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bv
I don't really care about those few who post negativity and jealousy.
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bv
I do not understand why some people are so interested in me as a person. I happen to spend my lifetime running this web site. For free. So far so good. While others are with their families I post on IORR. And travel to shows and reheareals wherever that takes me. I have five grandchildren who will miss me for three months now. My wife are used to it but these small kids don't know what is going on. Don't feel sorry for me. I am happy with that. But jealousy is poison in your body. It is an excuse for your own limitations. I see "bv this" and "bv that" from people who don't know me, they don't even have real names. Shame on them.
Don't be insuled or envy me my life. I started off with nothing, and just like anyone else I am just a fan, may be with a bigger addiction than normal, but I am just a fan. Everything I do is extreme. I do Kilimanjaro many times not once. I do the Stones as much as I can not once. I work 16 hours per day while others take breaks. I never give up when others call it the day. I am not rich. My economy and my life is private. I share my life with people I do know and trust, but I am a shy and private person, I don't owe anything to anyone. People call me names and threaten my life. Every week, and now every day. It is not new. Like I say envy is poison, and weak people may use envy to excuse their own needs or frustrations.
I did not invent the El Rey lottery. Don't blame me. I don't organize the Rolling Stones ticket sales. Don't blame me. I am not going to sit still at home while the Stones play at a place nearby or even remote. I do whatever it takes. I don't break the law. I don't take bribes. I have been getting many great offers for all sorts of things over the years, regarding the Stones, but I am not for sale. I write what I think.
Why didn't I post the fact that there was a club show Saturday night at the Echoplex, with ticket sales at the El Rey? Well I get rumours about club shows every week of the year. This week I have had 20-30 different rumours from dozens of trusted insiders. I do know many people. Many. The rumours have shifted all the time. If I post one of these rumours and I am wrong, then I will have a crowd and a queue outside the wrong location and everybody will blame me. I will have people on flights from all over the world to the wrong date or city.
IORR is here for your service. It served it's purpose this week, like it has been doing for soon 20 years. Fans can talk, share ideass, rumours, facts, dreams, reports may be found, set lists and events from rare places can be found. There are times when I think that enough is enough. I might shut down IORR.org in one minute, and it would be gode forever. That is when people call me names and question my integrity. I could spend more time with my wife and my family and friends. But then I say to myself they are the 1% people who blame others rather than themselves. Envy. They will not be allowed to take away the jou from the 99% rest of us. I will keep IORR running. I will keep my private life to myself and to my friends and family. Anyone are accepted as friends, but friendship is built on trust not threaths and insults.
Where I get my tickets from? I call Mick, he will tell me where the club show is, in fact he calls me. I book a business trip, drink champaign on the flight, stay at Four Seasons, the ticket is under my door on show day witn the prelimnary set list. There is no need for me to queue for tickets. I did not spend days working to get all sorted out for Glastonbury. My wife never ask me about those large numbers on our bank account every time the Stones tour. Life is easy. Elvis is still alive, and the earth is flat.
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GravityBoy
Mick Taylor should have played on Street Fighting Man for goddsake..
But he didn't play on the original. I think the reason for having him there is to focus on the songs from his era.
He didn't play on the original studio version of Love In Vain, either, but he owned it on Ya Ya's, which makes it from his era, same with SFM
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donnarq1
Some folks on Shidoobee requested a write up, so here it is for those of you who are interested
Reader beware, this is more a personal narrative of the day than a formal review. On Friday night, I got the big tip off from GRRRRegory on Twitter that a club show was happening here in L.A....On Saturday at 7:30 a.m., I dressed casual-chic and comfortably to take me through the day. It was already 1:00 p.m when I able to jump in the car and make the horrendous drive from the east side of L.A. county to the West.
First Stop El Rey Theater: As I got out of my car, I ran into a friend. "It's too late. They've given out the lottery tickets and had the drawing."
After milling about for awhile, I went back to my car and was ready to leave. On second thought, I decided to stick around a while and scope out the scene.I got in for the show without a blue ticket.
El Rey part two: A long line snaked through the theater. After having my I.D. logged both on computer and an old-fashioned notepad, a representative attached a wrist band with my name on it and wrote my name on my ticket.
Echoplex: Parking at the Echoplex was plentiful, but a third-world nighmare. I got in line where news crews were there and folks were hanging about.
