I just saw the listing - I plan to DVR it. I really enjoy Raising Sand, their CD together…
They are scheduled to appear at this year’s Bonnaroo and I am looking forward to seeing them there.
Thanks for the heads up.I was surprised and delighted to see T-Bone with them.His comment about Bonham was insightful.
If you recall the comment, can you share it here? Thanks!
The good news – I watched it last night. The bad news – I only got to see 22 minutes; the night it was on we had a sitter for the kids since I had band practice and my wife had a Board of Ed meeting. The babysitter stopped the DVR for reasons I needn’t go into – needless to say it was very frustrating. :mad:
Anyway – I saw the first three songs (Gone Gone Gone, Plant solo on the Boy who wouldn’t hoe corn and Krauss on When the Levee Breaks). It was excellent, Plant did a surprisingly great job (meaning he stayed in the same, different-for-him space that he occupied vocally on the album) – and yeah, Krauss is profoundly talented and is totally hot in a nice girl sorta way. She really puts out a Nashville Cat/Bluegrass Pro vibe, where the line between music performance and real world (even between songs) is far more of a bright line. Plant was much more inclined to sell the songs as the singer - like a rocker would…
I thought it sounded excellent – but the only big solo I heard was in Levee – and it seemed needlessly over the top relative to the overall vibe. I loved the guitars they were using – old (or Eastwood!) Harmonies and Kay’s. I loved the tones - especially at the beginning of the Boy who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn - just perfect guitar tones…
I will definitely keep my eyes open for a re-cast. I just dug the overall live music experience – they sounded great together.
T-Bone has always struck me as being into retro sounds and instruments.Lots of Sam Phillips’ earlier stuff had Chamberlins and fuzz tones,tape loops and the persistent tremolo from old Fenders.You probably saw the tweeds at the gig.
The production on Raising Sand is almost identical to Sam Phillips’ late release A Boot and a Shoe,strikes me as minimalist.
Yeah,I didn’t care for the solo in “Levee” either,but I did like the way they did Zep tunes.Old made new in an old way.
There was one short segment where T.Burnett was talking about working with Plant (I think he may have gotten the two together ) and he said he noticed how Plant’s body would react to the beat in a way that channeled Bonham-he said it far better than my paraphrase but made me look at J.B. in a new light.Never been too keen on his kit style.
Ah - got it. I am a huge Bonzo fan, but either way, it makes sense for Plant. Thanks.
And yeah, I saw the tweeds - being a tweed amp guy myself, they stick out. Lots of players seem to end up with a tweed as at least one of the amps in their backline…