Entries tagged as ‘Al D’
Nice to be in a picture for once, not!
It was Wednesday night and the first day of the 2009 World Series with the Philadelphia Phillies facing the Yankees. The Empire State Building was dressed in Blue and White . Who won? Who Cares? Let’s just say that I was happy I was at Deadstein. Actually the Yankees got blown and shut out. The starting lineup for Deadstein called for Trister to play lead guitar. A last minute cancellation resulted in a call to Al D, fresh off a photo shoot in Hawaii. Always fun to play with Al D and it is nice to catch him while he is not traveling ’round the world.
Al didn’t show for a few songs so we did start with some Core-4 Deadstein. We opened with the Harder they Come and for the first few songs I felt pretty uncomfortable on the guitar, not feeling it at all. It wasn’t until the Dear Prudence that I actually had a little sense of liking my guitar playing. I did like the sound and tempo of the Althea. The Prudence was the last song we played as Core-4 until Al D. walked in. Speaking of walking in, we had no guests for the night with the exception of the freaky Scott Bayer, who came late, banged a bongo or two and was on his way.
With Al D we in the studio pulled off some good three-somes including the Truckin’ -> Other One -> She Belongs to Me. This was a fun and substantial jam. Later on, we also did a Here Comes Sunshine –> China Rider, but I recall the Rider not being good at all. During the first part of the night Scott called for a song from the Garcia Sauders series and I picked the One Kind Favor which was referred to as a Deadstein first, but I don’t think it was. Nevertheless, I’m sure we haven’t played it in 15 years at least if we have played it and after we found it groove it was pretty good. Something to do again.
We did the Let It Bleed again and this was our best effort on that song. I liked our Gomorrah also, it was sweet. Al called for the Black Throated Wind and we obliged him on that one. It was worth it also well played. He also called for the Alabama Getaway which I ended up singing, I don’t think I have ever sung that song, and that one was fun. I remember it really tiring out my left wrist to play. It was an effort, good or bad. The night ended with a Sailor, no Saint as this week was impacted by a cognitive disorder for the second week in a row. I fear our next jam. My cognitive disorder is due. Maybe not. I guess I will cross that bridge when I get there. Speaking of which, I was able to relax during the jam knowing I would have the next day off and I was going to go paddling in the Passaic River. It was a beautiful day so check out the blog posting.
The thought for the night was inspired by a piss at the end of the evening:
You walk into a bathroom with 3 urinals in it. Two have piss in them and one doesn’t. Which toilet do you use? The 2 with piss in them are obviously disgusting and the one without the piss in it has had the toilet plunger recently used, so I don’t want to touch that thing. I decided to piss in the clean one and I didn’t flush. Problem resolved.
So if you want to see what we played and even give it a listen, check out the links below:
http://www.deadstein.com/audio/10-28-09/
Categories: Jams
Tagged: Al D, Carroll's, Jam, Kevin, Larry, Rich, Scott
Thursday night at Carroll’s and we were playing with the Bayside Boys, Mitchell and Alan who were sharing guitar responsibilities with me. Mitch had his newly acquired Gibson SG and Al was playing is semi-hollowbody Fern. I had my Strat, Kev had his Modulus, Scott had his drums and Rich had is Yamaha piano amplified with the non-PZM mic situated where we could close the piano lid on it. This not only made the piano sound better, but it also enabled use to keep our prized processions from sliding off the piano. Let us not forget Scott Bayer who was banging his bongos with gusto for a few songs. Where those things came from I don’t know. Scott wasn’t the only guest as we had Rob and Miriam who also stayed and partied and danced to our music. Miriam slipped me a Slim Jim since she was under the impression that I liked those things. Thanks Scott but I’ll leave it up to Rob to slip miriam the Slim Jims, Thank you very much. I’m just glad I took it out of my pocket before I went to bed last night or else I would have awoken to my dogs chewing a hole in my pocket trying to get to that Slim Jim.
Rich had a video shoot and was late by only a song. He missed the purposely easy to play first song, which I sang, but that was it. he was there for everything else. Kev, who is usually late on Thursday nights , made it there in virtually record time and beat me to the jam. We were in Studio #2 of Carroll’s following on the heals of Marshall Crenshaw who was rehearing in Studio #2 earlier in the day. While I have heard of Marshall, I have no idea who he is.
