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A old Mellotonner and Hammond geinus himself, I haven't heard any of 
his recient material but Steve will be playing live in September in a 
small theater here in Dallas. Anyone keep up with Mr. Winwood? I 
wonder if it's worth going?

Ches

On Friday, August 8, 2003, at 03:12  am, zappatx wrote:

> A old Mellotonner and Hammond geinus himself, I haven't heard any of
> his recient material but Steve will be playing live in September in a
> small theater here in Dallas. Anyone keep up with Mr. Winwood? I
> wonder if it's worth going?



>  Steve regards the Mellotron as a bit of a white elephant!! The only 
> keyboard he really has any interest in is the Hammond.

>  His current set is simply with José Neto on guitar and Walfredo Reyes 
> (ex Santana) on drums and a couple of guests on percussion, guitars 
> and sax. He covers all material from the '60s to the present day, but 
> concentrates on stuff from his new album "About Time" recorded with 
> the same line-up. All bass is played on the Hammond pedals!!  Def. 
> worth seeing.

C

zappatx wrote :

> Anyone keep up with Mr. Winwood? I
> wonder if it's worth going?

Stevies new album 'About Time' is very, very good IMHO. Soulful, honest with
some of the best Hammond playing I have heard lately on it. If you like to
get an impression you can download the single edit of the album's opening
track 'Different Light' from <http://www.rollingstone.com/dds/default.asp>
I strongly hope Mr. Winwood will visit The Netherlands soon too. I'll be
there for sure.

Cheers,
Fred

Hey Ches

I saw Steve at a free show in San Francisco. It was GREAT! Glad, freedom
rider, low spark, pearly queen, rain maker, presence of the lord. Only
two new tunes were played which were both good. His album, which I
listened to in the music store, is not another pop record at all. Lots
of Hammond (no tron - sorry) but I did not buy it right then and there
however. Regardless, the two tunes that he has been playing live (see
his web site for set lists) are the "good" ones. I actually like the
tune "different light" I think its called and I've been pretty critical
of some of his stuff in the last 10 - 15 years. Classic Stevie Hammond
playing on this tune if you get to hear it. He's coming back here in
September and I am definitely going. At one point during the show I saw
in May it got REAl psychedelic! He was (they were) jammin'. It was
great! I say GO! Especially if it is a small venue! I think when you see
the full show (the free one I saw was an hour) the longer set lists
include some more Blind Faith etc. It's on the set list section of the
site. Check it out!

Jim (#917)

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A old Mellotonner and Hammond geinus himself, I haven't heard any of 
his recient material but Steve will be playing live in September in a 
small theater here in Dallas. Anyone keep up with Mr. Winwood? I 
wonder if it's worth going?

Ches




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On Friday, August 8, 2003, at 03:23  pm, Brundage, Jim wrote:

>
> Hey Ches
>
> I saw Steve at a free show in San Francisco. It was GREAT! Glad, 
> freedom
> rider, low spark, pearly queen, rain maker, presence of the lord. Only
> two new tunes were played which were both good. His album, which I
> listened to in the music store, is not another pop record at all. Lots
> of Hammond (no tron - sorry) but I did not buy it right then and there
> however. Regardless, the two tunes that he has been playing live (see
> his web site for set lists) are the "good" ones. I actually like the
> tune "different light" I think its called and I've been pretty critical
> of some of his stuff in the last 10 - 15 years. Classic Stevie Hammond
> playing on this tune if you get to hear it. He's coming back here in
> September and I am definitely going. At one point during the show I saw
> in May it got REAl psychedelic! He was (they were) jammin'. It was
> great! I say GO! Especially if it is a small venue! I think when you 
> see
> the full show (the free one I saw was an hour) the longer set lists
> include some more Blind Faith etc. It's on the set list section of the
> site. Check it out!
>

He did only two gigs in the UK, and no more are planned as yet, but 
they were both great 3-hour sets. The Hammond's Leslie horn chamber was 
illuminated so you could SEE the Leslie whirl as well as hear it!!

The album is superb, and was recorded by one George Shilling, himself 
no stranger to the Mellotron as he engineers all the SundaeClub stuff!!

CC

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