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« Reply #200 on: July 21, 2014, 11:37:16 PM »

I'd go see em , but only cos Foskett's there .
How did he end up there and not in Brian's band anyway ?

Jeff told Brian he was moving on after the Beck tour last fall... in the spring Christian told dad he was doing the same... Mike made the call... Jeff said yes.
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« Reply #201 on: July 22, 2014, 12:11:29 AM »

Brian had no immediate plans to do much touring this year due to recording his new album.  That may have been a factor.  If he were doing over 70 shows this year, who knows, maybe Jeff would have stayed.
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« Reply #202 on: July 22, 2014, 07:17:47 AM »

Moon Dawg - We recently saw America play with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and they sounded very good. Should be an enjoyable concert - good harmonies throughout the day!

BTW, years ago we saw America and The Beach Boys at the NY State Fair just a few weeks before Carl passed away. His voice was still so wonderful. A bittersweet memory.
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« Reply #203 on: July 22, 2014, 07:18:53 PM »

I haven't seen Brian's gigs this year so can't compare the two at the moment but I would say that Mike and Bruce have currently got their show spot on. I saw them last in 2011 and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the sound and harmonies etc. Since then those harmonies have got a lot tighter and the quality has gone up a gear. Bringing Foskett into the mix has made a big difference and I have to say at times (notably Disney Girls at Hampton Court, UK) I found myself thinking 'is this the original track?' - they were nearly that good!

I always have such a great time at the M&B shows and this year is no different. I dance and sing myself hoarse to every song and it's totally worth the money. If they play the UK later in the year then they have another customer in me.

At the end of the day I have no time for the age old 'Brian vs M&B' argument, I just feel grateful they still play live and I get the chance to see any of the band perform songs that were written decades before I was even born.
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« Reply #204 on: July 23, 2014, 01:43:46 AM »

Nice to read this...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gerald-christian/the-quadriplegic-rock-sta_b_5604263.html


EDIT  Oops... Sorry, just saw this has a separate thread.
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« Reply #205 on: July 23, 2014, 06:21:14 AM »

Lengthy videos of a recent Spain show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msVU_kxew6s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmyIS7l-S30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js78b_EsXBo
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« Reply #206 on: July 23, 2014, 06:57:46 AM »

In all fairness, I only watch the first three minutes....but could anyone else hear Bruce's harmony sticking out on the chorus of "Do it Again" in ALL the wrong ways?....
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« Reply #207 on: July 23, 2014, 02:06:01 PM »


They sound great here.  Love hearing Jeff in the blend.

Admittedly, there is only one camera angle and he's featured as a result, but this vid really demonstrates Scott Totten's guitar chops.  The guy is very good.
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« Reply #208 on: July 24, 2014, 05:59:08 PM »

Looks like I'll get to report some first hand experience this summer....just got tix to see Mike and Bruce in Lancaster on Monday. John Stamos was added to the show, and my girlfriend hasn't seen them with him in the lineup, so we went for it! Looking forward to *hopefully* a longer theatre set.
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« Reply #209 on: July 24, 2014, 11:08:12 PM »

Saw them at the AMT in Lancaster (granted nine years ago...) and the setlist was kinda halfway between the meat & potatoes 90 minutes GH and a  2 hours plus UK theater setlist. 43 songs including, astonishingly, "'Til I Die" and "All This Is That". Since then Cowsill has taken over the drum stool and Scott T is now MD, so musical excellence is assured.
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« Reply #210 on: July 25, 2014, 01:18:43 AM »


Cool videos, great audio. The summer shows are really fun, that's when they add a lot of goodies to the setlist, particularly the opening set. I love hearing Summer Means Fun, and in the past, It's OK in the opening set. I wish the whole show was posted. Alas, I'll have to wait till next week when I see then in Ventura!
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« Reply #211 on: July 25, 2014, 02:17:37 AM »


Cool videos, great audio. The summer shows are really fun, that's when they add a lot of goodies to the setlist, particularly the opening set. I love hearing Summer Means Fun, and in the past, It's OK in the opening set. I wish the whole show was posted. Alas, I'll have to wait till next week when I see then in Ventura!

