04-24-2007, 12:19 PM
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I was wishing I had gone to the show in Red Bank, but seeing the list looks really close to the one two days ago I'm not too upset.
That theater - the Count Baise - is a wonderful building and about a 1400 seat venue. One of the last vaudeville places.
We saw Lightfoot there back in 1986 long before the voice issue/ capo issue. The sound then was terrific.
At the concert up in Sparta the acoustics were not a good as I had hoped.
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04-24-2007, 01:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Paul Farnham:
Some of the discussion I've read here re: the vocal deterioration of late fills me with a degree of trepidation. Like I should hope for the best while being prepared for the worst.
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I felt the same way when I saw him in January. I had very good seats, but how that factors into the enjoyment I experienced is an unknown. If I had been in the back of the balcony, perhaps I too would be chiming in on the diminished voice. But, like fezo said, "It was unmistakably him", and I think that would have been good enough.
Looking forward to your review. There is no right or wrong.
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04-24-2007, 01:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by fezo:
upset.
That theater - the Count Baise - is a wonderful building and about a 1400 seat venue. One of the last vaudeville places.
We saw Lightfoot there back in 1986 long before the voice issue/ capo issue. The sound then was terrific.
At the concert up in Sparta the acoustics were not a good as I had hoped. [/QB]
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I was at the Count Basie theatre in April 2002 to see Lightfoot - it was a lovely facility as was the Keswick in Glenside PA the next night.
I'm glad to have seen in him in some different venues after all the years at Massey..I was spoiled by the acoustics/sound there but have found most places I've been have been fabulous.
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04-24-2007, 01:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by fezo:
upset.
That theater - the Count Baise - is a wonderful building and about a 1400 seat venue. One of the last vaudeville places.
We saw Lightfoot there back in 1986 long before the voice issue/ capo issue. The sound then was terrific.
At the concert up in Sparta the acoustics were not a good as I had hoped. [/QB]
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I was at the Count Basie theatre in April 2002 to see Lightfoot - it was a lovely facility as was the Keswick in Glenside PA the next night.
I'm glad to have seen in him in some different venues after all the years at Massey..I was spoiled by the acoustics/sound there but have found most places I've been have been fabulous.
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04-24-2007, 04:19 PM
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Most places.... yes, that would be accurate.
I've seen him at the Count Baise, at Caesar's in Atlantic City, Avery Fisher Hall (the night he started wring the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Carnegie Hall (first time I saw him in 1971. Red Shea was still playing with him) and an unfortunate (acoustically) appearance in a gym at the County College of Morris. Great show but acoustically it sounded like a gym...
There's been more but those are what comes to mind.
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04-24-2007, 04:19 PM
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Most places.... yes, that would be accurate.
I've seen him at the Count Baise, at Caesar's in Atlantic City, Avery Fisher Hall (the night he started wring the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Carnegie Hall (first time I saw him in 1971. Red Shea was still playing with him) and an unfortunate (acoustically) appearance in a gym at the County College of Morris. Great show but acoustically it sounded like a gym...
There's been more but those are what comes to mind.
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04-25-2007, 12:23 PM
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You where at Red Bank 2002, Char? Why didn't you attend the infamous jam session?
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04-25-2007, 12:37 PM
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Never knew about it..
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04-25-2007, 12:37 PM
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Never knew about it..
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05-01-2007, 03:18 PM
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He wouldn't have to play the songs any differently without a capo as he plays nothing but open chords anyway. He keeps the capo on the second fret and in the vocal world, that can make a HUGE difference. Losing the capo would bring his guitar playing down two frets (no problem there) and it would take his voice down to a comfortable range. He needs to bring the keys down a notch. That's all. The least the guy can do is try it in rehearsal and see where it goes. I'll bet you anything he'd sound a million times better.
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05-01-2007, 03:18 PM
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He wouldn't have to play the songs any differently without a capo as he plays nothing but open chords anyway. He keeps the capo on the second fret and in the vocal world, that can make a HUGE difference. Losing the capo would bring his guitar playing down two frets (no problem there) and it would take his voice down to a comfortable range. He needs to bring the keys down a notch. That's all. The least the guy can do is try it in rehearsal and see where it goes. I'll bet you anything he'd sound a million times better.
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