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Re: [ARSCLIST] Mellencamp
I have 9 wax cylinder recordings of Bob Dylan performing in Chicago in
August 1993-mike loughlin
From: "Scott D. Smith" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Mellencamp
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 18:38:04 -0500
My brother-in-law Mike Veeck helped produce the Nelson/Dylan tour (he owns
some minor league teams in partnership with some other investors). I tried
to convice him to get a sound company that could "ride herd" on the show
(especially the Dylan portion), but he was kind of at the mercy of some of
the local PA companies. It was a great idea, though, and we have had
discussions about doing something similar again next year.
Regarding live sound in general, my frustration is such that I have avoided
many shows that I would normally love to go see. It just isn't worth the
pain. (although I did see a fine performance of Mark Knopfler and Emmylou
Harris recently at the Northerly Pavilion in Chicago. The PA level was a
little hot for where we were sitting in relation to the stage, but to be
fair, the main cluster PA had to reach back another 25 rows).
On the other hand, I have attended many fime jazz and classical
performances for which I have little complaint (except for some rude
audience members).
(Hey, wasn't it Dylan who was just complaining about the poor quality of
current recording technology in curent issue Rolling Stone too? Maybe it's
time to get the 'ol ears checked...)
--Scott D. Smith
Tom Fine wrote:
My wife and I went to the Willie Nelson/Bob Dylan minor league ballpark
tour two summers ago. Willie's show actually sounded great. We were seated
down the 3rd base side toward the outfield. The stage was set up in the
outfield with a self-contained sound system, not using the stadium PA
system. Like I said, Willie was great. Dylan was so loud, so distorted and
so unintelligable that we opted to save our ears and walked out.
-- Tom Fine