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  1. Bring this thread back up after you go. I'll be interested in hearing how they were. I've seen this line-up with Jakko as vocalist 5 times now. He does a very commendable job with the 70s era tunes.... We were treated to Epitaph in Oakland on June 17... followed by Cirkus and Lizard... pure HEAVEN, if you ask me! Encores have included In the Court of the Crimson King and 21st Century Schizoid Man and the main set featured Starless, Fallen Angel and Easy Money. I purchased a "Royal Package" ticket for the Massey Hall show and Jakko spent some time talking to us along with co-owner of DGMLive.com, David Singleton. David stated that John Wetton's wife complimented Jakko at Wetton's memorial service stating that John felt only he (Jakko) had performed his vocals properly... "Superbly" was the wife's quote according to Mr. Singleton. All that said, Mr. Jakszyk does do a wonderful job on all the early Crimson stuff but he can't come close to the 80s vocals of Mr. Belew. They try to do a version of Indiscipline but the vocals, sung quite melodically with Mr. Levin on backing harmonies, don't work for me. They are not bad, just different. I warmed up to Indiscipline the second time I saw it in Toronto but it's just not the same without Adrian doing it like only he can. So, DO see this show! The musicians are absolutely THE best and the entire experience ranks right up there with best I've ever had at a rock show. They are coming back around and will play in Ann Arbor and Milwaukee. I'm most definitely going to the AA show and am trying to figure out how to make the MKE gig fit into my Thanksgiving vacation schedule. Lorraine, go to YooToob and look for the concert vids of the current 8 man line-up. I think you'll find that they do a really moving job of performing the great 60s and 70s era tunes... Watch this vid QUICK! Official Crimson will most likely have it removed before too long... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuJk4O3fP5U Rock ON! http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/King%20Crimson%2017June2017/0617172303_zpsuabw5hma.jpg http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/King%20Crimson%2017June2017/0617172210a_zpstf2hl7vc.jpg http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/King%20Crimson%2017June2017/0617172319a_HDR_zpsvknrui1x.jpg
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  3. Just added Midnight Oil in Toronto, on Aug. 25. Another train trip from Windsor to YYZ... looking forward to another adventure to the east, eh... Rock ON!! Love Midnight Oil. Saw them do the show on the back of the flatbed in front of the Exxon building 30 yrs ago. Now, added The Stick Men, here in Detroit, Sept. 3... this is a great little club and I'll be right up front for the show... I'm looking forward to this one... Rock ON!! Already got tickets for Stick Men. Always a must see for when they come around. Sadly missed Crimson twice. That hurt, but something had to give. More King Crimson dates added... southeast and midwest dates in October and November. I'll go to at least the Ann Arbor Show and may try to get to Milwaukee as well... Come on out and see this line-up... it really is quite amazing! Rock ON!!
  4. Just added Midnight Oil in Toronto, on Aug. 25. Another train trip from Windsor to YYZ... looking forward to another adventure to the east, eh... Rock ON!! Love Midnight Oil. Saw them do the show on the back of the flatbed in front of the Exxon building 30 yrs ago. Now, added The Stick Men, here in Detroit, Sept. 3... this is a great little club and I'll be right up front for the show... I'm looking forward to this one... Rock ON!!
  5. ppst......i like it too, lol. just not the album it's from i never bought the whole sellout thing. if i could write a song that was a hit like that....i'd "sell out" in a second, lol Mick I believe in "signs".... When is the last time you heard "Babe" on the radio? Today, I heard it on WCSX just minutes after I had been reading this thread and was listening to Equinox at home... I must buy the new album... it has been ordained, eh! Rock ON!!! http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Styx%2001July2016%20Detroit/0701162144a_zpssi4e7ga3.jpg http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Styx%2001July2016%20Detroit/0701162144_zpsmxm2b1hw.jpg
  6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAatPPEaZDA
  7. Just added Midnight Oil in Toronto, on Aug. 25. Another train trip from Windsor to YYZ... looking forward to another adventure to the east, eh... Rock ON!!
