Well spotted Johnny :) Purely from memory it certainly does look like the 10cc cover shot. Hard to believe but anything I had of them is long gone to that swap shop in the sky:(
Re: Rock - what are you listening to?
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:15 am
by cybot
fergus wrote:I too remember those early Stadium gigs with much fondness. One of the best gigs I was ever at was that to launch The Táin album. Man that place rocked that night. I still get goosebumbs [and tinnitus] thinking of it!!!
Just think back to some very fine concerts in those years given by home grown talent - Rory, Horslips, Lizzy, Skid Row, Spud [remember them!] and at the other end of the spectrum Planxty and Tír na N'Óg amongst others.
You lucky, lucky sod Fergus :( I would have given anything to be there! The closest I ever got was one of the best performances I've ever seen in the local town hall by a visiting stage troup called Macnas. They did an unbelievably stunning stage/musical show based on the Táin. The morsels us country people lived off!
Re: Rock - what are you listening to?
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 7:07 pm
by tweber
Got this ages ago on cd, a very enjoyable listen:
Re: Rock - what are you listening to?
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 7:56 pm
by cybot
tweber wrote:Got this ages ago on cd, a very enjoyable listen:
Brilliant title too :)
Re: Rock - what are you listening to?
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 5:36 pm
by markof
A nice one for this very rainy sunday afternoon - summer at last :-)
Re: Rock - what are you listening to?
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 9:52 pm
by cybot
This is truly the most majestic guitar solo (read: old fashioned) I've heard in an age. It's the type of long guitar solo I always wanted to hear from the likes of Steve Hackett et al. Do yourself a favour and listen without prejudice......
The studio version is on a Kickstarter driven project which was recently released on cd and double vinyl editions - see below. Needless to say I've already ordered my vinyl copy. Music like this only comes round very rarely these days.....
What did you think of the former Marillion guy's beautifully realised guitar heroics Fergus? Some people think he's a Gilmore copyist Not fair on him methinks though I can hear a (very) slight resemblance here and there....
Re: Rock - what are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 7:55 pm
by fergus
cybot wrote:
What did you think of the former Marillion guy's beautifully realised guitar heroics Fergus? Some people think he's a Gilmore copyist Not fair on him methinks though I can hear a (very) slight resemblance here and there....
Lovely guitar playing there Dermot; just the style that I have always liked. Certainly there are some Gilmouresque moments but if you play that well then you are in that same league, if you know what I mean. Interestingly, I got more Wishbone Ash overtones than Gilmour; possibly with the double lead and the picking style overlay backing the main solo.
Re: Rock - what are you listening to?
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 8:52 pm
by cybot
fergus wrote:
cybot wrote:
What did you think of the former Marillion guy's beautifully realised guitar heroics Fergus? Some people think he's a Gilmore copyist Not fair on him methinks though I can hear a (very) slight resemblance here and there....
Lovely guitar playing there Dermot; just the style that I have always liked. Certainly there are some Gilmouresque moments but if you play that well then you are in that same league, if you know what I mean. Interestingly, I got more Wishbone Ash overtones than Gilmour; possibly with the double lead and the picking style overlay backing the main solo.
