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Clarence Clemons is taking us out West next week:
Thursday, September 2:
Twilight Dance Series (free concert)
Santa Monica Pier, 7:30 PM
Santa Monica, CA
click here for more info
Monday, September 6:
Sausalito Art Festival
Main Stage, 3:45 PM
Sausalito, CA
click here for more info
If you can stand watching a guy play matched grip (and if you have a ladder to help me reach my cymbals, as Moose suggested), [img]wink.gif[/img] come on down!
Mr. A.
Matched grip ROCKS! [img]graemlins/grrr.gif[/img]
lol
I still have a neck injury & hernia from sitting in on a guy's kit like that...back in '90-91!...& having to leap up forward off the throne to play the 2 crashes & the ride...as I'm under 6 ft...not to be confused w 6 ft under...altho i was almost made that way by sitting in...
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Hey A, how long've you been w "the other CC?" [Clemons [img]wink.gif[/img] ]
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 25, 2004 02:06 AM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Since 1997, if I remember correctly. He moved to Florida around then (he likes the fishing here), and decided to put together a Florida-based band.Quote:
Originally posted by FuseU1:
Hey A, how long've you been w "the other CC?" [Clemons [img]wink.gif[/img] ]
Mr. A.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Awesome - several folks from the Drummer Cafe are also saying they'll be there, so we might have ourselves a nice drummers' hang!Quote:
Originally posted by jonthibault:
I live in Santa Monica, so I'll check it out. Maybe we'll grab a brewski afterward.
Mr. A.
The reason I asked is because I was a FL based drummer, & I had a steady gig w a popular gtrst/singer/frontman here [in FL, anyway!] that did some gigs w CC, & I thought I may have met ya, but this was back in the early-to-mid 90s.
But thx for the reply anyway. [img]cool.gif[/img]
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 25, 2004 04:49 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Who was the guitarist? To my knowledge, CC used a northeastern band called Steve Smith and the Nakeds (not THAT Steve Smith) as his backup band for shows east of the Mississippi, and another CA-based band for shows on the left side of the US. But my history is probably shaky - I never even met CC until '97.Quote:
Originally posted by FuseU1:
The reason I asked is because I was a FL based drummer, & I had a steady gig w a popular gtrst/singer/frontman here [in FL, anyway!] that did some gigs w CC, & I thought I may have met ya, but this was back in the early-to-mid 90s.
But thx for the reply anyway. [img]cool.gif[/img]
<font color="#a62a2a"><font size="1">[ August 25, 2004 04:49 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font></font>
But I was in FL during the time you mentioned, playing in a variety of bands. I did lots of festival and Disney gigs with a pop-jazz group called Sha-Shaty during that period, a gig I inherited from Russ Miller. Maybe our paths crossed. I had long black hair and looked like Charles Manson at the time. Now I look like Mr. Clean Goes to Prison. Yeah, it's fun being ugly...
Mr. A.
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 25, 2004 05:02 PM: Message edited by: Mr. Acrolite ]</font>
"Mr. Clean Goes To Prison." That would be a great name for a band.
LOL TBo
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I def HEARS ya, A-man.
Yeah, I was one of the "pretty-boy posers" back then; long blonde highlights, large dangling gold cross earring; spandex, Zubaz, & parachute pants [img]redface.gif[/img] ; pretty thin...smacked of the typical 80's pretension & maudlin...
Now I am thinking about joining up as a member of Club Fugg Lee...w opt to become Charter Member...on the Board, aft quite a few, if nothing changes & I stick it out...
I blinked.
WTF happened?... [img]wink.gif[/img]
Late nights/after hours, pretzels, peanuts, chex-mix, hot-wings, bar-subs, Eggs Benedict w a side a' pancakes at Wags/Dennys, Coors, Bud, Miller Lite, Coronas [not Pete], Mooseheads, & Heinekens, Molson, & other imports, skirt chasin', to be exact. & not nec in that order.
Shtuff wears yazz down aft awhile. ;c)
Oh yeah, & the club owners in the beginning who tried to stiff some pay, AWA the Standard Bar Stools/Furniture [aka "regular patrons"], who burdened the medical system by smoking like chimneys in an enclosed location [I was one of 'em] & Nursed the Bottle[s], & tried to pick up your GF during sets...bass turds.
Check your PMs in a bit, A...
[Edit]: OK, it looks like you dont have PM capability[?!], so I'll try your e m a little later...
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 25, 2004 06:15 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>
I live in Santa Monica, so I'll check it out. Maybe we'll grab a brewski afterward.
Okay, dude, I'll be there tomorrow night, wearing the same crappy old baseball hat I'm wearing in the Traditional Grip video. I'll seek out Mr. Clean Goes to Prison. After the show, maybe we can all grab some brews.
THURSDAY, I mean. I'll be there Thursday night. Tomorrow is Steve at the Potato.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">OMG - YOU'RE one of the stars of that video?!?! I MUST shake your hand - that is one of the funniest things I have seen in my LIFE!Quote:
Originally posted by jonthibault:
Okay, dude, I'll be there tomorrow night, wearing the same crappy old baseball hat I'm wearing in the Traditional Grip video. I'll seek out Mr. Clean Goes to Prison. After the show, maybe we can all grab some brews.
We WILL drink beer.
Mr. A.
Okay, Mr A, I've gone back & clarified that "CC" situation.
It was a misunderstanding on my part...the guy I used to play w back then played gigs w Clarence Carter, not Clemons...my bad. "Brain-Typo" on my part.
Have a good "CC" gig anyway! [img]cool.gif[/img]
[...not "Chick Corea"...] [img]wink.gif[/img]
..."Let them drink beer [img]graemlins/beer.gif[/img] ..."
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 30, 2004 09:04 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>
Hung out with Mr. Acrolite and some guys from another drum forum (I forget the name) last night. Very cool.
Mr. Acrolite ("Mr. Clean Goes to Prison") had a great pocket and the band rocked the Santa Monica pier. There were probably about three thousand people there. Afterward, we all searched for a watering hole and had some beers, discussing drums. It was a good hang, and anybody who gets the opportunity should check out Mr. A. with Clarence Clemmons.
Yeah, I had a blast hanging out with Jon and the other couple drummers we hooked up with. We were total drum geeks, boring the living daylights out of Jon's non-drummer friend, who was extraordinarily patient with us.
For those who may not know it, Jon is way cool, funny as hell, and REALLY tall. Hope we hook up again soon!
Oh, and thanks for A) the beer, and B) saving me from the man known only as Fat Pat. Long story...
Mr. A.
Here's a pic of our nerdy drum hang after Keith's Clarence Clemmons gig in Santa Monica (from left): local drummers Jim, John, Keith Cronin (Mr. Acrolite), and me. John, who looks exactly like Peter Erskine, has a steady jazz gig at a club in Disney Land. Good times were had by all.
http://www.houseofdrumming.com/drum_geeks.jpg
thats a great pic john. i wish i could have been there. couple of questions. please tell me how you post a pic!
also, i will have a layover in L.A. next tuesday (sept 21)one night only. i don't fly out until wed so i am going to hit the 'baked potato' (my first time) and see;
BEAS
melvin davis
gary novak
steve tavaglione
carlos de peurto
john beasly
i figure this is the best thing in town that night. could/would you possibly know of something better that night?
thanks,
peter
I think the only way to post a pic is if it's on a server. You hit the "image" button and insert the address when writing the message.
As far as better things to do while you're in town, I'm actually pretty lame and don't go out much, but that gig sounds pretty good to me. Maybe I'll go.