Re: any torn concert reviews?

["Joseph Buck" <josephbuck@hotmail.com>]

Paolo-

>> an odd shaped oud (flat,hollow,electric) and played for a couple 
minutes with this and 
>
>It kind of looked like an overgrown racquetball racket. :)
>
>But the tone was wonderful. 

I dunno. The holy grail of tone in electric large bowled string 
instruments (saz,oud,laouto,etc) has yet to match the complexity of the 
acoustic ones. I think this partially because few people seem to care, 
or treat them as guitars. 
As an aside my girlfriend is picking up from a couple makers in Crete 
and Athens an outi, a lyra, and a laouto.......Thank God for 
multitracking.

>The improvisation on this electric oud was one of my favorite parts >of 
the show.

Vey impressive.  

I was thinking of Torn taking a tip from DJ Shadow (who would ask his 
audience to bring any lp and he would mix it in)and give Torn any 
stringed instrument....

selam,

buck

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