BW & Band: private show @ House of Blues, Dallas (October 12th 2012)

[Rich Panteluk]

Totally agree with Pretty Funky (and many others) here.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this board Mr. Lawlor.  Your presence is informative, illuminating and refreshing.  We hope to hear more from you.

[Ray Lawlor]

Thanks for the kind words; very nice of you !  Regarding releasing DVD's of RAH and all that, I have no clue nor not one iota of input....if I did , that show would be the centerpiece of any live concert release; on disc or DVD. I never thought I would see a better Beach Boys concert than February 1971 at Carnagie Hall in NYC; RAH was it; Wembley is in the discussion.

Not enough has been said about how great the band was/is on this tour....Jeff, Scott B, Darian , Paul ,Probyn, John, Mikie, Scott T , Nelson, Nicky ( till he took ill); and Ritchie Davis coming in to mix the show at RAH and Wembley ....none of this happens without those guys pumping it out every show, and re-creating the sound and feel of those great records.

I totally understand why Brian did not want it to end ....


 

 
 

[Cyncie]

Thanks for sharing, Ray. I guess part of the reason we're having this discussion is that Brian wasn't the only one who didn't want it to end.  I saw the guys in Cincinnati, and was blown away. I hope to one day see them together like this again. If not, it really was a great ride.

[The Shift]

Thanks for the kind words; very nice of you !  Regarding releasing DVD's of RAH and all that, I have no clue nor not one iota of input....if I did , that show would be the centerpiece of any live concert release; on disc or DVD. I never thought I would see a better Beach Boys concert than February 1971 at Carnagie Hall in NYC; RAH was it; Wembley is in the discussion.

Not enough has been said about how great the band was/is on this tour....Jeff, Scott B, Darian , Paul ,Probyn, John, Mikie, Scott T , Nelson, Nicky ( till he took ill); and Ritchie Davis coming in to mix the show at RAH and Wembley ....none of this happens without those guys pumping it out every show, and re-creating the sound and feel of those great records.

I totally understand why Brian did not want it to end ....

Erm, Ray, where were you sat at RAH? Wondering if that was me all teared-up during Summer's Gone…? !   Row 7…

[Ray Lawlor]

John.   I was sitting right by you.....I thought I was in row 5 ......did you turn around and tell the guy behind you to shut the hell up as he had not stopped talking through the whole first half ? If so I guess I was in row 7 !

[The Shift]

Ah, no, that guy was in Row 5, two rows in front of me!  Wish he'd had a word with the ladies in Row 6 after the intermission too!

[Andrew G. Doe]

Mike has said that originally Brian was possibly only going to play a few of the concerts at major cities. There obviously was a change of mind to go from that to close to 75 shows.

Mike may have said that, but fact is that the tour contracts - before the extension - stipulated Brian's presence at all C50 shows.

[Andrew G. Doe]

My point is that the whole reunion was done in line with what Brian (or Melinda) wanted. Mike (or Jacqui) agreed to compromise and so we got what we got. Brian`s camp obviously have changed their minds about a lot of things to do with the Beach Boys both before and during the reunion. Mike hasn`t really as he clearly always intended to go back out with Bruce from October onwards. Hence the problem now.

Your premise that "the whole reunion was done in line with what Brian (or Melinda) wanted" is thought-provoking, but wasn't the case at all. There was considerable compromise on both sides, and the notion/agreement to even do a C50 tour goes back somewhat longer than most suspect. None of the events of recent times have been conceived in isolation. I'd wager there's been some pretty high-powered horse trading been going on for some time.

[Ray Lawlor]

John.  That guy was next to me , so I was in row 5. Yes, the ladies in row 6 were loud and obnoxious and were guests ; same as the guy sutting next to them...i saw them all backstage by the bar, pre and post show.  Saw them at Wembley as well.  

[TV Forces]

Well, he certainly had no problem resuming his solo career...

I expect eighty-seven f***ing pages filled with anti-Brian sentiment. If you're going to bitch about Michael doing the same thing BE f***ING CONSISTENT ABOUT IT.

Hey Mike Love fan boy, Brian was fired.  What do you expect him to do?  Wait around the house until Mike calls him up?

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

smh

Brian, by his own admission , was not fired. He just said it 'felt like' that.

[Mikie]

Not enough has been said about how great the band was/is on this tour....Jeff, Scott B, Darian , Paul ,Probyn, John, Mikie, Scott T , Nelson, Nicky ( till he took ill); and Ritchie Davis coming in to mix the show at RAH and Wembley.

Who's Ritchie Davis?

[Aegir]

using context clues, he is a sound engineer.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Well, he certainly had no problem resuming his solo career...

I expect eighty-seven f***ing pages filled with anti-Brian sentiment. If you're going to bitch about Michael doing the same thing BE f***ING CONSISTENT ABOUT IT.

Hey Mike Love fan boy, Brian was fired.  What do you expect him to do?  Wait around the house until Mike calls him up?

You don't know much about the current nonsense, do you ? 

[Ray Lawlor]

Ritchie is a great sound engineer; he has been mixing Brian's shows for several years. He also engineers for Buffett.  The mix at RAH and at Wembley had huevos !

[Jason]

Well, he certainly had no problem resuming his solo career...

I expect eighty-seven f***ing pages filled with anti-Brian sentiment. If you're going to bitch about Michael doing the same thing BE f***ING CONSISTENT ABOUT IT.

Hey Mike Love fan boy, Brian was fired.  What do you expect him to do?  Wait around the house until Mike calls him up?

Read the last four weeks' worth of threads and articles and then come back with a response when your facts are straight.

[Mikie]

Why, thank you Aegir!

"And Ritchie Davis coming in to mix the show at RAH and Wembley".

If I'd taken the time to actually read Ray's post instead of scanning it, I woulda picked up on that, huh?

P.S. Thanks, Ray!

[Andrew G. Doe]

Ritchie is a great sound engineer; he has been mixing Brian's shows for several years. He also engineers for Buffett.  The mix at RAH and at Wembley had huevos !

Eggs ? 

[Jason]

I think the correct term would be "cojones".

[Rocky Raccoon]

Ritchie is a great sound engineer; he has been mixing Brian's shows for several years. He also engineers for Buffett.  The mix at RAH and at Wembley had huevos !

Eggs ? 

Yes, eggs.  Not only does he engineer Buffett, he also engineers buffet.

[Aegir]

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[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

@ Rocky

[Mikie]

Good one, Rock.    

[ontor pertawst]

I think the correct term would be "cojones".

The Cuban side of my family always uses huevos to refer to testicle-based bravery. I've never heard them say cojones, but they could be doing it when I'm not around as a comment on my lack of balls.

Quick, let's... ASK A MEXICAN.

http://www.ocweekly.com/2009-07-23/columns/ask-a-mexican/

Ah, another thing to blame Hemingway for... and screenwriters.

[Ray Lawlor]

I used to do a lot of business in Venezuela and spent countless hours in bars in Caracas.   Huevoes = balls in that vernacular .....eggs too !