We used the iPhone quite a bit to select random songs for use to play, but I often selected the “goesinta” to following. This lead to a combo of I Know You Rider –> Hey Pocky Way and Crazy Fingers into Masterpiece. Most of those transitions were good and lead to some good playing. We had a pretty cool space jam in the Hey Pocky Way. The iPhone pushed us into a complete performed That’s It for the Other One Suite which was a nice surprise by the end of it. We ended the night with a Wake Up Little Suzie which we also did pretty well, getting through that songs in its entirety for what I recall to be the first time in decades. The iPhone told us to end the night at 11:53 with a closing Bertha, but that was rejected and ended with the good feelings the Suzie provided us. Other songs we rejected were I Wash My Hands and Oakie From Muskogie but listening to them in the PA system when the iPhone selects them was a nice feeling. Other gems were West LA Fadeaway, Looks Like Rain and few 1-4-5 songs like Johnny B. Goode and Promised Land. The rest of the setlist will arrive when Rich posts the MP3s. Until then, I await our next get together is currently tentatively scheduled for next Tuesday.
To hear the songs listen to the MP3s below:
01 Johnny B Goode.mp3
02 Crazy Fingers.mp3
03 Masterpiece.mp3
04 Friend Of The Devil.mp3
05 Jam To Pockey Way.mp3
06 Jet To The Promised Land.mp3
07 I Know You Rider.mp3
08 That’s It For The Other One.mp3
09 Looks Like Rain.mp3
10 West LA Fadeaway.mp3
11 Al De Song.mp3
12 Monkey & The Engineer.mp3
13 Deal.mp3
14 Wake Up Little Suzy.mp3
Categories: Jams
Tagged: Al D, Bayside Mitch, Carroll's, Jam, Kevin, Larry, Rich, Scott
Playing Monday night and without Kevin on bass presented Deadstein with a new challenge in sustainability. The buzz-word of the day. Al D. proved to be out little blue pill bringing his nice sounding Fender bass to the jam to fill in for Kevin. Al is quite the relaxed musician because he just and jam with and go with the flow. He may not know how to play a song but he knows how to play a song. When we got to Carroll’s we surprised them because they didn’t have us in the book. They had to scramble to get us set up but they did so with a smile and grace. Actually we found out the David Byrne was rehearsing at Carroll’s earlier this week in preparation for his concert he was playing this night in Brooklyn. They told us he rides to the rehearsals on his bicycles. Pretty cool.
I enjoyed the Al D. bass thing. Wes tuck with lots of Garband and Al does play more like John Kahn than he does Phil so being the only guitarist meant the Garband trick was the thing to do. Most of it was good, but the music was at a much more accessible range than is typically so it was fun to play in the added space.
Scott was playing the tiny jazz drum-set that was left there by Ron Carter and with the help of an espresso with 5 extra shots, Scott was able to play through the entire night with out really tiring. Drumming was good. Rich used the non-PZM microphone to amplify the piano and it sounded nice again, witht he lower volume, we were able to turn down the gain on the mic and the whole room sounded more natural due to it.
We new Al had to leave at 10:00pm so we were going to be bassless for the last two hours. Not a good prospect, but Deadstein still moves on. As 10:00 approached, Al had 1 or two more songs in him. Somehow we hood-winked him into playing 6 or 7 more songs, so we really go the most out of Al as we cold. He probably left at around 10:45 and we really appreciate his effort.
Jason was to play lead for us but wasn’t scheduled to show up until about 10:00 himself. As Al left well after 10:30 Jason was still a no show. No big deal. After Al left, we hung for a few minutes and then we manned our instruments. We played a few songs, mostly Beatle songs, not done to well, but we were making music and that is what it is all about. As we a just going through some motions to complete a jam, to make sure we got the most out of our expensive evening, at about 11:40 Jason comes walking into the room. He had candy and apologies in his hand but no guitar. We were wrapping up anyway. We hung for a little bit and then I gave him my guitar to play and then he Rich and Scott spaced for 15 minutes or so.
It looks like we are aiming for Tuesday next week. Can’t wait to see you all next Tuesday.
Categories: Jams
Tagged: Al D, Carroll's, Jason, Kevin, Larry, Rich, Scott
It was a Monday night in Carroll’s for another Baysidestein type of night. We were in the cozy Studio #2 and Chris from Carroll’s was there early to make sure everything was okay. Well at the time standing around the piano everything was okay, if you know what I mean, but as soon as we started to plug-in and chug along, a lot needed fixing. I was having cable issues and played direct all night. Kevin sounded like he blew a speaker, he blew a battery and Bayside Mitch couldn’t get his Martin to play, that was all worked out in the end.
