Velvet Jones
11/26/2011 4:51:00 PM
"sweetbac" <sweetbac@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> "Velvet Jones" <Velvet@Jones.org> wrote in message
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>> Success! I like this lineup very much and shall attend. Jackie Greene
>> opened them up the year he played with them.
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> Warren Haynes....Oy....my head hurts even thinking
> about it....who LISTENS to this mans music?....seriously...
> I mean, really....he's got like 17 MF'in cd's out there...
> couldn't tell ya nare ONE of 'em...plays here in SF every
> 5-6 months...I've never met ONE person who claims to have
> seen him....He's the "Zelig" of rock n' roll.
> Sco?....Oh, good god Sco <puts head in hands>
> just what the fuck HAPPened to ya, baby?....played with everyone
> from Miles to Metheny...Jaco to Joe Henderson...and you're
> doing THIS!....Imagine if you will....having NO problem
> cutting a Mingus chart at Berkelee....then getting terribly lost 20 years
> later
> playing "Day Job" at the Warfield in San Francisco with Phil Lesh Inc.....
> Now THATS a long, strange trip...One I aint paying $60 + service fees fo'!
> Aint THAT a bitch <LOL>
> Jackie Green?...I have NO idea where this kid came from, HOW he
> latched on to the Dead scene ( is he dating Ramrods daughter or somethin?)
> or what he exactly DOES...I aint figured that out yet...does he just stand
> there and pose in that MF'in hat of his?...running his hand thru his
> hair?...
> ANYways...can you iMAGINE Garcia putting up with this foolishness?
> OK...I'll stop yelling. <cracks another beer>
Actually, I think Garcia would have appreciated Greene and enjoyed partying
with Warren.
Greene's own band is pretty good, seen 'em live. Greene with P&F is better
because he opens up and does nice work building climax and works the subtle
nicely too. YMMV and of course does.