01-16-2007, 11:44 PM
don't miss the show this Thursday at the Phoenix. LA WOMAN in it's entirety and some serious encores... the band is going to be serious... no drunk'in lizard king ...just pure musicianship bring back the authentic Doors sound. I've been going to these shows for almost 4 years and often leave astounded at how well they pull off the albums not for note. no tribute crap either...just perfect turntable sound
jeffro
next month is WAR by U2
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Read what one of the musicians wrote today about the preparation for the show
Hi everyone,
Just wanted to let you know that the band has worked extremely hard on this album, perfecting the little inflections and syncopations that made the Doors sound so unique.
Clifton, beyond his voice and talent, brings a presence and charisma to the songs that you need to deliver the lyrical content convincingly. He doesn't mimick (hurray!), but gives Jim's words the cadence and punch they need for full effect.
Mike is finally making good use of his jazz leanings in a Classic Albums Live context, delivering some really tasty licks and fills to authentically reproduce the Kreiger sound.
But I've worked with both these guys before. The treat for me was linking up with Neil and Chris. As a rhythm section, they are as about as tight as two people can get, yet they have a real nice ebb and flow to their playing, and enough groove for the entire audience to share. A lot of eye contact, too, which I appreciate.
For me, along with Crime of the Century and Born To Run, this is about as challenging as keyboard playing gets in Classic Albums Live. Sure, there's lots of juggling of parts and the occasional flourish with the Beatles and Floyd albums, but Ray Manzarek was a true musician. No showy solos for him - a lot of his work was doing variations on a basic melody, playing the same riff a slightly different way several times in a row, which is more difficult than playing, say, the piano solo in In My Life (Beatles) where the phrases are more distinctly different.
The other thing to deal with was how many different sounds Ray got out of his Vox, Gibson and Hammond organs, but I did my homework and I hope that it shows. Ray could get more sounds out of a simple drawbar organ than others can get out of today's synthesizers.
So everyone, please come out to see and hear the show. The album's fantastic, and the outros have been carefully selected. For those who wondered about the first album, yes, there will be songs from that one, but also some surprise choices based upon personal favourites of the band members.
See you Thursday,
Marcus
jeffro
next month is WAR by U2
<!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.classicalbumslive.com">www.classicalbumslive.com</a><!-- w -->
Read what one of the musicians wrote today about the preparation for the show
Hi everyone,
Just wanted to let you know that the band has worked extremely hard on this album, perfecting the little inflections and syncopations that made the Doors sound so unique.
Clifton, beyond his voice and talent, brings a presence and charisma to the songs that you need to deliver the lyrical content convincingly. He doesn't mimick (hurray!), but gives Jim's words the cadence and punch they need for full effect.
Mike is finally making good use of his jazz leanings in a Classic Albums Live context, delivering some really tasty licks and fills to authentically reproduce the Kreiger sound.
But I've worked with both these guys before. The treat for me was linking up with Neil and Chris. As a rhythm section, they are as about as tight as two people can get, yet they have a real nice ebb and flow to their playing, and enough groove for the entire audience to share. A lot of eye contact, too, which I appreciate.
For me, along with Crime of the Century and Born To Run, this is about as challenging as keyboard playing gets in Classic Albums Live. Sure, there's lots of juggling of parts and the occasional flourish with the Beatles and Floyd albums, but Ray Manzarek was a true musician. No showy solos for him - a lot of his work was doing variations on a basic melody, playing the same riff a slightly different way several times in a row, which is more difficult than playing, say, the piano solo in In My Life (Beatles) where the phrases are more distinctly different.
The other thing to deal with was how many different sounds Ray got out of his Vox, Gibson and Hammond organs, but I did my homework and I hope that it shows. Ray could get more sounds out of a simple drawbar organ than others can get out of today's synthesizers.
So everyone, please come out to see and hear the show. The album's fantastic, and the outros have been carefully selected. For those who wondered about the first album, yes, there will be songs from that one, but also some surprise choices based upon personal favourites of the band members.
See you Thursday,
Marcus
