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My buddy scored a pair of comp tickets for being nice enough to regularly hand over cash to the mohegan injuns. Knowing I was a Yes fan he invited me.

Rack Jay.

Pete was up first. He did a nice yob. Dude really seems like an OK guy who enjoys performing. Did a pretty funny bit about his "piece of plastic" (that mouth thingy he's famous for using) being thirty years old. The musicianship was pretty good overall. I don't think dude is capable of playing the same axe 2 songs in a row. He didn't have that many, but, he rotated them every fukking song. During his oncore he brought out his kid who sang something he wrote. Pretty good singer actually.

Then came Yes, an almost proper lineup even, Howe, Squier, White, Wakeman, the younger (Rick's kid) and some faggity canuck midget named Benoit David, who's vocals are an absolute dead ringer for Jon Anderson. You would fukking swear that he's just lip syncing an Anderson voice track.

Musically, they were, well, they're fukking Yes! Pretty fukking brilliant. Howe may not be quite the guitarist he was during the Ford administration, but, he's still pretty got dam awesome. I just wish Squier would stop eating his meals. Squier reminded me of two people, Dudley Manchester, my HS sophomore english teacher and tammy faye bakker when she appeared on TV about a day before she croaked. Dude has the most skeletal hands I've ever seen, pretty much the same can be said for the rest of him. Squier looked much better fed. He could best be described as "skipper" in hippy garb. Wakeman's kid is pretty fukking good and a dead ringer for the old man. White was a'ight, but, he's no bill bruford. And then there was the canuck midget who I am fairly certain had Anderson's larynx surgically implanted.

Overall, not a bad way to spend a wednesday night.

And, dayum was that fukknig crowd old!!! Jay and I at 47 were pretty much the kids there.

Frampton & Yes was the first concert I went to - summer of '76 at Anaheim Stadium, with Gentle Giant & Gary Wright as openers. I was a 15-yr-old soft drink hawker making $9 (before taxes) for the show. Quittin' time was toward the end of Pete's set. Ate a 'lude before Yes came on, and was pretty much out of it during their set. I could hear it, but my neck muscles failed in their effort to keep my head up and eyes forward. They're playing Wolf Trap out here near DC next Wednesday. I'll be in NOLA, though, and probably wouldn't go anyway.

Got to meet Frampton backstage many years later at the Ventura Theater; was there to introduce him onstage. Seemed like a pleasant enough chap. The show was recorded by Westwood One, although I didn't know it at the time. The radio station where I was working then (KTYD, 99.9 FM in Santa Barbara) received CD recordings of various shows from Westwood One, which we would air as our "Wednesday Night Concerts." I was working 7-midnight during the week, so I was the jock who would play them. Our featured concert one particular week was Peter Frampton. I threw in the CD, and the first voice I heard emanating from the studio speakers was...MINE! The CDs distributed nationwide were recordings of the show I'd attended a few weeks earlier. Thought that was pretty cool.

Bwah, Yes was also my first concert ever, fall of 97 at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids. Also saw them at the VAA in 2003. Good shows, but I will not be making the trek to Wolf Trap to see them.

We also have a music forum here, dingleberries.

Screw_Michigan wrote:We also have a music forum here, dingleberries.

Yes we do. I 'spose I should have posted it there. I might even get a response before the end of the summer.

Sorry to spam up the Cul seeing as it's so fuggen busy.

Old rockers aging gracefully:


Chris Squire


Steve Howe


Here’s a bunch of Yes photos for you, smackaholic, then and now:

http://www.thelope.com/2009/02/yes-co-f ... s-ill.html

Damn, looks like Howe needed to be thawed. Hard to believe he's English judging by his dental status.

The Yes/Frampton show is coming to a casino near us pretty soon. Was thinking about going but now think I'll skip it. First saw Yes in '72 ('73? the memory is going...), at Winterland, when they toured for Close to the Edge. Focus (of Hocus Pocus fame) was the opening act. Focus was forgettable but Yes put on a memorable show. Saw them again a couple of years later for Tales From the Topographic Ocean. Think I'll just let the good memories ride.

I do have tickets to see Steve Miller in a couple of weeks, at another casino. Really looking forward to that show.

You should go, mikey. Cook a nice meal first and show up early with it. Tell security that you are concerned with steve's appearance and you thought you'd bring him a little something to put some meat on his bones. He really doesn't look like he's eaten since they put out Fragile. Just don't set it down anywhere near Squier. He has obviously eaten since. Rather well from the looks of it.

Mikey wrote:Focus was forgettable

You can't be serious.

Goober McTuber wrote:

Mikey wrote:Focus was forgettable

You can't be serious.

Forgettable...as in would like to forget.

Steve Miller

casino

Really looking forward to that

Come out from behind the troll.

Frampton and Yes ?

Fuckin waste of good concert money. Back in the day a house mate gave me and other house mate Yes tickets and some weed and half a gram of blow to leave the house so he could bang some skank on the pool table that night.

Went to the concert and that faggot Jon Anderson was prancing around the stage in some flowing pink robe shit, singing in a bad soprano. Took about 2 songs of that shit and we went tavern hopping the rest of the night.

I have my usual summer line up of concert tickets already in hand...Dobbies, ZZ Top, Skynyrd, Steve Miller, plus a couple of alternative things, the Oregon Country Fair and a couple of bluegrass / hillbilly festivals as well. Got something going on every weekend from next week through Labor Day..

Derron wrote:Oregon Country Fair

Nice to see the old man is still getting shit done :faggywinkythingy:


Have a couple of doses for me.

Derron wrote:hillbilly festivals

Shocker.

