Metheny, James Cotton and Queen Bey

Elspode · 06-20-2007, 02:28 PM

Last Friday evening, my friend Jill and I went to see some of the most remarkable music making I've seen in a very long while. Queen Bey is a local vocal jazz/standards legend who opened the show. James Cotton is a 72 year old bluesman who blows the harp like nobody's business, despite the fact that he sounds like he can barely talk. Playing with him was Bob Margulies, Chicago slide guitar mainstay, and a bunch of freakishly good young backup players, all capable of being stars in their own rights someday. Topping it all off was Pat Metheny, native of Lee's Summit, MO (right down the road about five minutes from me), past guitar teacher to some of my friends, and winner of more Grammies than you can shake a jazz guitar at.

Awesome time...here are some pics. Might do a MySpace vid of some of it when I've got the time.

Elspode · 06-20-2007, 02:30 PM

Dude makes some guitar faces, doesn't he?

Elspode · 06-20-2007, 02:49 PM

James Cotton had some interesting expressions as well. Dude could wail. Queen Bey is just a sweetheart, and boy, does she do justice to the standards!

Elspode · 06-20-2007, 02:51 PM

And finally, one of the cuter members of the audience that day, my friend Jill, who asked me to go with her because its a big old scary world out there and she's a single female. Pretty damn cute 50 year old, huh? I mean, look at me, then look at her...her birthday is exactly two weeks before mine. So take a guess at which one of us has taken better care of themselves. And no, we are not intimate in the way you're thinking. I want to be, but she has morals, damn it all. I'm working on that.

elSicomoro · 06-20-2007, 03:06 PM

Hey Wolf, doesn't she look a bit like Witchypoo?

Flint · 06-20-2007, 03:09 PM

Q: What do you get when you cross a guitar, a ukulele, a hammered dulcimer, and a swiss army knife?

A: Whatever the hell that thing is.

glatt · 06-20-2007, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

[Whatever the hell that thing is.

I'd seen close up pictures of that guitar before, but it's cool to see that he actually plays the thing and it doesn't sit on his mantle.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-20-2007, 04:22 PM

Outstanding, Els. So are the musicians.

Elspode · 06-20-2007, 05:22 PM

I have video of him playing it. I'll see if I can get it converted tonight and post it on YouTube (linked here, of course).

It is a one of a kind, made for him by a female luthier.

Uisge Beatha · 06-20-2007, 06:16 PM

Elspode, you'll be my hero if you get that posted. I already envy you for having been at that show. I know James Cotton is great, and Pat Metheny (with or without that guitar) is one of the finest musicians out there. Period.

Elspode · 06-20-2007, 07:43 PM

This is very brief, but I didn't record much of him with the Pikasso (the name of the bizarre guitar) as it was sort of sonically rambling. I have a much longer chunk that I'm working on, which I recorded because he was using the Roland GR 300 guitar synth, a 25 year old piece of technology that only Metheny and Fripp really ever utilized to its full potential...and Pat is *still* doing that.

Uisge Beatha · 06-20-2007, 07:58 PM

Thanks -- you are the man!

xoxoxoBruce · 06-20-2007, 07:59 PM

He sure gets a lot of music out of the thing.

Elspode · 06-23-2007, 01:26 AM

Metheny rips it up in a big way with the Roland GR 300 guitar synth.

Uisge Beatha · 06-23-2007, 04:50 AM

Hot damn, now that's what I'm talking about! You rock, Elspode!

06-20-2007, 02:28 PM	#1
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Metheny, James Cotton and Queen Bey Last Friday evening, my friend Jill and I went to see some of the most remarkable music making I've seen in a very long while. Queen Bey is a local vocal jazz/standards legend who opened the show. James Cotton is a 72 year old bluesman who blows the harp like nobody's business, despite the fact that he sounds like he can barely talk. Playing with him was Bob Margulies, Chicago slide guitar mainstay, and a bunch of freakishly good young backup players, all capable of being stars in their own rights someday. Topping it all off was Pat Metheny, native of Lee's Summit, MO (right down the road about five minutes from me), past guitar teacher to some of my friends, and winner of more Grammies than you can shake a jazz guitar at. Awesome time...here are some pics. Might do a MySpace vid of some of it when I've got the time. Attached Images __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-20-2007, 02:30 PM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Dude makes some guitar faces, doesn't he? Attached Images __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-20-2007, 02:49 PM	#3
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	James Cotton had some interesting expressions as well. Dude could wail. Queen Bey is just a sweetheart, and boy, does she do justice to the standards! Attached Images __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-20-2007, 02:51 PM	#4
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	And finally, one of the cuter members of the audience that day, my friend Jill, who asked me to go with her because its a big old scary world out there and she's a single female. Pretty damn cute 50 year old, huh? I mean, look at me, then look at her...her birthday is exactly two weeks before mine. So take a guess at which one of us has taken better care of themselves. And no, we are not intimate in the way you're thinking. I want to be, but she has morals, damn it all. I'm working on that. Attached Images __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-20-2007, 03:09 PM	#6
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Q: What do you get when you cross a guitar, a ukulele, a hammered dulcimer, and a swiss army knife? A: Whatever the hell that thing is. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

06-20-2007, 03:06 PM	#5
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Hey Wolf, doesn't she look a bit like Witchypoo?

06-20-2007, 04:22 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Outstanding, Els. So are the musicians. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-20-2007, 05:22 PM	#9
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I have video of him playing it. I'll see if I can get it converted tonight and post it on YouTube (linked here, of course). It is a one of a kind, made for him by a female luthier. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-20-2007, 06:16 PM	#10
Uisge Beatha Lecturer Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 945	Elspode, you'll be my hero if you get that posted. I already envy you for having been at that show. I know James Cotton is great, and Pat Metheny (with or without that guitar) is one of the finest musicians out there. Period.

06-20-2007, 07:43 PM	#11
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	This is very brief, but I didn't record much of him with the Pikasso (the name of the bizarre guitar) as it was sort of sonically rambling. I have a much longer chunk that I'm working on, which I recorded because he was using the Roland GR 300 guitar synth, a 25 year old piece of technology that only Metheny and Fripp really ever utilized to its full potential...and Pat is still doing that. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-20-2007, 07:58 PM	#12
Uisge Beatha Lecturer Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 945	Thanks -- you are the man!

06-20-2007, 07:59 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	He sure gets a lot of music out of the thing. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-23-2007, 01:26 AM	#14
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Metheny rips it up in a big way with the Roland GR 300 guitar synth. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-23-2007, 04:50 AM	#15
Uisge Beatha Lecturer Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 945	Hot damn, now that's what I'm talking about! You rock, Elspode!

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