Re: any torn concert reviews?

["Joseph Buck" <josephbuck@hotmail.com>]

Uh Urgh-

Since no one else has I will belly on up...
Of course Sunday's show was being viewed under a really funky flu which 
I still have so...
Highlights include:
He came down the stairs to the stage with an odd shaped oud 
(flat,hollow,electric) and played for a couple minutes with this and 
finally settled into an oud loop and picked his electric and played that 
on top... A really wonderful piece. After he said he was scared shitless 
since he had just gotten it and it was his public oud debut...
A couple tracks from Tripping were played...
I knew I was in for fun when I heard Miroslav Tadic speaking Serbo-Croat 
in the shop to someone... He came out and played with Torn for an 
improvised section. It was amazing to see this guy in the flesh. Not to 
say this is a limber guy, but as my girlfriend pointed out he was the 
only guy she has ever seen cross his legs and have BOTH feet touch the 
floor.  This guy's right hand technique needs to be studied like the 
Zapruder film. His thumb alone is a limb in and of itself playing 
upstokes independently on the low strings.  During this duet Torn added 
in a cassette recording of a muezzin, and did some shaker mic 
feedback...

He winged alot of the show it seemed, which I think is what the 
audience, including myself, wanted.

Good stuff Maynard.

Wish I felt better tho.


Selam,

Buck
 


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