I Could Have Gone To This

[Happy Jack]

 

Luckily enough I had more sense.

 

Phew.

 

Bullet dodged.

 

 

[Hellzero]

Wow, this was THE festival of that year.

[prowla]

Brand X, 801, Colosseum II - that would've been something.

Gong to send you to sleep.

And then a bit of Gonzo to wake you up!

[Terry M.]

34 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

Wow, this was THE festival of that year.

What year are we talking? 

[prowla]

12 minutes ago, Terry M. said:

What year are we talking? 

Must've been 76/77?

[prowla]

I did go to Knebworth in '79.

Still got the T-shirt!

[chris_b]

I've played Knebworth.

 

A few years ago, Knebworth House, one of the Barns, great gig.

[BassTractor]

6 hours ago, prowla said:

Must've been 76/77?

Good one. Twas '76.

[Beedster]

Love how far down AC/DC are  

 

Does remind me just how different going to gigs was back then, the whole process was very calm and stress free 👍

[Owen]

I saw Rory Gallagher. I suspect he has an element of responsibility for my tinnitus. Wow, he was loud. See also SRV.  

Edited May 28 by Owen
due to being too lazy to proofread it originally.

[Beedster]

13 minutes ago, Owen said:

Rory Gallagher

 

Such a forgotten guy these days  

[Terry M.]

Had no idea Phil Collins was so jazzy/funky on drums until I started listening to Brand X.So sad to see his current physical condition.

[pete.young]

Back Door!

[Rich]

11 minutes ago, Terry M. said:

Had no idea Phil Collins was so jazzy/funky on drums until I started listening to Brand X.So sad to see his current physical condition.

PC is one of the most underrated drummers in the history of history.

[Terry M.]

13 minutes ago, Rich said:

PC is one of the most underrated drummers in the history of history.

I'm only recently learning how true this is...

[chris_b]

34 minutes ago, Rich said:

PC is one of the most underrated drummers in the history of history.

 

I'd love someone to go back and remix all those 80's etc songs so the drum tracks actually sound like real drums again. I'm sure it would improve every track.

[Phil Starr]

Reading 1976

 

I went and saw Rory play there in 71. It pissed with rain and the Richfield Avenue site had not long been earthed over. All the rain and that many people meant we broke through the surface to the refuse dumped below. I can remember the smell now. I found a plastic bag which had covered a mattress to shelter in. The next week I was pictured on the front page of the Morning Star under the title 500 Hippies arrested what looked like drug crazed dancing was me fighting to keep the bag over my head. Very judgemental those communists

Edited May 28 by Phil Starr

[Stub Mandrel]

1 hour ago, Beedster said:

 

Such a forgotten guy these days  

 

Lots of Rory fans about.

 

Massive annual festival in Ballyshannon and check out Band of Friends with Brendan O'Neil and Gerry McAvoy.

[Leonard Smalls]

1 hour ago, Rich said:

PC is one of the most underrated drummers in the history of history.

I suspect this isn't true at all...

He's considerably better known as a drummer than some serious titans of percussion; I'll bet if you asked 100 folks to name 5 drummers he'd be in there, but the likes of Dennis Chambers, Billy Cobham, Grant Calvin Weston, Jojo Mayer, Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey, Jabbo Sparks, Clyde Stubblefield or Omar Hakim wouldn't get a single mention! 

[Rich]

Better known, yes... but he's not generally credited with the level of talent he has.

[Dad3353]

5 minutes ago, Rich said:

Better known, yes... but he's not generally credited with the level of talent he has.

 

I agree. It's not a pissing contest; PC had many talents, and his drumming prowess has not, in general, the recognition it merited. Yes, there are other fine drummers; his talent removes nothing from the others. 

[Leonard Smalls]

1 minute ago, Rich said:

he's not generally credited with the level of talent he has

He's a decent drummer, to be sure... But the ones I mentioned are probably at least as good as Mr. C, probably a lot better in some cases, and completely unknown outside of serious muso circles. So they're the ones who are the most under-rated in the history of history!

 

 

[Dad3353]

2 minutes ago, Leonard Smalls said:

He's a decent drummer, to be sure... But the ones I mentioned are probably at least as good as Mr. C, probably a lot better in some cases, and completely unknown outside of serious muso circles. So they're the ones who are the most under-rated in the history of history!

 

Ratings are soooooo over-rated, though. 

[Rich]

 

[Terry M.]

57 minutes ago, Leonard Smalls said:

I suspect this isn't true at all...

He's considerably better known as a drummer than some serious titans of percussion; I'll bet if you asked 100 folks to name 5 drummers he'd be in there, but the likes of Dennis Chambers, Billy Cobham, Grant Calvin Weston, Jojo Mayer, Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey, Jabbo Sparks, Clyde Stubblefield or Omar Hakim wouldn't get a single mention! 

I think this depends on the age-range of the individuals asked.  Similar is George Benson. How many people know the jazz guitar giant he is versus the 80s pop singing chart topper?