Re: any torn concert reviews?

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

Oh and I forgot to add....

It was funny to see after the show the group of people huddled around 
the stage with the "how did he do that?" look.



>
>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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