Joe Bonamassa - 2007-08-03 - Mr Kyps, Poole, UK (Aud)
Band Name: Joe Bonamassa Band
Venue: Mr Kyps
City, County, Country: Lower Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, UK
Date: Friday 3rd August 2007
Source: Audience (20 feet from centre stage, with 16 inch left/right mic separation)
Lineage: Stereo Omni Mics (Panasonic WM-61A elements) & battery box (9V) -> JB3 (@44.1kHz)
-> firewire -> HD -> Wavelab5 -> *.wav -> Foobar 2000 (level 8) -> *.flac -> Dime
Recorded by: Cuztard Pi
Transferred & Mastered by: Cuztard Pi
Title: A "Glorious" Return To Mr Kyps, Poole, UK - Friday 3rd August 2007
File size: WAV=1.02GB; FLAC=618MB
Set-list:
Disc 1 (61mins)
01 Bridge To Better Days
02 Walk in My Shadow
03 'Blue Tea' *
04 'Blue Summer' *
05 Mountain Time
06 Another Kind of Love
07 Sloe Gin
08 High Water Every Where
09 If Heartaches Were Nickels
10 Woke Up Dreaming
Disc 2 (43mins)
11 Django
12 Just Got Paid
13 Dazed and Confused
14 Bogie's Drum Solo
15 Just Got Paid (reprise)
Encore 1
16 Asking Around For You
17 Los Endos
Encore 2
18 Miss You, Hate You
* Made-up title
flac tags & fingerprints & MD5 files are included.
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Notes:
Ticket Price: £15.00
http://www.mrkyps.net/gigdetails.asp?eventID=1161
http://www.jbonamassa.com/index.htm
Band line-up:
Joe Bonamassa - Guitar/L.Vocals
Bogie Bowles - Drums
Carmin Rojas - Bass
Rick Melick - Keyboards/B.Vocals
Finally Joe returns to Mr Kyps (where he made his English debut in 2005). A new band (except for Bogie on Drums) and promoing a new record out soon: "Sloe Gin". Check out the gig reviews care of Mr Kyps' web-site below.
If you liked my last 2 recordings of Joe @ Mr Kyps from 2005 & 2006 you will also enjoy this one. Another GREAT SHOW!! Highlight for me was "Blue Tea" (Led Zep's 'Tea for One' with 'Blues Deluxe' lyrics)
For those interested - basic details of the mastering applied to my original JB3 recording (using Wavelab5) are as follows:
A: EQ / Multiband Compression / Limiting (-0.2dB max)
B: WAVs edited to fit on to 2xCDRs (with overlap) plus fade in/out
C: track split
A note for any finicky audiophiles out there:
Mastering has been done to polish the raw master recording with the aim of enhancing the listening experience. If you prefer virgin recordings, unspoiled by any such amateur 'dabbling' then do not join in on this one. Be warned now ... I don't want any whinging! ;-)
But for the rest of you Dimers I recommend that you GO FOR THIS ONE ... you won't be disappointed!
I score the sound quality as 9 out of 10 ( = A );
but hey! ... don't flame me if you don't agree ... & at least keep it friendly ;-)
If you have any comments, whether positive, negative or otherwise, I would love to read them ... don't be a lurker!
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Enjoy - Cuztard Pi - August 2007 ..... PLAY IT LOUD!!!
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Reviews from Mr Kyps website:
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Friday 03-08-2007
Joe Bonamassa + Martin Harley
Whats the best way to spend a weeks holiday ? I know a week down in deepest west Dorset with loads of great walks, beahes and beer plus three Joe Bonamassa gigs in 4 days !!! The first on Tuesday was a last minute but welcome addition to his short UK tour (it just goes to show how much he likes coming to Kyps), I drove up early from Bridport to grab a good spot and managed to secure front row left bang in front of Joe's rig, magic. Bogie is on first hammering out the intro to 'Bridge To Better Days' then Joe, Carmine and Rick enter to take up their positions, Joe shouts 1,2,3,4 and we're off, Blues Rock heaven returns to Kyps. Next up is 'Walk In My Shadows' followed by 'So Many Roads' where just as he hits the solo the whole back line of amps plunges into silence. Joe makes his excuses and leaves the stage while the roadies run about trying to fix the problem, after about five minutes he's back and the band fall into exactly where they left off and he nearly brings the roof down with the intensisty of his playing, stunning.
Next Joe forsakes his trusty Le Paul for his famous Gigalotti which he lost for a couple of months after his last European tour but has now been safely returned and amazes us with 'Mountain Time' one of my favourites. Next we're onto two new songs from his new album the first I don't know the title of but the second is the title track 'Sloe Gin' an instant classic if ever there was one, a slow brooding number which builds to a tremendous intrumental climax. He encourages us to buy it when it's released at the end of August, I know I shall. It's now time to pick up the acoustic and we're treated to a new version of 'High Water Everywhere' from his last album 'You And Me' this is one to get the feet marching and the whole crowd appears to be swaying in time, brilliant. When the amps went off someone shouted 'Miss You Hate You' and he obliges, singing on his own while the band take a well earned rest, this is followed by the crowd pleasing' Woke Up Dreaming' a master class of dexterity and speed my God i think I saw smoke coming off the fret board ! this is followed by 'Django' a Jeff Beck style intrumental played on a Fender Strat with loads of note bending and whammy bar delights, where do we go after that ? It has to be the awsome 'ZZ Topp number 'Just Got Paid' which mutates into the instrumental passage from 'Dazed And Confused' by Led Zeppelin, and if that's not enough we have a powehouse drum solo from Bogie, a flurry of sticks, sweat and pounding tom tom's which brings the set to an end.
