the gunslingers @ the chat room, 3.18.2009
the gunslingers to' it up at the li'l chat room last night. the great tyrant were unable to make the gig, so the three-piece from "san pedro, france" -- actually, gtrist-singer gregory raimo is from grenoble in the alps, which 'splains his interesting choice of headgear, while the riddim boyzzz are from paris -- took the opening slot. (spindrift and restaurant played later, which kinda surprised me but worked out for our purposes.)
even tho the tyrant wasn't playing, jon teague was there because antoine the drummer still needed to use his kit. soundman eric ortiz told me that the gunslingers had rolled in without amps, too, so we ran back to la casa to pick up my hughes & kettner and bag of cords. turns out they were able to borrow gear from spindrift, but greg was almost apologetic about not using my shit ("maybe eet ees bettaihr zat way, because i make much ze feedback") and very generously bestowed me with a copy of his gr & full-blown expansion solo set (on white vinyl, yo) for the trouble. nice cats.
the gunslingers' set was every bit as tempestuous as their no more invention cd, although they weren't as loud as i expected 'em to be (that's not a knock). they opened with their best song, "light slinger festival," with the rhythm section pounding away relentlessly (my sweetie noted later that bassist mattheu canaguier looks like a gallic matt hembree) while greg soloed away with abandon. he uses a lap steel bar to do his sonny sharrock chaos-slide, and had an interesting way of getting feedback, laying his guitar neck right on top of the amp -- something i'm going to have to try. who knows what he's singing? teague's friend kate from austin, who's lived in france, said that she couldn't understand a word of it either, but i figure you don't need to be able to decipher lyrics to know that he's got the correct spirit.
my sweetie shot a bunch of pics, some of which, in the fullness of time, will appear on her photo blog.
even tho the tyrant wasn't playing, jon teague was there because antoine the drummer still needed to use his kit. soundman eric ortiz told me that the gunslingers had rolled in without amps, too, so we ran back to la casa to pick up my hughes & kettner and bag of cords. turns out they were able to borrow gear from spindrift, but greg was almost apologetic about not using my shit ("maybe eet ees bettaihr zat way, because i make much ze feedback") and very generously bestowed me with a copy of his gr & full-blown expansion solo set (on white vinyl, yo) for the trouble. nice cats.
the gunslingers' set was every bit as tempestuous as their no more invention cd, although they weren't as loud as i expected 'em to be (that's not a knock). they opened with their best song, "light slinger festival," with the rhythm section pounding away relentlessly (my sweetie noted later that bassist mattheu canaguier looks like a gallic matt hembree) while greg soloed away with abandon. he uses a lap steel bar to do his sonny sharrock chaos-slide, and had an interesting way of getting feedback, laying his guitar neck right on top of the amp -- something i'm going to have to try. who knows what he's singing? teague's friend kate from austin, who's lived in france, said that she couldn't understand a word of it either, but i figure you don't need to be able to decipher lyrics to know that he's got the correct spirit.
my sweetie shot a bunch of pics, some of which, in the fullness of time, will appear on her photo blog.
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