We were a six man band including Bayside Al on guitar and Bayside Russell on drums. We had lots of fun and sounded good through the night. The only guest that I recall was Scott Bayer and he didn’t bring his harmonica this week.
I hope Rich will be able to post the song but I recall playing the following, Feel Like a Stranger, Simple Twist of Fate, Around and Around, Wharf Rat, Looks Like Rain. There was an Eyes of the World where I was playing drums and Russ was playing Mitch’s acoustic. There was Scott’s soulful Box of Rain where he was able to sing while letting Russell play drums alone.
I don’t recall that we played many songs and we took many breaks. I brought in a bottle of wine and I thank Kevin for the cork screw and cups. That helped. For the record it was a jt cellars 2006 petite sirah out of lodi, CA. I hadn’t had a petite sirah since my trip to Napa 15 years ago and I remembered I liked it then and I enjoyed it last night. It was fruity and easy to drink. Bold and purple. If anyone wants to keep up with wine drinking you can follow it on my wine blog at http://lgwine.wordpress.com. In addition, I also brought in my preponderance of the candy and almonds. The almonds are going quickly these days. Maybe a little prune juice, cottage cheese and toast will be good for next jam.
If you want to hear the recordings of the songs we played go to the link below:
http://www.deadstein.com/audio/04-06-09/
I was also telling some people of my recent kayak adventures, so if you want to follow that please check out http://lgkayak.wordpress.com. Of course, don’t forget about my dogs blogs athttp://scrapsrags.wordpress.com.
Categories: Jams
Tagged: Al D, Bayside Mitch, Bayside Russ, Jam, Kevin, Larry, Rich, Scott
This was a jam in Studio #3 at Carroll’s where we were planning on having a mini Bayside reunion with Alan on guitar and Coffee on drums. Half way through the day Kevin had to bail on the jam so with our Bayside contingent already in place, it was easy, so it seems to add, Bayside Mitch as the 3rd Baysider. It was Bayside-stein and it was a lot of fun. So it was 6 of us in the big room but we were able to feel a little small at points. Actually for a little at the beginning, we were 7 and for the most part it was a Deadstein first to jam with a horn player. Al brought his Luddite friend Howard the horn player to jam with us. It was also fun. Mitch played well and it was great that he was able to make it on such short notice. It usually took him a few measures to get the groove but once it happened we made real music. It was good I was able to lend him my book for most of the night.
We started the jam with a jam in E that I transitioned into Minglewood that worked well, but I made the mistake of setting up the PA thinking Howard was channel #2 when he was really #1 and I was #2, but the point being that I had my gain turned way down on my mic accidental and when I sang the Minglewood I blew my voice out for the rest of the night, I paying for it today with a sore throat. I spent some time showing Al some Shakedown things before we played and it turned out to be a pretty good song.
I thought Coffee and Scott really grooved well showing an extraordinarily amount of patience on some of the slow songs like the Simple Twist of Fate. I hope we get the music because it was nice but I heard both Mitchell and Rich discussing issues with their recording setups. Mitch was forgetting to hit record and Rich was hoping his batteries would last the jam.
You can find this weeks music in MP3 format at the following link or just put your cursor over the song links below and use WordPress’ built in streaming music player. Thanks to Rich for recording and posting these files.
http://www.deadstein.com/audio/03-18-09/
Categories: Jams
Tagged: Al D, Bayside Mitch, Coffee, Jam, Larry, Scott
February 12, 2009 in Carroll’s studio #2. We played with Bayside Russ on drums banging with Scott on the other set. Bayside Al joined us with Kev and Rich doing their parts. I recall the drums sounding good, I thing Scott and Russell worked well together. No, Al D wasn’t playing poano all night. That’s Brotpen’s role.
Categories: Jams
Tagged: Al D, Bayside Russ, Jam, Kevin, Larry, Rich, Scott
2/2/2009
Larry, Rich, Alan, Kevin and Scott and Harp Player I think
Categories: Jams
Tagged: Al D, Jam, Kevin, Larry, Rich, Scott
January 28, 2009 live at Hell’s Kitchen in Carroll’s – Deadstein!
I know I was there with Scott, Kevin and Rich. I am guessing Alan was there on guitar, or we may may not have had any lead, without any music or photos to corroborate anything, it’s tough to say anything at all.
Categories: Jams
Tagged: Al D, Jam, Kevin, Larry, Rich, Scott
