Foley report
David Wilcher
We took off from Dayton early, and stopped and had a nice
dinner. We still got there a bit too early - it was at the Crown
Plaza hotel, and they weren't taking tickets yet. So we took
a seat in the lobby outside of the ballroom where the show
was going to be. There were only a few people there, and
it seemed like they all had passes around their necks..
We said hello to a few folks, and then Foley shows up.
After speaking to his manager?, he comes over to us, and
apologies are offered - there was some problem, and the
show is going to start late. He then insists on buying us
drinks, and talks to us about George Harrison's passing.
What a great guy - the tickets were only $10 each,
so he lost most of what we paid him in buying us drinks.
We go in and watch the soundcheck and see that the band
consists of drums, Foley on bass and guitar, Bobbie Sparks
on keys, a DJ doin' some mixin' and scratchin' - and a
chamber orchestra (10 or 11 pieces?) This is going to be
cool...
After soundcheck, the DJ does his thang while the rest of
the band goes and does theirs. The place fills up nicely.
About 11:30! the show starts. Many technical problems,
no bass! - but the band lays down a groove.
Ok, it finally gets started. I'm terrible with setlists - and I didn't
recognize most of the stuff anyway - a lot of it was based on
what the DJ was spinning.. but a few Beatles songs were
played. In My Life, and I Am The Walrus - the orchestra
sounded great! Then back to some funky stuff that made me
want to dance. My body can't do it anymore (and besides,
I'm too white ;) - but I was dancing like a motherfucker in
my mind! Foley - I have to describe him. He was wearing
bib overalls, painted with pictures of Bob Marley, Miles,
Hendrix... very cool. A white shirt with the sleeves stretched
out past his hands, and a scarf/bandana around his head,
tied in the front. He looked to me like a cross between
Tupac Shakur and Ving Rhames. (I mean that in a good way!)
And he was dancing around, bouncing and jumping like
he was the happiest man on earth.
They did do Kashmir (for those of you who have the CDr),
and the Zep sample started with the DJ, and then the orchestra
kicked in, and it just kept building and building.... damn.
Foley can sing his ass off too. I think it all end around 1:45
when Foley announced he couldn't stand no more, or he would
go insane - and he plopped down looking totally drained.
Wow. We drove home, about a 1.5 hour drive, and I was
bouncing in my seat all the way.
Foley Rocks.
dave
Whatdaumm
that sounds dope Im sure FOLEY will have a setlist put out what they did
thats way cool that everything did go down right.
Did you mention the K.C. show to him?
David Wilcher
"Whatdaumm" <what...@aol.com> wrote in message
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No, didn't get the chance - he was buzzing back & forth, trying to get
things set up, and talking to folks he knew & stuff. I never like to
interupt shit like that.. Oh, and one thing I forgot - he did have a
couple of rappers join in for one number - can't remember their
names, but it was kinda cool.
dave
Whatdaumm
He told me he was thinking of doing Pigme Twilight
David Wilcher
> Hmm did he do Zappa?
>
> He told me he was thinking of doing Pigme Twilight
Nope. Really, the only stuff I recognized is the Beatles tunes, Kashmir,
and "Still Waters Run Deep" - which I can't even remember who did
that.. I'm terrible about recognizing songs when they're done with
a different arrangement and such.
dave
Whatdaumm
I have something else to send but I have to clear it with FOLEY it will
surprise you guys its a nice document of will leave it a Mystery DISC til then.
Whatdaumm
covering.
If you just listened to the guitar part from Miles Live around the world "Human
Nature" and just listened to that with no synth hook or trumpet melody you
wouldnt guess it was Human Nature. You might kind of think it was sounding
like that but he really reworks stuff. Like Fionas Fast as you can.
Foley is such an amazing musician man.
His next solo album is gonna be something.
I have something else for you guys of Foley but I gotta clear it with him
before I set up a tree for this.
But lets just say it will surprise you call it a mystery disc.
Glad you enjoyed the show.
fearthesmeenusimmons
"David Wilcher" <dwil...@woh.rr.com> wrote
> Nope. Really, the only stuff I recognized is the Beatles tunes, Kashmir,
That reminds me, has anyone re-recorded Life... w/o the DAT! & corrected the
volume drop-off on that killer version of Kashmir? It needs to be done...
ftss
Whatdaumm
different mix but if somebody wants it Im sure you can find it on mp3 online.
But yea if somebody redoes the drop off if you fix it that would be cool..