Carl Palmer in Swindon (part 3)
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Topic: Carl Palmer in Swindon (part 3)
Posted By: richardh
Subject: Carl Palmer in Swindon (part 3)
Date Posted: November 13 2005 at 17:00
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The night before Greg Lake's show in Dartford I was lucky enough to see Carl Palmer in my home town of Swindon.Its the third time he's played here ,surprising given that the Art Centre only holds 100 odd people (and a few normal ones as well LOL).However the acoustics are very good and he's able to crank the sound up suitably loud.The band consists of a young wizz kid guitarist (first name Paul) and a bass player (John Wheatcroft).This allows him to put a different slant on ELP tracks as there is no keyboard player.The lead guitarist has to play a lot of parts as a result and does amazingly well. There were no great surprises in the set list.Fanfare (with a fantsastic drum solo) and several other ELP instrumentals (Toccata,LA Nights,The Barbarian,Bullfrog,Eruption,Aquatarkus) along with classical faves Hoedown,Romeo and Juliet,The Enemey God and Carmina Burana.The best though was his version of Trilogy.Immense stuff,Carl was on fire, playing all round the kit like he was 20 again! I just closed my eyes and enjoyed! I really urge you fans of great rock drumming to see this guy if you get the chance.He is a living legend. |
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Posted By: horza
Date Posted: November 13 2005 at 17:10
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Hmmm sounds good - he playing Glasgow soon ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: Ty1020
Date Posted: November 13 2005 at 17:15
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That would be amazing to see such a great prog artist in such a
small venue. If he come to Canada anytime soon, I'll get tickets in a
heartbeat.
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Posted By: Progger
Date Posted: November 13 2005 at 19:34
Seen Carl a few times including one of his drum clinics. Really nice guy and always hangs around for the fans after the show!
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: November 18 2005 at 01:31
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Richardh, I was going to go to this with my brother, but he was
otherwise engaged with something else and I wasn't going by
myself. Sounds like I missed out on a good night. Swindon
is my home town too, maybe you know me, maybe you don't..., do you go
to the local pubs at all? It's always nice to find another prog
fan in close proximity.
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