After a couple of minutes of the crowd baying for more they come back to encore with 'Asking Around For You' a lovely slow blues on which Joe plays his BB King custom and at times, if you closed your eyes it could well of been BB the tone was that close. The last couple of minutes are taken up with an instrumental passage on his Les Paul and then sad to say it'a all over, one hell of a night draws to a close. So off home with a Joe CD blasting in the car for company, one down two to go.
Thursday and a 80 mile drive down to Tavistock, I know this has nothing to do with Kyps but I thought I would just give you a quick run down of the set list which, in fact is the same as Tuesday except 'Miss You Hate You' is replaced by an acoustic version of 'If Heartaches Were Nickels'. The highlights were 'So Many Roads', blues wailing at it's best and an absolutley stonking drum solo from Bogie, what a drummer. After the show Bogie and Carmine come down and have a chat, what a couple of nice fellers, and later Joe joins them and signs a few CD's.
Oh I almost forgot I was stage centre just behind Mike a rabid Joe fan from Kent who for some obscure reason between the support and Joe taking the stage decided to strip off his clothes and don a Batman outfit !!! For more information go to Joe's website and read Mike's review on the forum, he's a nutter in the nicest possible way of course.
Friday, the last show and first for my 14 year old daughter, 'Does he just play guitar all night ?', 'Will I like it ?' she's not sure if she will like boring old guitar music, boy is she in for a surprise. We arrive at 8.15 and make our way to the front about four deep from the stage centre and settle in for the night, Martin Harley comes on and what a revelation he is, what a cracking start to the evening, a fantastic slide, finger picking style and a good strong voice, look out for his return.
Then onto the main event, a sell out, sweating, hyped up crowd, perfect. The show starts up as before with 'Bridge To Better Days' and 'Walk In My Shadows' then takes a strange twist, the band play the song 'Tea For One' off of You And Me but Joe sings the words to 'Blues De Luxe' and strangley it works like a new song altogether, help Joe's playing with our minds. The show progresses as before and he leaves in 'If Heartaches Were Nickels' as the night before, but then we are in for another treat, I have seen Joe a number of times now but I have never heard such an intense version of 'Woke Up Dreaming', even mad Mike (remember him 'Batman from Tavistock') who has seen more shows than anyone is raving after the show, Joe's on fire. It's obvious the band are enjoying themselves as they all look at each laughing in a number of songs, this is turning into a special night.
''Django' and 'Just Got Paid' follow and then the band leaves the stage as the crowd go wild. They come back to encore 'Asking Around For You', Rick starts on his own as the band amble back on stage and pick up their instruments, in the solo Joe brings the whole band down to a whisper as he sustains a note which is only just audable and Shusshs anyone who dares to make a noise, you could hear a pin drop, another magic moment, this time he also allows Carmine a solo on bass who mugs it up and makes Joe crack up so much that he can hardly finish the song for laughing.
The last surprise for the night is Joe comes back for another song which after the show he admits he hardly ever does, this was a solo acoustic version of 'Miss You Hate You' after which he throws his guitar strap into the crowd and leaves the stage to a wall of cheering and clapping. This was one special hair tingling night, he saved the best to last. If there is a better guitar player out there playing the clubs I have yet to see him, Joe is the king, move over Clapton there is a new God on the scene. By the way my daughter is converted, she got one of Bogie's sticks an autograoh form Joe and a picture with him to hang on her wall, not only is he the best he's the nicest guy you could wish to meet.
Review by: John Cherry
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Friday 03-08-2007
Joe Bonamassa + Martin Harley
The atmosphere was electric amongst the sell-out audience at Mr. Kyps last Friday night, as they eagerly awaited the return of LA blues sensation Joe Bonamassa. As the excitement built up, support came from the now extremely popular acoustic artist Martin Harley, whose expertly handled slide guitar work and catchy blues numbers wowed the impatient crowd. Despite doing a now rare performance without his band, Harley proved that he is just as competent as a solo artist, as his songs projected all their power and energy even without their usual backing.
As Bonamassa and his band came onstage to a storming reception, the set began with a rockier number before steadily sliding down into some classic blues. This winding up and down of the pace of the set is something which continued throughout the night, always with Bonamassa’s incredible guitar solos carrying the mood and with the keyboards providing some nice variation.
Although his style was essentially blues, and perhaps best summed up by the Led Zeppelin songs that he covered towards the end of the evening, the variation between fast, rock-style riffs, epic sounding love songs and Stevie Ray Vaughan style blues tracks mean that Bonamassa can reach out to a wider audience than many of the other artists of his genre. His skill as a guitarist means that he can not only pull off this variation, but use it to great effect, confirming his popularity with the audience and assuring him of many sell out Mr. Kyps shows in the future.
Review by: Lisa Willmot
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