OFF: Nektar/Brainticket/Huw shows

[Hawkwind Junkie Bum]

Thanks keith for breaking the deafening silence, thanks Eli, of course
I was expecting you, and TOTALLY ABSOLUTELY NOT SERIOUS BS MODE FULL
ON:
You guys know what you have to do right??
It ain't pretty and I dislike it more than you, but in the name of Huw
what were the names of those 2 female skaters
Harrigan??
I forgot,



On 8/18/11, Elipxr5 <elipxr5 at aol.com> wrote:
> Tour spoiler alert. Don't read further if you don't want show details. As an
> all out space rock freak I couldn't help but love last night's show at
> B.B.'s. The crowd was respectable, but not quite a full house. Jim Lascko of
> Strange Daze fame handled the light show, and had obviously put a lot of
> work into loading lots of Nektar iconography (album covers,graphics,logos)
> into his visual library. The light show ran for all the bands, but was
> stylistically different for each act, with lots of Egyptian themed visuals
> for Brainticket. Huw Lloyd Langton was on first, and played an all too brief
> 35 minute set, solo acoustic. He did a bit of between song banter, and
> seemed to be trying to assess whether anyone knew who he was, or who
> Hawkwind was. The crowd let him know they were well aware. He played and
> sang great. Songs included War Is The Hobby Here, Rollin' and Tumblin'
> (since we were in a "blues" club), Hurry on Sundown, and in answer to my
> shout out a great rendition of Rocky Paths. I'm sure I'll think of a few
> others later. After a very short break, Brainticket was up. Joining original
> member Joel Vandroogenbroek, (not totally sure on that spelling) were Tommy
> Grenas on bass, and Len Del Rio on keys and synths of Pressurehed, Farflung,
> Nik Turner's U.S. Space Ritual band, Anubian Lights, The Brain and others.
> It was great to see these guys again, as I've always really enjoyed their
> brand of space rock. They were augmented by the current drummer and lead
> guitarist of Farflung, who's names I don't know. They were fronted by female
> vocalist Abby Travis from L.A., who provided lovely chanteuse style
> vocalizing against the spacey sounds of the guys. She had two costumes, one
> based on Egyptian ceremonial garb, and one more like as Asian courtesan
> complete with Peacock feather headress. She has a great stage presence, and
> a voice powerful enough to rise above the wail of the cosmic sounds of Joel
> and the band. Joel played synths, keys, sitar, and flute during the set. I'm
> not that familiar with their song titles, but I recognized material from
> Celestial Oceans and some other early material. Brainticket played a little
> under an hour. A DJ played lots of nice space rock between sets. Nektar came
> on at nine sharp and played until a quarter to eleven. The line up was Roye
> on guitar and vocals, Ron Howden on drums as always, Klaus Henatsch on
> keyboards, and brand new bassist Lux Vibratos, who is a member of helios
> Creed's band out of L.A. The new guy is a monster and totally had his parts
> down. In my opinion he's the best bassist Nektar's had since Mo Moore
> departed a few years back.The band sounded really good, although it had that
> first night of the tour vibe, and you can just tell this show will improve
> with repeated performances. I didn't take any notes but I do remember they
> played (in totally incorrect order) A Day In The Life of A Preacher, Kings
> of Twilight, Dream Nebula, Man in the Moon, Dr. Cool, Remember the Future
> Pt.1. I'm definitely leaving out some great tunes. I forgot what they opened
> with but it was a classic killer. The encore was a real treat, "Good Day."
> Nektar seems to be looking good in 2011, and I think the new line-up will
> satisfy the old fans. Roye seemed happy,excited, and very with it, and seems
> to still shine with talent. All in all a great night, a great tour, great
> music, great lights, and in my case great company..shouts to Cyndee,Jeff,the
> Finally Balanced crew,and the Stewarts. I'm heading out to Sellersville PA
> on Sunday to do it all again and I'm stoked.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Henderson <khenders64 at YAHOO.COM>
> To: BOC-L <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
> Sent: Wed, Aug 17, 2011 10:00 pm
> Subject: OFF: Nektar/Brainticket/Huw shows
>
>
> Hey...
>
> Tonight was the opening night of the big US tour in NYC...Who went, and how
> did
> it go?  What did/How long did each act play?  etc.  Inquiring minds want to
> know...plan to make it to the Lancaster PA show this weekend.
>
> Ciao...Keith H.  (back after a bit of a break...)
>
>
>