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Re: [ARSCLIST] Mellencamp
My brother-in-law Mike Veeck helped produce the Nelson/Dylan tour (he
owns some minor league teams in partnership with some other investors).
I tried to convice him to get a sound company that could "ride herd" on
the show (especially the Dylan portion), but he was kind of at the mercy
of some of the local PA companies. It was a great idea, though, and we
have had discussions about doing something similar again next year.
Regarding live sound in general, my frustration is such that I have
avoided many shows that I would normally love to go see. It just isn't
worth the pain. (although I did see a fine performance of Mark Knopfler
and Emmylou Harris recently at the Northerly Pavilion in Chicago. The PA
level was a little hot for where we were sitting in relation to the
stage, but to be fair, the main cluster PA had to reach back another 25
rows).
On the other hand, I have attended many fime jazz and classical
performances for which I have little complaint (except for some rude
audience members).
(Hey, wasn't it Dylan who was just complaining about the poor quality of
current recording technology in curent issue Rolling Stone too? Maybe
it's time to get the 'ol ears checked...)
--Scott D. Smith
Tom Fine wrote:
My wife and I went to the Willie Nelson/Bob Dylan minor league
ballpark tour two summers ago. Willie's show actually sounded great.
We were seated down the 3rd base side toward the outfield. The stage
was set up in the outfield with a self-contained sound system, not
using the stadium PA system. Like I said, Willie was great. Dylan was
so loud, so distorted and so unintelligable that we opted to save our
ears and walked out.
-- Tom Fine