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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 17 2009 at 13:46
Originally posted by Aragorn224 Aragorn224 wrote:

Is he nice?


Yes, he's a really nice guy. One of my friends told him he saw him play in UK in late 70's and so the chat started, another friend and me went to buy some beers and when we came back there were no friends and no Rihard Sinclair; one guy told use they went to his room so we started looking for them, fortunately we found a guy that played with him the day before and we asked him which was Mr. Sinclairs room and he told us; so we went to knock on his door and he opened, of course he had no idea who we were but then one of my friends who was in the room told him we came with them, so he allowed us to get inside; we offered him a beer and accepted and we spend some time there, listening the answers he gave to my friend and watching he play just some chords on his guitar; we stayed there for less than an hour but was a nice experience.

When we were already out of his room, i realized i didn't ask him an autograph! But on of my friends took some pics.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 17 2009 at 13:53
I see he's very accessible, I may talk to him sometime, maybe come and visit.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2009 at 19:36
Originally posted by meptune meptune wrote:

Lucky: Jean McLaughlin/Al Di Meola/Paco de Lucia/Steve Morse at ASU Gamage (Frank Lloyd Wright design) auditorium
Lucky: all five Frank Zappa concerts I saw (one premiered "The Black Page")
Lucky: Pink Floyd, Animals tour (awesome!)
Lucky: Rush, Farewell to Kings tour
Lucky, Jethro Tull with UK!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2009 at 11:45
Originally posted by Badabing666 Badabing666 wrote:

Lucky - Steve Hackett (Defector tour); Talking Heads with Adrian Belew (supported by U2); The last Japan & Jam gigs; UK  in 1979
Unlucky - Simple Minds in 2007 (Jim Kerr was past his sell by date)
Yep,  I was unlucky enough to see Simple Minds about 15 yrs ago and they were awful then.   Mind you i was lucky cos I didn't havve to pay anything. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2009 at 13:55
Originally posted by GaryB GaryB wrote:

Lucky:  L.A. Coliseum, 1975; Jethro Tull, Robin Trower, Rory Gallagher, Starcastle. Backstage passes, met and talked with Rory Gallagher.
Unlucky:  Palm Springs Pop Festival, 1968. Standing in line when rumor circulated that the Jeff Beck Group would not be headlining because they were in the process of breaking up. Rumor was true.
Hey, I was at that Lucky show, although my girlfriend scored tickets only that day so I missed Starcastle & Rory Gallagher. But wasn't it in August, 1976? That's what my ticket stub says. . .
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 23 2009 at 20:21
Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

Originally posted by Badabing666 Badabing666 wrote:

Lucky - Steve Hackett (Defector tour); Talking Heads with Adrian Belew (supported by U2); The last Japan & Jam gigs; UK  in 1979
Unlucky - Simple Minds in 2007 (Jim Kerr was past his sell by date)
Yep,  I was unlucky enough to see Simple Minds about 15 yrs ago and they were awful then.   Mind you i was lucky cos I didn't havve to pay anything. 
 
Hackett? Yeaaaaaah TongueSmile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 15 2009 at 16:58
I'll see Le Orme, Rouge Ciel and Porcupine Tree in september! Big smileClap
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 16 2009 at 22:50
Lucky: Santana, Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, Lou Reed, Simple Minds, Talking Heads, The Pretenders, U2 (before they became really famous - fabulous concert 1984), The Cure, The Police, Gary Numan, David Bowie (twice).
 
Unlucky: Well where do I start? - Pink Floyd, Muse, Opeth, Tool, The Mars Volta, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney to name a few that have hit NZ shores. Of course I "cry" because I am unable to get to shows such as 3RP, and have never had an opportunity to see Yes, King Crimson, ELP or some of today's greats like Porcupine Tree, Phideaux, IQ, PFM, Gong and VDGG to name a few. Such a disadvantage living at the bottom of the world!!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 17 2009 at 03:05
co-incidence time again...
Originally posted by valravennz valravennz wrote:

Simple Minds,
Saw them supporting Magazine (Secondhand Daylight tour) - one of my all time favourite gigs.
Talking Heads,
Cry missed them - don't know why.
The Pretenders,
Yep -saw them - Crissy thanked the audience for not gobbing on her.LOL
U2 (before they became really famous - fabulous concert 1984)
I also saw them before they were famous when they were supporting Comsat Angels in 1981 - both bands were excellent
The Cure,
Many times - including the Banshees tour where Bob Smith stepped in after John MacKay ran away.
The Police,
As a support band to Albertos Y Lost Trios Paranoias
Gary Numan,
On his first solo tour - not as impressed as I wanted to be - support was Orchestra Manoevers Approve
David Bowie (twice).
I wasn't originally a fan, but had to take my kid sister to a couple of his gigs in the 70s and grew to appreciate him. Last time I saw him was at Glastonbury a few years back.
 
