[atlantaprog] Re: Steve Morse

Hey Wheat, I was there. Sitting/standing dead-center in the 3rd row. I too 
looked for "the usual suspects" but did not spot a single soul that I 
knew...Where was everybody??
I would just add the few following points. I LOVED their version of Celestrial 
Terrestrial from Mahavishnu Orchestra and their version of Kashmir was tre' 
cool too. From my vantage-point, we could clearly see that Steve was having 
serious monitor problems as he pointed to them as he looked over to the 
monitor-guy several times throughout both sets AND the keyboards were mixed WAY 
too low for the entire set. To be honest, I was there to see Jerry Goodman and 
he did not disappoint!!!  My pals and I had a good time for sure...

Harold

-----Original Message-----
From: Wheat Williams <wheat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mar 26, 2005 12:45 PM
To: atlantaprog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [atlantaprog] Steve Morse

The Variety Playhouse was packed last night for the Steve Morse Band 
and the Dregs, but I did not see a single soul that I knew. Were any of 
you guys lurking in there somewhere?

There's less new music to be appreciated each time Steve Morse drags 
the Dregs back out onto the road since Deep Purple (and touring Europe 
and England) became the focus of Morse's professional life. That was 
ten years ago. But even if it's just a greatest hits cavalcade, the 
band and the audience had a great time.

Whether it's the trio or the Dregs, it remains all about the interplay 
between Steve Morse and Dave LaRue, bassist, who continues to remind us 
that four strings are all that's necessary to wrench out an orchestra's 
worth of frenzied accompaniment--if you're Dave LaRue. But the rest of 
the band was spot on, once they got warmed up after a rather 
unexpectedly lackluster opening of "Cruise Control".

A highlight for me was the least frenzied moment, when Dave and his 
boss played two pieces as a bass and classical guitar duet. I don't 
know the names of the pieces but I would certainly enjoy getting ahold 
of a recording.

Every time Steve grabbed the mic, he mentioned that the Variety 
Playhouse is the band's favorite place to play, and how much they love 
the Atlanta audience.

Van Romaine and Rod Morgenstein gave an effusive drum duet for the 
first encore. For the ensemble pieces, this time around, Morgenstein 
was not playing monstrously over the top on every fill--he seemed to 
enjoy easing back a bit and being more supportive of everybody else's 
efforts.

If you weren't there, you would have enjoyed it.

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