Just in case anyone\'s interested, Michael Kang (mandolin player for String Cheese Incident) sat in for a few tunes at the BP show this past weekend at the Bowery Ballroom. He also played with the opening act, forget the name off hand, sorry. Mark Brownstein (disco biscuites bassist) was lurking throughout the audience and i thought he might grace a stage for a few as well, but that didn\'t happen.
all in all, a great time. the band screwed up a few transitions, but the audience was very forgiving and kept dancing, almost offering encouragement to the band to find another groove and go with it. such a great vibe. everyone was getting down pretty hard. the band played from about 11:30 to 2:00 with a short intermission that was just the right amount of time to step outside for a quick smoke. when the lights came on at the end of the night, no one wanted to leave. the energy was still soaring. good to see this band really scoring in nyc. they deserve it.
of course, i can\'t wait for the day that the bfast is rippin\' up the bowery like this.
sounds like fun. BP never dissapoints. and i dont care what anyone says, i like asian trey. seems like an odd sit in for BP though doesnt it? how many songs did he sit in for exactly and which ones did they play?
mark seems to always be lurking at shows
i like asian trey.
mark seems to always be lurking at shows
too funny!
Anyways, I think he was sitting in b/c BP just signed on to the SCI record lable. At least that\'s what my "sources" (aka hippie friends who are obsessed w/ SCI) tell me.
i don\'t really know the names of many bp songs, so i can\'t tell you more than that they played "simple gift of man" > something else (?) > simple gift. that\'s a bit useless, but it\'s the best i can do. sorry!
yeah good point. i forgot that theyre signed with them...makes perfect sense now.
Simple Gift of Man is my favorite of theirs. so freakin passionate. the shreading guitar lick that Tom plays at the end is mind blowing. great lyrics too. they played that song for my first BP show last May. it was the first time i had even heard their music. still the most electrifying and inspirational set of music I\'ve seen since...i was hooked right away needless to say.
do you see them often?
BP rawks...I cannot believe I missed that show, but I was WAY TOO sick...still am, and need to get better for P&F on Thurs->Sun->Tues...Then tB...then DSO!!! Then NYE BISCO
****!
Sorry got a little off line there, but I love BP nonetheless;)
do you see them often?
I see them as often as possible. it\'s been pretty sporadic over the past few years. had a real cool experience with them a few summers ago when they played at my friend\'s cabin in upstate NY. intimate setting, a whole night fueled by psychedelic music, doesn\'t get much better than that.
Walsh - are you doing only NYE DB or the 30th as well?
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adding to that...will you be attending the BP set after NYE? its a toss up between the BP show and Infected Mushroom for me. who knows, maybe i can do both!
Just in case anyone\'s interested, Michael Kang (mandolin player for String Cheese Incident) sat in for a few tunes at the BP show this past weekend at the Bowery Ballroom. He also played with the opening act, forget the name off hand, sorry. Mark Brownstein (disco biscuites bassist) was lurking throughout the audience and i thought he might grace a stage for a few as well, but that didn\'t happen.
all in all, a great time. the band screwed up a few transitions, but the audience was very forgiving and kept dancing, almost offering encouragement to the band to find another groove and go with it. such a great vibe. everyone was getting down pretty hard. the band played from about 11:30 to 2:00 with a short intermission that was just the right amount of time to step outside for a quick smoke. when the lights came on at the end of the night, no one wanted to leave. the energy was still soaring. good to see this band really scoring in nyc. they deserve it.
of course, i can\'t wait for the day that the bfast is rippin\' up the bowery like this.
i wish that i\'d known you were going to be there. i stayed in the city on friday night within walking distance of the show. i thought about going over and would have if i had known.
i wanted to go to that, but ended up goin\' to some other lame-o band after moe. that night. UMelt that was it, they kinda aren\'t too good.
30th and 31st and then straight over to BP on the 31st(actually the 1st) by the 2:30-3:00 am start time.