HW: High rise

[Captain Bl@ck]

Croydon 2001. Yes I remember that.

As I recall, there was a problem with the midi sequencing half-way through
and Richard lost his click track, then got it back towards the end.

Such is life.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Medford" <nickmedford at HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 11:17 PM
Subject: Re: HW: High rise


> On Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:56:50 -0400, Doug Pearson <jasret at MINDSPRING.COM>
> wrote:
>
> >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.
>
> OK, and the setlists you quoted prove it. I didn't know that, I wonder how
> Ron handled the bass and vox, as it's quite a demanding song on both
counts.
>
> >
> >>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.
>
> I was there and I really can't remember whether Alan was onstage or not. I
> certainly remember that Richard *wasn't* onstage for that song, although
> whether that was intentional or not I wasn't sure- I wondered if he was
> supposed to come in halfway through but didn't, due to the confusion among
> the others.
>
> Anyway thanks for the clarification
>
> Nick