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Way to go Malcolm, it sounds like you had a blast, I wish I coulda
made it.
--- In , MalcolmO <MalcolmO@c...> wrote:
> > did anyone make it out to Toronto?
>
> Yes! I attended the Forest of Red Stratocasters conference. :)
Heard twangy
> stuff from about 3pm til 11:30pm, including a couple of Shadows who
hadn't
> played together in 40 years!
>
> Very nice stage with oodles of Vox amps, clever lighting, mirror
ball, smoke
> machines, AND wall o' video! Very nice presentation! Got to meet
Ivan, say
> hi and chat a bit. Very little time without music. The whole thing
was very
> well done. I suppose that this is what I should expect from a club
as
> opposed to a promoter. In fact, most of the players (til 7:30) were
club
> members and some of them were pretty good. The post-7:30 group of 3
bands,
> The Troubadors, The New Fentones and the Shadows members with
drummer and
> lead guitar were all excellent and had fine sets that were well
received.
>
> I happened to be seated at a table that included some players who
asked me
> to take their picture. I took about 6 shots of them onstage and
with Bruce
> Welch. One of them will probably sub this list before long.
>
> The club actually has an open stage regularly and I expect I'll
become a
> regular at these events. What's more, I can recommend this (these)
events to
> anyone in the greater Toronto area who has a love of twangy guitar
> instrumentals. This particular event was special because of the
presence of
> 2 Shadows. Bruce in particular told some very interesting stories
about the
> old days.
>
> Heard 2 new tunes that I really liked too. Man of Mystery and The
Golden
> Sea. Also heard The Cruel Sea, which I know from the Challengers
but it was
> said to be sourced from the Dakotas, who backed up Billy J. Kramer.
Well,
> who knew? Not I.
> --
> Malcolm <<-- not a signature
> "They should know they're the Grateful Dead now." -- Phil
> "It's never too late to be up-to-date" -- Dan Hicks
> "My clock loses time like there's no tomorrow" -- Malcolm
