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Location: Boise, Idaho | I dropped by my favorite guitar store this noon and saw a flyer on the door that Adrian Legg was playing at the Reef tonight. Idiot that I am, I figured that the Reef was in Seattle or someplace, so I went in and asked. It's a restaurant/bar that I had walked past a thousand times, but don't remember being in it since it had that name.
So, I'll just walk a block from the office tonight and go and have dinner and listen to Adrian. $10. Dinner and drinks will be extra. I love this place. I'm surprised dweezil didn't let me know Adrian was coming. I almost missed it. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | You lucky...
Be warned : do not expect to see him playing an Adamas, however expect to see a truely unique musician.
Please say hi from me and the OFC massive. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | If you get a mo ask him why he used to use a non wound G?
Me I'm finding that the usual 11-52 set is great but I prefer a 12 on top. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | If I tell him dweezil says hi, will he have me arrested? I suspect I'll just watch and listen. He has plenty of instructional dvds out if I want to learn something and I'm not at a level where I could understand what he's doing. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Sadly for me he doesn't know me personally but do say hi from his fans at OFC and in Brighton UK.
I've found his DVDs aren't the best way into his "world". Just listen and enjoy a master at work. OK he is not as explosive as he was when he was younger, but who is?
I'm sitting here learning "Last Track". Probably one of his easiest pieces and still difficult enough to keep me amused. |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | And he's playing in Everett, WA on the 7th for those of you in flood-and-quakes-ville. schedule |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | He's also going to Yakima, seesquare. At least that's what it said on his website. |
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Location: NW Washington State | I hope that this picture I found of "Accent on Music" in Everett is incorrect: http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/k6BQVQU7jOT5MpDrgPAZew?select=oJ8Xey... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | tell him we all said HI! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I hope there's not too many people there that I can still listen and enjoy it, but not so few that it's embarassing. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Adrian says hello, especially to Beal and someone I think he called DJ and Mike Markure. Great little show. Funny guy.
Boise has gone downhill since he was here last. The parking meters are good till 6:00. His wife didn't make the trip. He replaced her with a GPS. And so on.
I sat next to a guy who had driven 7 hours from Butte, Montana. I walked a block. Hope he comes back next year. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
I sat next to a guy who had driven 7 hours from Butte, Montana. I walked a block. Hope he comes back next year. Do ya think he'd drive another 7 hours? 
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Hey, drink a few beers and you'll understand what I meant.
After the show, someone asked Adrian if he was coming back next year and he said he would "if they'll have me. The turnout wasn't too good." There weren't many people there. I was told that last year they had it at a bigger venue and it was packed. |
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Location: SoCal | Performers like Legg, Lawrence Juber, and other guitar players are a bit of a specialty act. To get people out to see them, the venue has to get to the right target market. While they are superstars within their area of expertise, many in the general public have never heard of them (how many of you guys knew who Buster B Jones was before there was a thread on his death? Yet, he was a great great picker, easily on par with Legg).
About 9 years ago, I saw Lawrence Juber and Preston Reed both performing at a small guitar store/venue with maybe 35 people in the audience. You play for who'll come out and listen....... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | That's my kind of "concert". The big arena type acts just piss me off. The acoustics suck to start with, people stand up so you can't see and then talk or yell so you can't hear, and ticket prices are crazy.
The little "coffee shop" things are great with me. I just hope these guys can continue to afford to do them. Neither Adrian Legg, Richard Thompson nor Preston Reed were promoted very well here, and I stumbled upon each of their concerts on the day they were held.
I heard of Buster B Jones from intstructional videos, but I probably was looking at those because of some other thread on this board. This board is the source of most all my guitar knowledge. |
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Adrian Legg in Boise!