  8. That is a helluva setlist! Enjoy! So bummed! Couldn't go! Family first. Happy Father's Day! Wait! What? You didn't go to the King Crimson show? How could that be? That's OK... you didn't miss anything. Show sucked, boring set list, venue is horrible, sound was awful... You're happy you missed it... :syrinx: http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/King%20Crimson%2017June2017/0617172319a_HDR_zpsvknrui1x.jpg http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/King%20Crimson%2017June2017/0617172210a_zpstf2hl7vc.jpg http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/King%20Crimson%2017June2017/0617172303_zpsuabw5hma.jpg
  9. The tour has begun! Oakland on Friday and Saturday... Rock ON! https://tonylevin.com/road-diaries/king-crimson-2017-tour-pt1/seattle-shows
  10. Suite Madame Blue - Miss America... among my very favorite tunes from any artist. They would be on my "deserted island" must-have list of tunes and Equinox.near the top of the list of favorite records.. Styx any day over the Stones... http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Styx%2001July2016%20Detroit/0701162144a_zpssi4e7ga3.jpg http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Styx%2001July2016%20Detroit/0701162144_zpsmxm2b1hw.jpg
  11. Disregard the politics and there is no disputing that Ted can still bring his A-Game live! I do like Billy but Ted has been part of my rock music catalog since I was a kid... Free For All was one of the first albums I ever bought and I've been a fan ever since... Rock ON!!! http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Ted%20Nugent%202013%20Pine%20Knob%202Aug/IMG_4094_zps37f49734.jpg http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Ted%20Nugent%202013%20Pine%20Knob%202Aug/IMG_4202_zps5222fb3a.jpg http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Ted%20Nugent%202013%20Pine%20Knob%202Aug/IMG_4287_zpsc2465f45.jpg
  12. I saw Adrian Belew a few weeks ago, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds last Saturday and TOOL on Wednesday (my face fully melted off from this one!)... next comes King Crimson, King Crimson and King Crimson... Oakland, Denver and Toronto at Massey Hall. This is going to be a really good summer concert run for me! Rock ON!
  13. Don't know his name but guy from Candlebox just makes my ears hurt...
  14. http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Tesla%202013%20Pine%20Knob%202Aug/IMG_4063_zps6a6526f7.jpg http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Tesla%202013%20Pine%20Knob%202Aug/IMG_4018_zpsc8edb34e.jpg http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Tesla%202013%20Pine%20Knob%202Aug/IMG_4068_zps62a57157.jpg
  15. http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/DEVO%20Are%20We%20Not%20Men%20San%20Fran%20Nov%206%202009/DEVOAreWeNotMen005.jpg
  16. http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Bucky%20Bikes%20the%20Bay%20Sept%2019%202009/me%20and%20Alice%20C._zpsibp0wbdq.jpg Hoping he'll stop by again when he is in town with Deep Purple over the summer. Rock ON!
  17. I have made plans to see the latest 8 member version of the band 3 times in 18 days over the coming Summer. I'll go the the Saturday, Oakland show on June 17, the next Saturday show in Denver, and then sit in the front row for the Toronto show at Massey Hall on July 5. This is a good excuse to burn up my points to fly places where I know people and have another excuse to visit anyway. The King Crimson show is just icing on the cake... This is going to be a good musical Summer! Rock ON!
  18. Mark Farner has performed at The Dick Wagner Memorial Concert a couple of times in the past few years. This year, he performed a couple of old The Frost tunes but wrapped up with a G.F.R. classic... Rock ON! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isd3ct7_GgY
  19. http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Adrian%20Belew%20Phoenix%20Theatre%20Petaluma%20CA%20Oct%2017%2009/BelewatThePhoenixTheatre090.jpg
  20. http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/Adrian%20Belew%20Phoenix%20Theatre%20Petaluma%20CA%20Oct%2017%2009/BelewatThePhoenixTheatre102.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0kEPSGHY7s
  21. Wait...Rochester NY? Yeah, almost nobody ever comes there. I always expect Crimson to be in NYC, Toronto, Philadelphia King Crimson will play Massey Hall in Toronto, on July 5. Come join us, won't you?
  22. Thank you!! My original guest might not be around by then! Who knows? No one has a crystal ball! Fly out! Let's go! :) You buy the airfare, I'll pick up your room! Gavin Harrison!! Oh an of course I already have the ticket goofball! No charge!! My new motto in 2017.... "It's not about the money, it's about the memory." My last year's motto? "Single For Life, Half Way To Death!" LOL! I wrote a poem! Very Motorhead. Ciao! Ticket Karma, indeed.... Pay it forward... This show looks like a sell-out! Only a few select front-row in LOGE are still available as Official Platinum seats (pairs only at $300 each; $600 for the pair!) It seems all other tickets are gone... wow! I wouldn't have expected that but so great to see that Mr. Fripp and crew are still so well appreciated, at least in the SF Bay area... Rock ON!!!
  23. I will be there, too! Row M (12th) for me... I'm coming in from Detroit on Friday night and plan to BARF in Walnut Creek with the old Counterparts crew... come join us, won't you? I'm also going to the Denver show on June 24, and then the Toronto show on July 5. I bought the "Royal Package" ticket for the YYZ show so should be in the first row or two at Massey Hall... This is going to be a GREAT Summer! Rock ON!! http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/King%20Crimson%202014/Frippp_zpsyoxn1v6h.jpg http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/King%20Crimson%202014/Levin_zpssusiwldb.jpg
  24. June 24, 2014 - A great rockin' show, although the vocals just were not the same without Mr. Delp... All in all, this was an excellent show and I'm glad I was there...'Rock ON!!! http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/BOSTON%2024June2014/IMG_4852_zpsd2583c13.jpg http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/BOSTON%2024June2014/IMG_4914_zps886c4893.jpg http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z33/bfwgjma/BOSTON%2024June2014/IMG_4933_zpsca1d5c6d.jpg
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