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john lomax
At the London O2 shows in 2012 I was seriously thinking that there was another guitarist playing Keith’s parts (particularly the big B strums just after Mick sings Gas Gas Gas). On subsequent shows it became obvious that it was actually the sound mixer boosting the volume of Keith’s guitar in those bits but at the O2 shows it did sometimes look as though the sound was coming from somewhere else (is the sound didn’t match up to what I could see Keith playing). Maybe the Scarf was involved somehow....
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john lomax
At the London O2 shows in 2012 I was seriously thinking that there was another guitarist playing Keith’s parts (particularly the big B strums just after Mick sings Gas Gas Gas). On subsequent shows it became obvious that it was actually the sound mixer boosting the volume of Keith’s guitar in those bits but at the O2 shows it did sometimes look as though the sound was coming from somewhere else (is the sound didn’t match up to what I could see Keith playing). Maybe the Scarf was involved somehow....
Did you watch Keith or the screen? Sometimes there is a delay.
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The Sicilian
Didn't The Who use Simon Townshend off the stage for years to add fill in sound?
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I have seen The Rolling Stones at club shows and at rehearsals. There are no curtains or backstage musicians there. They sound just as amazing there as on stage with larger stadiums.
The fact that they want focus on the core band for the first couple of songs at show start does not change the fact that The Rolling Stones is the band in the rock industry with almost no playback. Sure there is a playback of congas at the intro of Sympathy, but that is nothing as compared to bands like U2.
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The Sicilian
Didn't The Who use Simon Townshend off the stage for years to add fill in sound?
Both on and off stage, but not in the 1971/1972 period. He was too young (born in 1960). The stages used by The Who (Liverpool, Amsterdam) in that period were very simple ... no curtains. Occasionally a guy appeared on stage modestly doing something to equipment at the background. But Baba O'Riley for instance was played with the exact sound as on the album (and no keyboard or synthesizer person present).
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Was he playing behind the curtains? He played a lot during the ABB Tour when Keith Richards was semi-conscious, he stood in the backround, but I would not call it behind the curtains.
Semi conscious was exactly what Keith himself said in describing what the anti seizure medication was making him feel like.
Its just an expression. Too many people take things to literally.
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The Sicilian
Didn't The Who use Simon Townshend off the stage for years to add fill in sound?
Both on and off stage, but not in the 1971/1972 period. He was too young (born in 1960). The stages used by The Who (Liverpool, Amsterdam) in that period were very simple ... no curtains. Occasionally a guy appeared on stage modestly doing something to equipment at the background. But Baba O'Riley for instance was played with the exact sound as on the album (and no keyboard or synthesizer person present).
The synth parts on Baba O'Riley and Won't Get Fooled Again and an added acoustic guitar part on WGFA are pre-recorded by Pete Townshend. They're the same as were used on Who's Next. Ditto for extra instruments on some of the Quadrophenia tracks in 1973.
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Rocky Dijon
If the Stones use a back-up band behind the stage, those clowns should be fired for the mistakes they regularly make.
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Taylor1
The sound checks I’ve heard with just Keith Ron Mick Darryl and Charlie sometimes sound better than the shows
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The Sicilian
Didn't The Who use Simon Townshend off the stage for years to add fill in sound?
Both on and off stage, but not in the 1971/1972 period. He was too young (born in 1960). The stages used by The Who (Liverpool, Amsterdam) in that period were very simple ... no curtains. Occasionally a guy appeared on stage modestly doing something to equipment at the background. But Baba O'Riley for instance was played with the exact sound as on the album (and no keyboard or synthesizer person present).
The synth parts on Baba O'Riley and Won't Get Fooled Again and an added acoustic guitar part on WGFA are pre-recorded by Pete Townshend. They're the same as were used on Who's Next. Ditto for extra instruments on some of the Quadrophenia tracks in 1973.
To my knowledge, the BO'R and WGFA parts are from the studio recording, nothing else.
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DGA35
Yes, that's why Keith would wear headphones during those songs, to make sure he was keeping time with the pre-recorded sections. Van Halen did the same with Right Now with Alex having to wear headphones to keep the same timing. VH even mentioned The Who using prerecorded music during concerts as a kind of justification for them using it, too.
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DandelionPowderman
Chuck Leavell, Tim Ries, Matt Clifford, Darryl Jones, Blondie Chaplin, Kent Smith, Michael Davis, Bernard Fowler, Lisa Fischer.
That's it, between 1994-2007 (they had a bigger horn section in 1989/90). Blondie, Lisa, Kent and Michael are out. Sascha is in. There are no other people filling in. No mysterious characters underneath the stage or behind the curtain.
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Rocky Dijon
If the Stones use a back-up band behind the stage, those clowns should be fired for the mistakes they regularly make.
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Chuck Leavell, Tim Ries, Matt Clifford, Darryl Jones, Blondie Chaplin, Kent Smith, Michael Davis, Bernard Fowler, Lisa Fischer.
That's it, between 1994-2007 (they had a bigger horn section in 1989/90). Blondie, Lisa, Kent and Michael are out. Sascha is in. There are no other people filling in. No mysterious characters underneath the stage or behind the curtain.
Bard callously photoshops Andy Snitzer, Cindy Mizelle, Sophia Jones, and Lorelei McBroom out of the band photo and refuses to acknowledge The Uptown Horns by name. I can't decide if this is a Mick move or an Andrew Oldham one.
Still, it's nice to make one of the nicest guys on the board out to be a villain. I must remember to keep this charade up.
Happy New Year!
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Nikkei
way to forget Bobby Keys in the first place