Dinsdale wrote:

Derron wrote:Oregon Country Fair

Nice to see the old man is still getting shit done :faggywinkythingy:


Have a couple of doses for me.

Tell me you have never been to the Country Fair Dins...?

Goober McTuber wrote:

Derron wrote:hillbilly festivals

Shocker.

But if he buys extra acid and shrooms at the Country Fair and takes them to the hillbilly shows, I'll have some bitchin U&L news stories to link to.

Derron wrote:
Tell me you have never been to the Country Fair Dins...?

Never made it... maybe this year.

My buddy used to live at the winery next door, in a trailer (before they built the amphitheater, back when the junkies owned it).


I'm well-aware of what goes on there.

smackaholic wrote: During his oncore he brought out his kid who sang something he wrote. Pretty good singer actually.

If you get a chance to catch the Doobies during the summer, Pat Simmons has his kid come out on stage for several songs. He is about 18, looks just like Pat, with the long hair and all, and his voice is just like Pat's was in the 70's. Kid can play the acoustical guitar damn good too. He sang South City Midnight Lady and sang the lead on Listen to the Music as their finale. I got some video of it somewhere.

Sky Lark brings out his granddaughter, she is probably about 6 and she plays the tambarine (sp?) on the song as well.

Dinsdale wrote:I'm well-aware of what goes on there.

ELIMINATED

Derron wrote:tambarine (sp?)

Close enough for a hillbilly.

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There's a reason why your dictionary is free.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:

Steve Miller...casino...Really looking forward to that.

Come out from behind the troll.

Hey, I'm an old fart. Sometimes I have to do what old farts do.

There are now about 4 or 5 Indian (native american?) casinos within an hour or less from here. A couple or three less than 30 minutes away. There just aren't too many venues for decent music in northern San Diego County and a lot of notable washed up acts have been making the casino circuit lately. Downtown San Diego is at least an hour away, anything in LA is two plus. The Pechanga casino in Temecula has a very nice showroom. Saw Brian Regan there last year. That's where Steve Miller is playing.

Will not go to Pala again. They have this outdoor "amphitheater" that's basically 1500 folding chairs tied together so close that there's no leg room and no shoulder room. Boz Scaggs was good but I'm not that into being uncomfortable.

Mikey wrote: They have this outdoor "amphitheater" that's basically 1500 folding chairs tied together so close that there's no leg room and no shoulder room. Boz Scaggs was good but I'm not that into being uncomfortable.

Quite a few good venues have developed in the U & L in the last 10 years or so. Mostly outdoor..Oregon State Fair 3,000 or so seats- outdoors, I pay for the good seats, McMenamins Edgefield...huge old hotel with a great pub, the concerts are held in a huge bowl, about 3000 or so max, a fuckin free for all as far as the behavior goes, a pretty good blast to the past, and the Oregon Garden, held at a great garden, about 3000 or so capacity, in a grassy area with huge 400 year old oak trees around.

Indoors, the Rose Garden set up as the Theater in the Clouds, really has some pretty good acoustical qualities, saw Doobies and Greg Allman there in march of 09.

Spirit Mountain casino built a theater, and did try several shows in a parking lot area. Worked OK, but pretty jammed in there, and the fuckin Indians would not let you do anything but gamble if you are there. Caught Paul Rodgers there a couple of years ago, that dude can rock. Nothing like some good loud rock and roll on a hot summer night outdoors.

smackaholic wrote:White was a'ight, but, he's no bill bruford.

I've seen Yes three times, including twice on the Union tour in '91, when they had all 8 members on the stage at the same time. You could really see the difference between the members under those circumstances. Bruford is a real technician. White, by contrast, is simply a banger -- IIRC, Jon Anderson used to refer to him as "The Human Thunder Machine."

And while we're on the subject, there was a huge difference as well between Tony Kaye and Rick Wakeman. Kaye was super-intense, playing a single keyboard, furiously chewing gum with his head down all the time. Wakeman was surrounded by keyboards, playing blindly, even waving to the crowd during songs. Most amazing of all, the band always seemed to transition seemlessly between such contrasting musicians.

Overall, not a bad way to spend a wednesday night.

Meanwhile, I'm getting rooked into taking the wife to see Smashmouth Saturday night for our anniversary. Something is definitely wrong with this picture. Oh well, at least I can't complain about the price.

And, dayum was that fukknig crowd old!!! Jay and I at 47 were pretty much the kids there.

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Nothing makes me feel older than my taste in music. Okay, on second thought, trying to play tackle football without pads, the way we used to when we were kids, makes me feel older than my taste in music, but that's pretty much it.

Terry in Crapchester wrote:Meanwhile, I'm getting rooked into taking the wife to see Smashmouth Saturday night for our anniversary.

I imagine the alternative was experiencing smashmouth.

Terry in Crapchester wrote: Meanwhile, I'm getting rooked into taking the wife to see Smashmouth Saturday night for our anniversary. Something is definitely wrong with this picture. Oh well, at least I can't complain about the price.

Oh, absolutely awful.

Screw_Michigan wrote:

Terry in Crapchester wrote: Meanwhile, I'm getting rooked into taking the wife to see Smashmouth Saturday night for our anniversary. Something is definitely wrong with this picture. Oh well, at least I can't complain about the price.

Oh, absolutely awful.

Well, if Screwball hates them, they might not be half bad.

Goober McTuber wrote:

Terry in Crapchester wrote:Meanwhile, I'm getting rooked into taking the wife to see Smashmouth Saturday night for our anniversary.

I imagine the alternative was experiencing smashmouth.