 
Lucky: Too many to mention.
Really Lucky: Focus secret gig in a pub near where I live - found out about it an hour before.
Unlucky: Didn't see Genesis in 1971 when I easily could have.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 17 2009 at 04:36
A man flew in a plane.
Unluckily he fell out of it.
Luckily he had a parachute with him.
Unluckily the parachute did not open.
Luckily there was a haystack beneath him.
Unluckily there was a pitchfork in the haystack.
Luckily he missed the pitchfork.
Unluckily he missed the haystack.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 17 2009 at 04:57
^ LOL Do I detect a tongue in cheek here, Friede?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 17 2009 at 10:22
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Really Lucky: Focus secret gig in a pub near where I live - found out about it an hour before.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 17 2009 at 10:26
Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Really Lucky: Focus secret gig in a pub near where I live - found out about it an hour before.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2009 at 09:38
LUCKY: Saw Genesis on the Wind And Wuthering tour at the Spectrum in Philadelphia P.A. I remember at one point of the show, they played an excerpt from Voyage Of The Acolyte but it's just been too long and I may be mistaken.

I saw PFM at the same place in the mid 70's. I don't remember who they opened for. They were outstanding!

Again Wishbone Ash too. They had a very clean sound and were tight.

ELP on the welcome back tour-Spectrum....astonishing.

Steeleye Span + Strawbs at the Chesnut P.A....GREAT

Hawkwind with Bridget Wishart fronting the band. They played lots of Calvert songs that night and Bridget changed costumes and wore disturbing masks. It was a fantastic Hawkwind show!

Steeleye Span in Philadelphia during the TIME album tour. Peter Knight was incredible! Maddy Prior came into the audience and danced jigs! As she signed my ticket, a guy approached her with a jacket on that had all sorts of buttons. He said: Oh Maddy! We just love you here in Philadelphia! You are the greatest in this city! Maddy said: Well if they love me so much, then why don't they play our music on the Phila stations?
UNLUCKY.....I saw Weather Report at the Tower Theatre just after the break up of the prime line up that had recorded Heavy Weather. I believe I had just purchased Night Passage that month. They had 2 percussionist from a music college with them. Wayne Shorter was walking about with an angry look upon his face. I was watching him from the side of the stage where I obviously did not belong. Show was not very interesting to me.

Saw Hawkwind at the Ambler Cafe. I was expecting to see Hugh LLoyd Langton or Simon House and hoping to hear material from Xeon Codex. Instead there were 3 members and they played material from 72'. I walked out.

I saw the original U.K. open for Al Dimeola at the Tower Theatre. During the U.K. performance, I could hardly hear Alan Holdsworth's guitar in the mix. Al Dimeloa came on and the guitar was crystal clear. I walked out.

I saw Robin Trower at the Spectrum in 1974 and his guitar was too loud. I saw him again, not by choice, at the Tower Theatre and his volume level was that of a jet airliner. I left with my ears whistling and a headache.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2009 at 10:42
Luck:   "Ruins", in Turku, Finland. I was in town shopping or something when I stumbled upon a poster on the wall announcing the gig. It was just a few hours before the show, so I got home and drank a couple of beers and went to the show. If was very nice indeed. I got to have a few words with the members too, and got some autographs :) I guess I was lucky. Smile

For the Badluck part: I missed a gig by Damo Suzuki (from Can), I saw the poster a few days to late...Stern Smile


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 22 2009 at 13:04
Originally posted by DRACCA DRACCA wrote:

LUCKY: Saw Genesis on the Wind And Wuthering tour at the Spectrum in Philadelphia P.A. I remember at one point of the show, they played an excerpt from Voyage Of The Acolyte but it's just been too long and I may be mistaken.

I saw PFM at the same place in the mid 70's. I don't remember who they opened for. They were outstanding!
Again Wishbone Ash too. They had a very clean sound and were tight.

ELP on the welcome back tour-Spectrum....astonishing.

Hawkwind with Bridget Wishart fronting the band. They played lots of Calvert songs that night and Bridget changed costumes and wore disturbing masks. It was a fantastic Hawkwind show! 

 
LUCKY? Yeah, really.


Edited by Tsevir Leirbag - August 22 2009 at 13:05
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 22 2009 at 19:45
I'd like to add a story of mine to the list. I've been planning on attending Prognation on August 28th for a while with a friend. Since it was a Friday and I'm drum major for my marching band I had to make sure that there was no football game for my school. After they published that the first football game was later in the season I bought tickets with my friends. Then the school rescheduled, which is a real dissapointment.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 25 2009 at 06:28
lucky : grobschnitt and roger waters
 
unlucky : eloy and yes
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2009 at 02:26
Old Luck: Pink Floyd - Animals tour (19 feb 1977 - Rotterdam), the 1st gig that I attended
Old bad luck: No Nukes (1980 -  Utrecht): U2 did not turn up 
Recent luck: Neal Morse (20/21 aug 2009 - Two StarStarStarStarStar gigs at the Xnoizz Flevo Festival)


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2009 at 15:38
Originally posted by someone_else someone_else wrote:

Old Luck: Pink Floyd - Animals tour (19 feb 1977 - Rotterdam), the 1st gig that I attended
 
Wow, I'm sure it was amazing. Animals is my favourite PF album along with Meddle, Wish and Atom.
And Pink Floyd is my favourite band. You don't know how much I'd have liked to see them! At least I saw Waters two years ago, and it's the best show I've ever seen.
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