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13.05.
2006 Munich Backstage Werk
The Tony Levin Band
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Jes...
it's true. But some people just get it put in their cradle, when they
arrive on earth. Or they get born with a golden spoon in their mouths, -
as we say so (in german) This delicious gourmet dish we get served
tonight is so nice and neat, so absolutley 100% perfect, that I do ask
myself, if their actually is any increase you can get. I doubt it. Until
now, we only could watch him playing live with the just mentioned before
- Gabriel and Crimson. But now for the first time we got him over here
with his very own band for the first time in Germany, also presenting us
a new album entitled 'Resonator'. And it truly happened. In a way he has
said good bye to this too serious kind of musical presentation and
performance. Yeah, of course, the music is still complex. But it sounds
so much, how shall I say, - happier in a way. Youth has come back and
make him and the band seem at least 10 years younger then they are.
Who the hell is this, you might have thought straight away. And the
answer comes straight away. Tom Griesgraber is one part of the duo, one
of those very few selected musicians, who can play the chapman stick.
And he handles this instrument perfectly. And there is Jerry, the other
part. Just to get it straight, there is only one Jerry on this trek, and
this is Jerry Marotta. He literatually doing a double job. By the way,
these two got a CD out named 'Waking The Day'. Really well done boys,
and Jerry proves in the end, he would make a brilliant salesman for CDs. Nop,
here we don't have picky perfection freaks working, playing 20 minutes
solos with dead serious faces. Her we rather got four still
youthful chaps, who got one thing in common most of all. And that's the
pleasure to do what they are doing and the fun to play their own kind of
individual performance with lots of space for details, but still going
for a certain strategy. King Crimson was yesterday. This is today, -
brilliant, great but with this take it easy attitude.
Yes, you may laugh and have fun, including Jerry's humorous dialogs
inbetween, like his comment on watching a couple kissin' during the
whole length of a piece of music. It must have impressed him, that's for
sure. And once again, thanx god for what it is. Because we here in the
audiance don't stand around with crossed arms and serious faces knowing
everything better than everybody else and not moving an inch. No we go
for it, show reaction, we simply enjoy the show. And I'm not sure
anymore, whether there are more musicians or fans in the audiance.
Anyway, I assume, the band does like this aura, and they say thank you
with a 2 hours show. The Resonator definately found resonance, to
reflect the echo. Got me?! |
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