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Last night, I saw Roger Waters' Dark Side of the Moon tour at Jones Beach with James and James. There's also an event going on at the gallery tonight that I want to stop by and see if I can. The concert was very awesome and the quadraphonic sound system was pretty neat. I didn't think Bring The Boys Back Home would sound good live since for the movie, it required a full opera and orchestra, but it still sounded great.
So yesterday, I wandered around the park for a bit, lost track of time and didn't get to call Tom until around 4:30 PM. He got caught up doing stuff and didn't make it over until 6:45 PM. We started to walk further downtown, but I then realized the time and that I was supposed to meet James and James. So rather than getting Korean food, I grabbed the next train back. But when I got back out to the Island, I gave the two numbers I had for James a call and one never answered and one wasy busy. And I was hungry. So I went home. I should have went to the Apple store.
And I have to deal with my flat tire.
But I'll see them both next week for Roger Waters (of Pink Floyd fame) at Jones Beach. Reviews indicate that it will be a good show.
I went to see Phil Lesh, Trey Anastasio and a bunch of others jam (for something like 8 hours) at Jones Beach last Friday. The hippy factor was probably seven out of ten, way over James Esatto's three out of ten threshold, so I didn't get him a ticket. Christina got freaked out by some of the drug use, but whatever. Doesn't bother me, but then again, I was bothered by the broken glass beer bottles in the parking lot. Things aren't what they used to be. "These times, they are a changin'."
But the music was awesome. These guys jammed for probably 8 hours or so. It started at 4:00 PM and went to a bit past 12:00 AM. I really need to find this show. It was amazing.
I dragged Christina, James and James to see The Allman Brothers Band at Jones Beach on June 27. James (Esatto) summed it up well by calling it a two hour guitar solo. Though James (Taylor) pointed out that no concert is truly complete without a five minute timpani solo. Who'd a thought, right? I guess that is what happens when you've got three drummers. Even I thought they were heavy on the drummer end and I listen to drum and bugle corps.
But it rocked. There were a bunch of deadheads there. I don't think that one could call The Allman Brothers Band a southern rock band any more. They are definetly a jam band. They didn't play big songs like Jessica but they did play Statesboro Blues. Definetly an awesome concert.
Unlike previous occasions, it didn't rain at all when James, Jimmy and I went to see Yes and Dream Theater play at Jones Beach's amphitheater. Not much to say about this concert except that Dream Theater played a very short show and not as good as I've heard them play before. Yes was pretty good though.
James than proceeded to drive back to Rockville Centre to get Chinese food from the place by his house. However, since they were closed, we just went to his diner. Afterwards, he drove both me and Jimmy back to my house (Jimmy's car was there) and than he drove back home again. Should have just went to the diner by my house.
Last night I went to see The Dead at Jones Beach's amphitheater with James. Like the Rush concert, it rained a bit, but it stopped for most of the show. A very mixed crowd. All types of people.
Originally, I thought no one was opening for them, but when we got there, Robert Hunter was playing. He played solo for a few songs, including Soulshine, a song I haven't heard in a while. Some pretty good stuff.
Again I'm going to bring up the bassist remark that I mentioned about the Rush concert. I like it when the bassist doesn't take a back seat. Phil Lesh said that his playing style was influenced more by Bach counterpoint than any rock or soul bass player. When jamming, Lesh's bass is as much a lead instrument as anyone else's guitar. Than again, I may be biased as I play the low end brass and have an underappreciation of trumpet players.
Good show, got out a bit before midnight, earlier than I expected. At the end, Phil Lesh did his thanks for being an organ donor thing and Bob Weir mentioned that if every deadhead in the state of Florida voted, we'd live in a very different country now. An a cappella of I Bid You Goodnight (a Bahamian gospel song) and home we all went.
Lay down my dear brothers, lay down and take your rest
Oh won't you lay your head upon your saviour's breast
I love you, oh but Jesus loves you the best
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnightAnd I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
Lay down my dear brothers, lay down and take your rest
Oh won't you lay your head upon your saviour's breast
I love you, oh but Jesus loves you the best
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
Lay down my dear brothers, lay down and take your rest
Oh won't you lay your head upon your saviour's breast
I love you, oh but Jesus loves you the bestAnd I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
And I bid you goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
Last night, Jimmy and I went to see Rush play at Jones Beach's amphitheater. It rained very lightly for about an hour, so the weather wasn't too bad at all. Though tickets were sold out within days of going on sale, I estimate there were 100 empty seats in the venue of 15,200. I guess some did not want to take a chance on the weather.
Anyhow, highlights of the show include:
I think Jimmy enjoyed it, I know he isn't much of a Rush fan, however, he said he has a renewed respect for them. We grabbed dinner afterwards and called it a night. Good thing I have today off from work. Now to keep an eye out for this show online.
I think one of the things I realized while watching was how much I like bands where the bassist is the frontman. KISS reminds me of this as well. Something about the way the harmonies are formed when the bassist has more of a presence.