HW: High rise

[Doug Pearson]

On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 13:43:40 -0400, Nick Medford <nickmedford at HOTMAIL.COM>
wrote:

>On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 19:10:33 +0200, Denis Regenbrecht <denis at PTI-INC.DE>
>wrote:
>
>>Ron Tree (during the 1999 winter tour IIRC)
>
>Hmmm.... I saw HW at Croydon on that tour and I'm certain they didn't play
>High Rise.

I think they played "High Rise" on the early dates of the '99 winter tour,
but not on the last two (including Croydon).  That would be with Ron on
bass.

>They *did* play it at Croydon in 2001, but Alan Davey was back
>in the fold by then, so he'd have been on bass. In fact they made a
>terrible mess of it, Ron shaking his head when the crowd cheered at the end
>anyway, and closing the gig by saying "Thanks a lot... sorry about the bit
>of crap in the middle!"

I think that version is just Ron (vox) / Dave (keys) / Simon (violin) /
Keith (Synthi), with no rhythm section.  Ron and Dave are on different
rhythms, and Simon is with Ron's rhythm for the first part of the song, and
Dave's rhythm for the rest.  Goes to show that even the best bands
sometimes hit a trainwreck :^).  I think the only time Alan played bass
on "High Rise" is the 'Yule Ritual' version.

>Anyway, maybe Ron did play bass on this live, but I think it must have been
>on some other occasion. Maybe Bernhard can enlighten us?

from his list:
08.11.1999, OXFORD, ZODIAC, 80
intro / aerospaceage inferno / eedea karan / motorway city / assault &
battery / golden void / anna seed / arrival in utopia / hassan i sahba /
space is their / hassan i sahba / hippie / high rise / blue skin /
instrumental / brainstorm

09.11.1999, NORWICH, WATERFRONT, 110
intro / aerospaceage inferno / eedea karan / motorway city / assault &
battery / golden void / anna seed / arrival in utopia / hassan i sahba /
space is their / hassan i sahba / hippie / high rise / blue skin /
instrumental / brainstorm / warriors / right stuff / gremlin / spirit of
the age / master of the universe

10.11.1999, MILTON KEYNES, WAVENTON STABLES, 115
aerospaceage inferno / eedea karan / motorway city / assault & battery /
golden void / anna seed / arrival in utopia / hassan i sahba / hippie /
high rise / blue skin / instrumental / brainstorm / instrumental / green
finned demon / right stuff / gremlin / master of the universe / spirit of
the age / jam

The Hawklords version with Harvey on bass can be found on the
Griffin/Dojo 'Hawklords Live' CD.  It doesn't have the way-cool bass intro
that sounds like a fretless (but isn't, I'm 99% sure), nor does Harvey play
those super-melodic descending scales that Ade would throw in, IIRC.

So the bassists *besides* Adrian Shaw would be ...
Harvey - Hawklords tour
Ron - 3 dates of autumn '99 tour
Alan - one gig in 2000 ('Yule Ritual')
plus
Paul Fox - Nik/Space Ritual tour '95

    -Doug
     jasret at mindspring.com