From t_pacho@verizon.net Thu Feb 28 13:41:31 2008
Subject:Re: more keyboard stage antics
From: Tyrone Lumley
Date: 2008/02/28 Thu AM 10:38:45 CST
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CWSG] Re: more keyboard stage antics
I remember back in 1981 when our band opened for The Tubes and Michael Cotten had "stand" that from the front looked like a giant PCV "T" connector and in this he had the keyboard from his 2600, a prophet 5, and an Oberheim 4-voice and some programmable sequencer. It had a large snake cable coming out from the bottom and with is roadie guiding the snake, He could wheel that thing around the stage. In fact you can see it in the video for "Talk To Ya Later"
Actually, Lawerence Gowan of Styx was the first to use the rotating stand, and IIRC Rudess got the idea from him.
There use to a guy an DT.Net (when it was still there) that built the stands for Rudess.
But yeah, the man's got chops. And he knows how to program to. I seem to remember he programmed some of the M1 factory patches, or worked for Korg or something.
goffmac747@aol.com wrote:
That's amazing. The same period of time, it was catching on how to
detach the controller from the cabinet. Just think there was no MIDI
back then and how they hooked up Edgar's for instance was this thick
umbilical cord that looked like a vacuum cleaner hose. Today we can
play controllers around our necks with wireless MIDI transmitters.
keyboards and theatrics..with Rudess' style of playing, the only step
left is to take flight...
goff
-----Original Message-----
From: tonysounds
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:41 pm
Subject: [CWSG] Re: more keyboard stage antics
Same period, Gary Wright and his keybass player (Steve Porcaro of
Toto!) both had the keyboards of MiniMoogs around their necks for the
entire show.
Can't forget Emo pulling the L100 on top him and stabbing with knives
while he played it upside down;
Jordan Rudess with his rotating keyboard stands (and the new one
that's a giant hand that spins);
Trent Reznor and crew destroying DX7 keyboards (I always wanted to do
that...to a DX7);
Steve Walsh jumping on top of his Hammonds.....
Much cooler than dressing like Donald Duck.
T
goffmac747@aol.com wrote:
I saw Edgar do that in fact back when his hit Frank-un-shteen was all
over the air. That was the only song he did that on I think. Everything
else was White Trash sans Jerry La Croix...... Perhaps he was one of
the first to remote a controller...
-----Original Message-----
From: Tyrone Lumley
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 1:30 am
Subject: Re: [CWSG] Organ Ignorance in Big Box Stores
He He
John Lord rocking his Hammond comes to mind......
And how about Derek Sherinian with his keys tilted towards the
audience ?
Lastly, Edgar Winters "wearing" his 2600. 'Nuff siad ;)
goffmac747@aol.com wrote:
Maybe that's why Prince had a plexi leslie and B3....
Sad to say being behind a large instrument is akin to being in a wheel
chair. No offense to any physically challenged forumites.
Audiences like to see the whole enchilada...is there a pun in there
somewhere...? or is this where someone yells. "put a sock in it!" More
puns??
But don't let the need to be a showman behind an organ get you down. I
once saw a B3 player pick up his B and tilt it on it's side and played
the thing like an accordion!!!!!
Oxnard California, in the '70's. If anyone knows who this artist
is/was. He was a big African American and I thought I had seen it all
after watching this highly energetic musician pick up that beast...
Now where was MTV while that was going on?
It's all about the bling....
-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Horton
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 2:00 pm
Subject: Re: [CWSG] Organ Ignorance in Big Box Stores
, and the current crop of musicians are so
video-driven, it's no wonder that Hammonds, even tho all over the place
sonically, are unknown to the non-keyboard player. How many times have
you
watched pro videos where most of the key elements of the music are
ignored
(especially the keys), and the video frenetically jumps to the most
obvious
visual motion, ignoring the actual performance?
"The meek shall inherit nothing." -FZ
"You don't get tone on a diet." -T
"Hitting 'play' does not constitute live performance." -T
www.myspace.com/tonyorant
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