OFF: Motorhead!

[Carl E. Anderson]

> >        *Incredibly* loud.  I mean, it was _loud_.  Far louder than the
> >last time I saw them, and I thought _that_ had been pretty damn loud.
> >Possibly about the loudest thing I've ever heard.
>
> Yeah, but you wear earplugs!  "If it's too loud, you're too old!" :)

        Count me in as too old then ;)  I've abused my poor ears quite
enough as it is.  I think the right plug must have slipped a bit because
I can still feel the effects in that ear.  That's how loud it was.
        Without plugs I guarentee my ears would be ringing till the end of
the week.  First Nikwind tour was one of the two loudest shows I've been to
and my ears rang for 3 days.  Last night's Motorhead was _far_ louder.  I
pulled the plugs out briefly and it was unbelieveable ...

        Actually the plugs cut out the really heinous sounding high-end and
the result sounded pretty decent.

> Glad you enjoyed it - but forty quid a ticket from the scalpers was just TOO
> much...

        I would think that the sound balance would have been quite good
from the street, if still a little loud, perhaps .... ;)

> >        For the first encore (Ace of Spades) they were joined by Phil
> >Campbell's son on lead guitar.
>
> Actually, this having your son join you on stage is becoming a bit of a trend
> - Patti Smith's boy Jackson, now young Campbell.  Hmm.

        Dickey Betts' son Duane has occasionally joined the Allmans on stage.

        We know Ace Bouchard has contributed to tBS in the studio and in
soundchecks: has he made a concert appearance? :)

Cheers,
Carl

ps--the other loudest show along with Nikwind I saw was on the Warren Haynes
        solo tour after which my ears also rang for three days ...