Re: Tha Frippster in NYC

[Charles Zwicky <cazwicky@earthlink.net>]

I was there for the 12:30 show... it was quite interesting to me how 
much better the quiescent hubbub of the World Financial Center 
sounded after the performance


>Ah sheesh, I was in a hurry to duck out and I didn't try to contact 
>any fellow loopers at the Fripp performance. Sorry, my peeps! I'll 
>be there again tomorrow night.
>
>Bob was using two pairs of Eventide boxes - I believe two H8000's 
>and two H7000's - plus five or six single-space units I couldn't 
>identify. On the ground was a blue Rocktron controller, three 
>continuous controllers, and a GR-1 (I believe). He played one Les 
>Paul-shaped axe.
>
>Security was very firm about preventing photography, unfortunately...
>
>After three very formal bows to the audience, complete with grin, he 
>sat and did the soundscape thing. Very subtle, very slowly 
>developing, and sometimes so quiet as to be almost inaudible, which 
>served to hush the (sizable) crowd, if not the unending stream of 
>bemused/confused Suits descending the escalators alongside the 
>atrium at all times.
>
>Even after all the ambient guitar stuff I've listened to over the 
>years, he still creates this stuff in a uniquely compelling way. I 
>loved it. Looking forward to catching another set.
>
>Daryl Shawn
>www.swanwelder.com


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