?"(I said he was Canadian but in reading up on him found he was actually from Maine and moved to the maritimes in his youth then to near Winnipeg) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\/\/illy Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 I've got a few of his recordings Paisley. The next time you're over, remind me and I'll put some on for you. Good stuff for sure. From Wikipedia: Lenny Breau (August 5, 1941–August 12, 1984) was a brilliantly innovative American-born Canadian jazz guitarist who brought together country, classical, flamenco and jazz guitar techniques, then merged and developed them into a unique and influential personal style. His astonishing technical ability was matched by a wide musical knowledge and deep imagination; Breau's available recordings range from thoughtful, delicate and poetic extended improvisations to pyrotechnic explosions of shimmering notes. Largely unknown in popular music, even today he remains a musician's musician and one of the greatest jazz guitarists who ever lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 Who's this Lenny Breau that all you guys are talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 sounds good \/\/illy, after what I heard and saw today I'm definately a fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionLocks Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 Hay, does anyone know if this will be re-run later on tonight? the Sox/Yankee game is on...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 Bowl packed.24 - 50 chillin' in the fridge.TV/Stereo on.Easy chair ready. Thanks for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyB Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 Hey LionLocks, I just checked on my digital cabel box and it does not look like "Greendale" will be re-run later tonight. I too am going to watch the Sox/Yankee game though I have "Greendale" on DVD so it doesn't really matter. PS GO SOX GO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelles Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 thanks for the heads-upkevO, my dad just bought the dvd and i have yet to get my hands on it (next time i'm in ottawa i'm gonna sneak it back to kingston)... by the way, do you still have my passport? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 Bowl re-packed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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