my mate who went to see Dick Dale
took along part of his guitar to get signed, which is pretty cool, particularly as he plays in a surf band.

got to chat with the man as well. the bastard.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:28, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Excellent.
He's quite the raconteur. Most entertaining.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:29, Reply)

I like seeing legends like that
people who have been in the business for a long time have some great stories and a great stage presence.

Like Gordon Giltrap.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:31, Reply)

Sometimes they can be depressingly bad, though.
Dale was good NOW, as opposed to merely worth seeing because he used to be.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:38, Reply)

a good point
similar people I've seen have been awesome

like the Robert Plant gig. So good it hurt.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:41, Reply)

He's very much still 'got it', hasn't he?
I don't blame him for resisting the Led Zep reunion, much as I'm gutted from a personal point of view. If I was hitting the top ten with my current music I would be less inclined to hit the road with my old band from 40 years ago...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:45, Reply)

my view exactly
his current stuff, the Alison Krauss stuff and the Strange Sensation, is new and fresh and really very good.

I strongly suspect I will never see a gig as good as that. His presence and his voice were just incredible.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:48, Reply)

similarly Motorhead
are as good now as when I first saw them many, many years ago.

Disappointingly, Hawkwind have been terrible since the early 90s.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 10:52, Reply)

I greatly prefer the way he sounds these days
I'm really not fond of his girly, high-pitched shrieking on Led Zep records. Now that he's dropped an octave or two I think he's got a much better tone.

EDIT: And I'd agree with Monty re Hawkwind. Mind you, I thought they started losing it circa PXR5 when they let Bob Calvert read his poetry over the music.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 6 Apr 2010, 11:57, Reply)