Author Topic: Does anyone else miss the Diesel Experiments? (Read 4756 times)

simpletwistupdon · « **on:** October 09, 2009, 07:42:58 am »

I was on my way to work this morning and as usual my mind floats off into a million things as I try to make the 45 minute drive pass by with some purpose. I started to remember back to the days of the Diesel Experiments... man, I miss those. I spent many good nights at Callahans enjoying those shows. It seems as though what started off as an experimental concept has shifted into a couple of solid side projects over the years though which is great... the Good Time Boys, Beatles A-Z. Does anyone have any recollection of the order of all the DE shows or even better are there any recording floating around out there? ****... how great would it be if that project ever resurfaced? One can dream...

SlimPickens · « **Reply #1 on:** October 09, 2009, 08:17:55 am »

Over the last decade there has been several high water marks, Puppet House shows, Richter Wednesday nights, Porters, and Callahan\'s Diesel Experiments to name a few.

I don\'t think you can recreate that magic.

IMHO, our best course of action as fans is to support these band members in their creative persuits so that we\'ll be there when the lightening strikes again.

jking · « **Reply #2 on:** October 09, 2009, 08:45:49 am »

on a tangential note, i got a good laugh this morning when i was behind the personalized license plate~

VIN GASL

Spacey · « **Reply #3 on:** October 09, 2009, 08:46:21 am »

Close the yearbooks, kiddies. Its time to move forward. Tomorrow is a better day.

TeddyT · « **Reply #4 on:** October 09, 2009, 09:12:38 am »

Quote from: simpletwistupdon;243291

Does anyone have any recollection of the order of all the DE shows or even better are there any recording floating around out there?

Recordings that exist which I know of the top of my head are:

Diesel Experiments: Frank Zappa
Diesel Experiments: Lennon vs McCartney - (the solo years)
Diesel Experiments: Fusion

simpletwistupdon · « **Reply #5 on:** October 09, 2009, 09:13:19 am »

Quote from: Spacey;243298

Close the yearbooks, kiddies. Its time to move forward. Tomorrow is a better day.

I know, I know... I was just being nostalgic. Of course I appreciate all of the present projects that are around and look forward to anything that any of these guys produce. Its easy for your mind to wander on a 45 minute drive on the way to work. Honestly, all I\'m looking forward is to the hour long drive home to get to the playwright tonight!

Drew_Kingsley · « **Reply #6 on:** October 09, 2009, 11:22:25 am »

Diesel Experiments were a lot of fun, but I would imagine that they didn\'t really pay the bills or win over that many new Breakfast fans. On average, Tim can probably make a little more scratch playing Sir Duke and Wonderwall at BAR every Wednesday in front of a decent-sized crowd than by playing "In the Court of the Crimson King" in front of 14 dotINFOers at the Puppethouse.

I know that I had an OK quality recording of one of the grunge experiments, but at this point it probably only exists on a hard drive that Chris Fitz hasn\'t used in years.

simpletwistupdon · « **Reply #7 on:** October 09, 2009, 11:55:38 am »

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Diesel Experiments were a lot of fun, but I would imagine that they didn\'t really pay the bills or win over that many new Breakfast fans. On average, Tim can probably make a little more scratch playing Sir Duke and Wonderwall at BAR every Wednesday in front of a decent-sized crowd than by playing "In the Court of the Crimson King" in front of 14 dotINFOers at the Puppethouse.

I agree that it probably didn\'t pay the bills... I kind of compare the DE\'s to the GTB in that they did it for fun and made a few extra bucks. Corner Pocket is totally a venue that seems that it could support something similar. They continually brought in the GTB and had Chris & Tim in for the Jethro Tull Project. I\'m not sayin the DE\'s need to be resurected, although it would be nice for a project similar to emerge every once in awhile. I was unable to make the Tull show and was very disappointed in myself for it, but I definitely love the randomness of gigs like that which, to me is what the DE\'s represented.

SlimPickens · « **Reply #8 on:** October 09, 2009, 12:19:44 pm »

Callahans was sooooo much cooler then Corner Pocket could ever be.

Corner pocket is a borderline crack den.

simpletwistupdon · « **Reply #9 on:** October 09, 2009, 12:25:47 pm »

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Callahans was sooooo much cooler then Corner Pocket could ever be.

Corner pocket is a borderline crack den.

I have no argument with you there... Callahan\'s is history though isn\'t it?

inCognito · « **Reply #10 on:** October 09, 2009, 01:07:23 pm »

Callahan\'s is now Yellowfins - an upper scale seafood place. good happy hour specials. soccer mom central.

simpletwistupdon · « **Reply #11 on:** October 09, 2009, 01:11:25 pm »

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Callahan\'s is now Yellowfins - an upper scale seafood place. good happy hour specials. soccer mom central.

I vaguely remember being at one of the last shows there because I think they had made an announcement that it was closing the following week after whatever show it was...

GLuft3 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 09, 2009, 01:18:26 pm »

I\'d still like to hear "In the Court of the Crimson King," though.

boombox · « **Reply #13 on:** October 14, 2009, 05:34:32 am »

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I\'d still like to hear "In the Court of the Crimson King," though.

Ditto! Used to love the way they used to bust out stuff like that and Legend of a Mind.

Have got a couple of the DEs in audio if anyone needs them.

kindm's · « **Reply #14 on:** October 14, 2009, 11:58:33 am »

I recorded all of the Diesel Experiments at Tobacco Rd in NYC

They were

Lennon v. McCartney
feat. Sequoia on Keys, Save on Bass, Adrian on Drums, Tim on Guitar and Pete Pigeon on Guitar

Zappa
feat. Members of Project Object, Save, Adrian and Tim

Junk N Jams
Adrian, Save, Tim, Some girl sings a tune. I do not recall who was playing keys at the moment