Black Country Communion
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BSmack
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Re: Black Country Communion
This is some seriously cool shit.
"Once upon a time, dinosaurs didn't have families. They lived in the woods and ate their children. It was a golden age."
—Earl Sinclair
"I do have respect for authority even though I throw jelly dicks at them.
- Antonio Brown
—Earl Sinclair
"I do have respect for authority even though I throw jelly dicks at them.
- Antonio Brown
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I listened yesterday with headphones and it kicked. Today I'm listening with the Bose Companion 2s at a lower volume. Still good, but not quite as epic as with headphones and max volume. If there is one complaint I have, it is that a tad little bit of echo could have been used when mixing down Glenn Hughes' vocals. Otherwise I'm lovin it.
"Once upon a time, dinosaurs didn't have families. They lived in the woods and ate their children. It was a golden age."
—Earl Sinclair
"I do have respect for authority even though I throw jelly dicks at them.
- Antonio Brown
—Earl Sinclair
"I do have respect for authority even though I throw jelly dicks at them.
- Antonio Brown
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BSmack
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Re: Black Country Communion
God I hope so. I've known about Bonamassa since he was a 12 year old playing out of Utica and opening for B.B. King. He's a monster player who can only be helped by spending time with and writing with someone as accomplished a writer as Glenn Hughes.Sudden Sam wrote:Yeah, I thoroughly enjoyed it when I could actually HEAR IT!
Wonder if it's just a one-time thing for Bonamassa or if these guys expect to continue as a band.
"Once upon a time, dinosaurs didn't have families. They lived in the woods and ate their children. It was a golden age."
—Earl Sinclair
"I do have respect for authority even though I throw jelly dicks at them.
- Antonio Brown
—Earl Sinclair
"I do have respect for authority even though I throw jelly dicks at them.
- Antonio Brown
Re: Black Country Communion
Just got finished watching the Joe Bonamassa at Royal Albert Hall DVD on Palladia for the second time. Never really heard much of him before, but dude kicks ass.
So...I got online to see where he might be playing in the near future and surprise of all surprises, I got two seats for the Black Rock Communion show at San Diego Civic Theater on June 9. Row T in the orchestra, about 12 seats stage left from center. Should be a great show. This is a fairly small house with less than 3,000 seats and where the San Diego Opera performs. Should be good sound.
I just hope the OL doesn't walk out before it's over.
So...I got online to see where he might be playing in the near future and surprise of all surprises, I got two seats for the Black Rock Communion show at San Diego Civic Theater on June 9. Row T in the orchestra, about 12 seats stage left from center. Should be a great show. This is a fairly small house with less than 3,000 seats and where the San Diego Opera performs. Should be good sound.
I just hope the OL doesn't walk out before it's over.
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Heading for the kick-off show of BCC's US tour in a couple of hours.
I haven't even bought either of the albums yet, so whatever happens will be a surprise. The wife sees Joe B as a blues player, so this may be a big surprise to her. Dinner at a nice Eye-talian place followed by great seats at the show should make for a memorable evening.
I haven't even bought either of the albums yet, so whatever happens will be a surprise. The wife sees Joe B as a blues player, so this may be a big surprise to her. Dinner at a nice Eye-talian place followed by great seats at the show should make for a memorable evening.
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The dinner was awesome. We started out by splitting an appetizer of vitello tonnato, which is thinly sliced cold roasted veal topped with a mousse made from tuna (not your every day canned tuna!), egg yolks, anchovies and capers. I followed that with an "insalata tricolore", which has arugula, radicchio and belgium endive tossed in a balsamic mustard vinaigrette and topped with goat cheese. The main course was one of my go-to favorites, cioppino (clams, mussels, calamari, scallops, fresh fish and shrimp slow simmered in a tomato broth). Then, for dessert we split a tartufo, which was a hunk of gelato (about half baseball size), half chocolate and half hazelnut flavor with a center of chocolate syrup, topped with powdered chocolate. We split a bottle of Sangiovese Castellani with dinner, and I topped the dessert with a double shot of espresso.
Since downtown street parking is free after 6 pm we just left the car around the corner from the restaurant and walked the 8 or so blocks to the theater. Definitely needed the walk.
To tell you the truth, I was a little disappointed in BCC. I enjoyed the show but there was way too much Glenn Hughes and not nearly enough Joe Bonamassa. That dude's voice is really irritating when it's basically non-stop and loud enough to almost make your ears bleed when he hits the high notes (which is almost all of them). Did I say it was loud? Not just loud but loud enough so that the sound was really muddled. Hard to differentiate Bonamassa's playing from the rest of the noise except for a few solos, which were always awesome but hard to make out and not all that frequent or long. I could feel my pants vibrating against my legs from the bass. Derek Sherinian might as well have not showed up, as the keyboards were completely lost 99% of the time. I could make out the Hammond sometimes and he had one solo that I could hear. Bonham is pretty much a straight banger without much subtlety at all. The best parts were a couple songs where Bonamassa sang (much better voice than Hughes IMHO) and had a solo that wasn't completely drowned out.
Most of the crowd (maybe 80% full) was really into it and the band seemed to be having fun but I guess I'm just not much of a metal (if that's what this was) fan. I'd much rather see JB playing blues. I think I would have liked it a lot better if they had turned the volume down about 25%. Does that make me a geezer?
Since downtown street parking is free after 6 pm we just left the car around the corner from the restaurant and walked the 8 or so blocks to the theater. Definitely needed the walk.
To tell you the truth, I was a little disappointed in BCC. I enjoyed the show but there was way too much Glenn Hughes and not nearly enough Joe Bonamassa. That dude's voice is really irritating when it's basically non-stop and loud enough to almost make your ears bleed when he hits the high notes (which is almost all of them). Did I say it was loud? Not just loud but loud enough so that the sound was really muddled. Hard to differentiate Bonamassa's playing from the rest of the noise except for a few solos, which were always awesome but hard to make out and not all that frequent or long. I could feel my pants vibrating against my legs from the bass. Derek Sherinian might as well have not showed up, as the keyboards were completely lost 99% of the time. I could make out the Hammond sometimes and he had one solo that I could hear. Bonham is pretty much a straight banger without much subtlety at all. The best parts were a couple songs where Bonamassa sang (much better voice than Hughes IMHO) and had a solo that wasn't completely drowned out.
Most of the crowd (maybe 80% full) was really into it and the band seemed to be having fun but I guess I'm just not much of a metal (if that's what this was) fan. I'd much rather see JB playing blues. I think I would have liked it a lot better if they had turned the volume down about 25%. Does that make me a geezer?
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Not BCC...this is the Joe I like.
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I'm sort of intrigued by this one. Heard any of it (I haven't yet)?
