John Mayall at the Civic. 15th April 2010

[bluesbass]

Thats fair enough too, and no arguement from me re: the calibre and originality of the guys he's had in the band in the past.

I thought the same thing last time I saw Dylan's band live.
He had Denny Freeman and Stu Kimball on guitar.
I had heard Freeman in the past really tear it up, but in this band he was a quite pants IMHO.... and so was Kimball...
especially when you comapre them to Charlie Sexton and Larry Campbell who were in what I consider his best ever touring band.

Matter of taste though I guess.

[CJ]

Mostly the fact he was doing note for note GM runs at one point (you can't do those by accident )

Ok, I'll take your word for it, but what made them GM runs... as opposed to just "blues" runs?

want the tab?

A real blues player wouldn't use them though.

Saw the gig in Hamilton. Thoroughly competent band and enjoyed it very much.
I do agree with your comments about the blanket over the amp though. It sounded like great tone but listened through a wall at times. Vocals were a bit low in the mix as well but these things are all just personal taste and the sound engineer obviously has different taste to mine on these matters. I didn't let that spoil the show for me.

The drum sound was one of the best I've heard!

Great that they come out to the foyer to meet the fans after. Even greater that the bassist and drummer turned up and jammed at the local blues club afterwards.

[willow13]

He's talking about John Mayer.

funny I though the thread was about mayer until the post before yours ....but then isn't he to blues what "twilight" is to horror movies anyway back to the thread

[mr_sooty]

The drum sound was one of the best I've heard!

Agreed, the snare sounded amazing. Really tight, but still really ballsy.