They have also played It`s OK at shows this summer. M&B have certainly made things more interesting for the fans (and presumably themselves) by changing the set lists on a regular basis recently. There was a time when you could predict with certainty the exact order and choice of songs but nowadays they seem to rotate many of the `non-essential` songs like Summer Means Fun, All Summer Long, It`s OK, Dance Dance Dance, Good to my Baby, Spring, Summertime Blues etc.
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« Reply #212 on: July 25, 2014, 03:49:56 AM »

They're very open to suggestion: at Epsom recently pre-gig I was asked by Scott if "Darlin'" was a hit here, and what might be dropped to accommodate it given the strict 90-minute curfew.

They still did "Barbara-fucking-Ann" anyway.  Angry
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« Reply #213 on: July 25, 2014, 05:31:35 AM »

Saw them at the AMT in Lancaster (granted nine years ago...) and the setlist was kinda halfway between the meat & potatoes 90 minutes GH and a  2 hours plus UK theater setlist. 43 songs including, astonishingly, "'Til I Die" and "All This Is That". Since then Cowsill has taken over the drum stool and Scott T is now MD, so musical excellence is assured.

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« Reply #214 on: July 25, 2014, 05:42:12 AM »

Marbella, Spain at the Starlite Festival, a venue placed in a quarry.
Why Do Fools Fall In Love and Please Let Me Wonder were played without drums beacuse of a technical problem, which resulted in very interesting versions of the songs.
Still Cruisin', a song never played in Spain since 1990, was dedicated to some spanish fans in the audience by request.
Incredible show, terrific sound and great acoustics. The same as Madrid two nights before.

http://youtu.be/Y5Xt7PhDNq8?t=1m10s
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« Reply #215 on: July 25, 2014, 07:08:06 AM »

If M&B played in my town for free, I'd definitely go see them and expect to enjoy it! Smiley
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« Reply #216 on: July 25, 2014, 07:55:41 AM »

The best part of those Madrid videos was seeing ambha love walk off the stage

She's a beauty
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« Reply #217 on: July 25, 2014, 11:53:23 AM »

The best part of those Madrid videos was seeing ambha love walk off the stage

She's a beauty

.....errr....isn't she like 14?
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« Reply #218 on: July 25, 2014, 02:35:40 PM »

The best part of those Madrid videos was seeing ambha love walk off the stage

She's a beauty

.....errr....isn't she like 14?

She's off to college in the fall. Born 1/4/96. Very nice kid, polite, loves her parents and can be as funny as hell. And yes, cute as a bug.
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« Reply #219 on: July 26, 2014, 09:15:43 AM »

Still Cruisin' in Marbella. July 23rd, 2014.

http://youtu.be/BY2KjdpOqA0
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« Reply #220 on: July 26, 2014, 09:22:37 AM »

Still Cruisin' in Marbella. July 23rd, 2014.

http://youtu.be/BY2KjdpOqA0

Wow. Mike's vibrato sounds really good. Didn't even know he had that in him.
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« Reply #221 on: July 26, 2014, 09:29:05 AM »

Fun, Fun, Fun in York with Roy Wood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdGHKu_fAms
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« Reply #222 on: July 26, 2014, 10:58:36 AM »

Fun, Fun, Fun in York with Roy Wood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdGHKu_fAms
They also apparently covered The Move's "Fire Brigade".
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« Reply #223 on: July 26, 2014, 11:12:04 AM »

Interesting to read that they did The Move song Fire Brigade with Roy Wood last night at York

Sorry posted this at same time as someone else  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #224 on: July 26, 2014, 11:22:28 AM »

No, no... that has to be wrong, or a fake: it's a well known, unequivocally established fact that all Mike & Bruce ever do is songs about cars, girls & surfin'. #humor #sarcasm
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