On May 17, 2009, at 07:17 , Charles Robinson wrote:
On May 16, 2009, at 16:46 , Joseph McAllister wrote:
Thank you for your comments John, Frank, and Christine.
I went out yesterday afternoon to re-shoot for an hour or so with
the A* 300 ƒ4 and the DA* 200 ƒ2.8 with various TCs, but I got
nothing worthy. Took the TCs for the Tamron 300 ƒ2.8 in my kit,
but forgot and left the lens at home in the closet. Duh. Double
DUH!
Leaving now to go see what could have been 1/2 of my GFM plane
fare, a Fleetwood Mac concert. I'll let you know if I loved it or
regret it.
Well, it was certainly louder than my home system can go. Except
for two covers, it was all their top hits. Love Mick Fleetwood as a
performance percussionist. Lindsey Buckingham is an accomplished
guitarist, though I'm not a fan of his "wall of sound" style,
preferring a more deliberate use of the instrument, like David
Gilmour of Pink Floyd. Stevie Nicks (Stephanie as Mick called her
after the encore) had a little more nasal sound than I'm used to
hearing. Might have had a bit of congestion.
First rock concert I ever saw was Fleetwood Mac - back in May of
1979 (the "Tusk" tour).
It was amazing (but of course, it was my FIRST ROCK CONCERT).
I've never thought of Lindsey as having a "wall of sound" style,
though..? perhaps his style has changed over the years?
The man has the fastest finger pickin' I've ever seen, which ends up
sounding and looking like a super-speed strum. And he can go on like
that for minutes. That's my definition of a "wall of sound". Much
faster than, and certainly much louder than Flamenco (which I adore,
in moderation) or classical guitar (which I could listen to all day).
Anyway, it's also his "theatre", ending up bent over, over-killing
huffing and puffing, then pulling up in an arms raised "Yeayah" shout
after 20 or 30 seconds.
If it doesn’t excite you,
This thing that you see,
Why in the world,
Would it excite me?
—Jay Maisel
Joseph McAllister
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