I saw Uli Jon Roth in February. He had to reschedule his performance from a Friday to a Monday thanks to the Canadian winter, but to make up for his lateness he played two 90 minute sets.
I was a little dissapointed to have caught him touring in the year of Scorpions 40th anniversary. This meant he played very few pieces from his various solo projects, and, well, pretty much 3 hours of Scorpions tunes, but there was a plethora of extended solos, so it was still well worth it. I look forward to the Electric Sun anniversary tour.
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No Morbid Angel. They didn’t make it across the border. I sent an
e-mail to the Canadian Border Services Agency expressing my
displeasure. We tried to watch some videos on youtube when we got
home, but it was too depressing. It’s going to be hard to listen to
Morbid Angel for a while without feeling the dissapointment anew.
Sigh.
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September has been a great month for virtuoso musicianship. I saw Steve Vai a couple weeks ago. Very inspiring. He’s not only technically fantabulous, but incredibly creative as well. I couldn’t wait to get home and write music after seeing him. If Mr. Vai comes to your town, I highly recommend going to see him. Putting on an entertaining show is clearly important to him. On this tour he had an electric harp player in his band, and all band members got to showcase themselves throughout the evening. There were costume changes too. I particularly enjoyed the one with the...
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In other musical news, the Kyla Tilley album is well underway, but has taken a bit of a back seat since arriving on The Rock. Happily, the lovely Sahara Jane (aka Sara Nasr) passed through Montreal a couple months back. We played a show together, and then she dropped by my studio, napped on the couch, and laid down backing vocals for three songs. We also took a stroll among some caserollers, but I wouldn’t give her a pot to hit, cause we only had the one evening to get work done. The following week-end, Ed Hudson came by with...
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I’m in Newfoundland for the summer. I’m currently working on the music for a multi-media fashion show with Cara Winsor-Hehir and Malin Enstrom. Cara’s providing the fashion, Malin is doing projections onto said fashion, and I am working on the back-ground music. It’s a cycle of five short airy, summery pieces. The keys in order are Bb E A C B which in German musical nomenclature spells out B E A C H. They’re simple numbers, guitar accompanied by flute, and one piece has a vocal accompaniment. It has a very Incredible String Band feel to it. The show is...
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