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Forgive my ignorance, but what is an Echo Plus? - Chris >Well not quite, but both Bill's new CD, and his current short solo tour >of Europe, feature his own take on the loop thing. I saw him on Friday >here in London, and he's incorporated a Line 6 DL4 into his set-up >(he seems to like that half-speed backwards effect, amongst the many >uses >he made of it) along with the other, older floor boxes he's been using >for ever (although of course his Echo Plus isn't on the floor). > >The set was a combination of a few standards like "Days of Wine and >Roses", >"My Man's Gone Now", a Monk tune (I think); "Moon River", and "Follow >Your Heart" >by John McClaughlin which he's been trying to play "for about the last >30 years", >plus his own more loop-based things such "Throughout", the Farside theme >and a >couple of tunes familiar from recent CDs. Almost 2 hours, and given that >it was >the first of six sets he played at the weekend, he didn't show any signs >of >having paced himself(!) > >Great fun, so long as you could filter-out the sound of cutlery >discretly clinking >all around. > >Thought there might be a few folks out there interested... > >Cheers > >David ><http://www.mp3.com/davidcooperorton>