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Location: NJ | Being "gig-less" Sat. nite, I went down to my local watering hole to check out the entertainment.
The guy playing simply went by the name "Edric".
He's a young, tall, thin, black dude and was playing a black Tangent and was very, VERY good!
I'd seen him before at a local OpenMic about a year or so ago playing a blue Celebrity, but I hadn't seen him around since.
He plays a very funky, syncopated style of guitar.
Very Dave Matthews/John Mayer-ish, but says he'd never really listened to them and had been playing like this for a lot of years. Quite impressive. He was backed up by a really, really GOOD funky bass player and a percussionist who played congas/bongos (who also whipped out a TRUMPET on a couple of passages!).
While he wouldn't consider himself a "fan" of Ovation guitars, he does like using them for his live gigs (comfort, speed, non-feedback, etc.).
For the type of stuff he writes/plays, the Tangent brought a very good sound to his playing.
The sound was not by ANY means what a purist would call a live "acoustic" sound, and he was playing through a couple of effects pedals, but it definitely wasn't over-laden with it. Nice, though. As funny as it may sound, but the guitar sounded like it "looks" like it would sound. HighTech/Techno/Futuristic, but STILL retained it's acoustic backbone.
While I would NOT go out and BUY one, I came away with a new respect for the ugly little "Tagament".
Strumming12: If you're interested, he's playing this Sat. nite at that coffeehouse in Denville (CommonGrounds??). Doubt if I'll be able to make it. Rick & I are playing at a PigRoast (of all things!) Sat. afternoon, and then I may be LBI-bound. |
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Location: puerto vallarta, mexico | i hope they remember to put on a few boca burgers for you at the pig roast cliff. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Cliff,
Thanks for the heads up. I may check him out, though I hope to be camping-if the flooding of the earth comes to a hault for a weekend. If it doesn't, my ark should be finished and I'll paddle on over to Uncommon Grounds. I was actually there this past weekend to hang out. I play there a lot too.
Hope you are well. Enjoy your piggy!
Be well,
Johnny |
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Location: NJ | I guess I'm just a vegetarian with bad karma.
Last weekend I did a last minute solo gig at a local Mexican restaurant, and the whole first set I had a cooked severed pig's head staring me down from an adjacent table (quite unnerving.). The PigRoast this Sat. is a gig at place we play regularly. This past Saturday one of the guys that comes to see us once in a while wants us to play a private PigRoast in his back yard.
Just added Pink Floyd's "Pigs On The Wing (I & II)" and Harrison's "Piggies" to the repertoire.
Maybe I'll add James Taylor's "Mona" as well.
Any other suggestions?
(I guess "Hava Nagillah" is out of the question) :D |
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Location: puerto vallarta, mexico | cliffito,
Nine Inch Nails Piggy
Nine Inch Nails March of the Pig
The Beatles Piggy
Suicidal Tendencies Choking this Pig
Dave Matthews Band Pig
Sugar Ray American Pig
Eminem Chokin This Pig
There's also a band called "Porky Pig". Their website is at http://www.porky-pig.co.uk/
they have their own pig song. |
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Location: NJ | I'll "pass" on Eminem, thank you.
Thanx for the other suggestions, though. |
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Location: puerto vallarta, mexico | i don't even know who they are------i got em off of google for ya.
good luck. when you hear a pig doing the "please don't" squeal, it is usually a sign of am emminent fiesta.-----life in the third world. there is allot less between the source and the plate here. |
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