7:30 P.M. : We were finally in .I was right up in the front on Keith and Darryl's side. The energy was incredible as the Stones came on at a little after 9:00 p.m. and opened the set with " You got me Rockin.'' What incredible energy and great sound came from the stage....any roughness just added to the energy. We got the high energy hits along with a couple of well done, risk taking covers. Mick Taylor joined the band on Love in Vain...just beautiful with Keith in fine form.. and.Midnight Rambler...I'd have to look at the set list to remember what other number. They played eleven numbers, I think, and folks say the show last about an hour and a half....It that right?...Who cares? I was having fun
Who was on the stage? Mick, Keith, Ron, Charlie, Mick Taylor (for three numbers) Darryl, Lisa, Bernard, Chuck , Bobby, and Tim...After the encore, they did a curtain call and were off....Thanks for reading and best in music
P.S. I loved Mick's humor when he called Echo Park a city that's always up and coming...or something like that...and humorouly said that this is where bands play when they get their start as an unspoken acknowledgement of their status as The World's greatest Rock and Roll Band.
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Angee, Mick Taylor played on four number...Love in Vain, Midnight Rambler...and the two encores...Brown Sugar and Jumping Jack Flash
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donnarq1
Angee, Mick Taylor played on four number...Love in Vain, Midnight Rambler...and the two encores...Brown Sugar and Jumping Jack Flash
I don't see him.
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donnarq1
Angee, Mick Taylor played on four number...Love in Vain, Midnight Rambler...and the two encores...Brown Sugar and Jumping Jack Flash
I don't see him.
Wow! Mick is sexier than ever! There is no way he is 69 years old! No way!
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latebloomer
BV, you don't have to justify or explain your life to anyone....and you are right, 99% of the fans here love and appreciate this site. Don't let the other 1% get your down.
Thank you for IORR.
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bv
I do not understand why some people are so interested in me as a person. I happen to spend my lifetime running this web site. For free. So far so good. While others are with their families I post on IORR. And travel to shows and reheareals wherever that takes me. I have five grandchildren who will miss me for three months now. My wife are used to it but these small kids don't know what is going on. Don't feel sorry for me. I am happy with that. But jealousy is poison in your body. It is an excuse for your own limitations. I see "bv this" and "bv that" from people who don't know me, they don't even have real names. Shame on them.
Don't be insuled or envy me my life. I started off with nothing, and just like anyone else I am just a fan, may be with a bigger addiction than normal, but I am just a fan. Everything I do is extreme. I do Kilimanjaro many times not once. I do the Stones as much as I can not once. I work 16 hours per day while others take breaks. I never give up when others call it the day. I am not rich. My economy and my life is private. I share my life with people I do know and trust, but I am a shy and private person, I don't owe anything to anyone. People call me names and threaten my life. Every week, and now every day. It is not new. Like I say envy is poison, and weak people may use envy to excuse their own needs or frustrations.
I did not invent the El Rey lottery. Don't blame me. I don't organize the Rolling Stones ticket sales. Don't blame me. I am not going to sit still at home while the Stones play at a place nearby or even remote. I do whatever it takes. I don't break the law. I don't take bribes. I have been getting many great offers for all sorts of things over the years, regarding the Stones, but I am not for sale. I write what I think.
Why didn't I post the fact that there was a club show Saturday night at the Echoplex, with ticket sales at the El Rey? Well I get rumours about club shows every week of the year. This week I have had 20-30 different rumours from dozens of trusted insiders. I do know many people. Many. The rumours have shifted all the time. If I post one of these rumours and I am wrong, then I will have a crowd and a queue outside the wrong location and everybody will blame me. I will have people on flights from all over the world to the wrong date or city.
IORR is here for your service. It served it's purpose this week, like it has been doing for soon 20 years. Fans can talk, share ideass, rumours, facts, dreams, reports may be found, set lists and events from rare places can be found. There are times when I think that enough is enough. I might shut down IORR.org in one minute, and it would be gode forever. That is when people call me names and question my integrity. I could spend more time with my wife and my family and friends. But then I say to myself they are the 1% people who blame others rather than themselves. Envy. They will not be allowed to take away the jou from the 99% rest of us. I will keep IORR running. I will keep my private life to myself and to my friends and family. Anyone are accepted as friends, but friendship is built on trust not threaths and insults.
Where I get my tickets from? I call Mick, he will tell me where the club show is, in fact he calls me. I book a business trip, drink champaign on the flight, stay at Four Seasons, the ticket is under my door on show day witn the prelimnary set list. There is no need for me to queue for tickets. I did not spend days working to get all sorted out for Glastonbury. My wife never ask me about those large numbers on our bank account every time the Stones tour. Life is easy. Elvis is still alive, and the earth is flat.
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TeddyB1018
I like the slow tempos. Miserable discussion here though. I remember not so long ago several people here posting that the Stones would never play again, and that Keith couldn't even hold a guitar. Now some of those people seem to be unhappy that the band is playing. For me, this is a very cool iteration of the Rolling Stones. I really could not have hoped for much better. Good for them.