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Tickets are on sale for April 2009 in London plus one or two other UK venues. Details on his website if you wanna know.
Geoff
Notice the new Oklahoma City date too. March 1st.
Notice the new Oklahoma City date too. March 1st.
Hell yes! I will be there!
Got my tickets for Boston April 2! Can't wait!
Gonna be a good weekend - Derek Thursday, Joe on Friday and Sunday! [I like to think of it as getting in training for that first weekend in May!]
Sandy
No...not Oklabloodyhoma or Bloodyboston. Jim, stay on topic please 
I said London, Shepherds Bush. Behave!
Those were details on the website too. Speaking of Derek his album charted #19 on Billboards top 200 and #1 Internet sales. Pretty good for no airplay. OK back to the Shepherds Bush show. You Brits discuss amongst yourselves 
I see DT is in Hamburg on the 27th April as well at Knust. I shall get my order in now. The venue is quite small. Should be a real 'in yer face' evening.
From what I've seen and heard it should be right up his alley....
No...not Oklabloodyhoma or Bloodyboston. Jim, stay on topic please
Blimey! The Soul Stew cup runneth over.
The cup was being stirred with too big a spoon
gsj wrote:No...not Oklabloodyhoma or Bloodyboston. Jim, stay on topic please
Blimey! The Soul Stew cup runneth over.
Here's an interesting interview with Derek: BluesWax:
BW: Were you ever nominated for a Grammy?
DT: No, they have a problem with me, maybe it's because I talk bad about them.
BW: You were just plugging them a second ago.
DT: I don't know why, perhaps some day.
BW: The other organization who doesn't recognize you is the Blues Foundation, not that they are comparable in size or stature to the Grammy organization, but I could never figure that one out.
DT: Well, you know if you don't stay close to the talking points, they abandon you, so when I or anyone does some of the songs that are not considered Blues then you get kicked out of the Blues Foundation. [Laughs]
BW: Several years ago I was on the nominating committee for the then called W.C. Handy awards at the Blues Foundation and I just never could understand the process. Especially when young musicians like you come into to prominence, as Lord knows the Blues industry needs a more youthful following. So if you don't qualify, I just don't understand what is going on in people's heads down there in Memphis.
DT: I guess sometimes things just have to go full circle, as all the music we are performing and recording is roots based. The Folk and Blues element is a huge element of what we do. I've noticed with a lot of Blues fans that if you go back in time too far to the real early Blues you kind of loose them. I guess there's a certain period of Blues that is acceptable, but if you go back too far it's not.
BW: I'm probably double your age, but I also have a problem with Blues going too far back in time. Especially when it gets too cranky and moaning and groaning; I'm just not connected.
DT: I'm the opposite, the deeper and the darker the better. Guys like Jerry Garcia were listening to stuff from those early periods of Blues, same with Clapton. When I was on the road with Eric I'd dig up all of this obscure recordings and in a blink he would know the tune and name the artist.
BW: But both Garcia and Clapton took from the roots and then took it to another level, especially improvisationally.
DT: Oh yeah, definitely!
Just an excerpt y'all...
MuchLove
BigJeff
Yes I thought that was a very interesting interview. Very apropos to Joe's situation. Derek and Joe got a little in common in their opinion of the BF. Evidently so does the interviewer.
The Blues Foundation - sounds like a good name for a rock band 
fuzzy
I'm thinking of going to this gig and am definitely going to see Walter Trout at the Shepherds Bush Empire in October.
Does anyone know this venue? Although I was born and brought up in London W12 I've never been to the Empire even in its previous incarnation as the BBC Television Theatre.
I can't figure whether it's best to go for standing in the stalls or unreserved seating in the balcony. I'd probably prefer to sit but what's the view like and do you have to fight for the seats? Any advice much appreciated.
David
Have seen Joe play there twice , and it's a wonderful old venue with good acoustics and would recommend stalls but you need to queue up an hour or so early to get near front
Have seen Walter to and he still rocks the blues hard , and makes his guitar curse (it's true)
Good Luck
........................ Michael
I'm a SE 15 Man
I'd like to say that his guitar makes me curse!
But it wouldn't be true
Have seen Joe play there twice , and it's a wonderful old venue with good acoustics and would recommend stalls but you need to queue up an hour or so early to get near front
Have seen Walter to and he still rocks the blues hard , and makes his guitar curse (it's true)Good Luck
........................ Michael
I'm a SE 15 Man
Thanks for the info Michael - the stalls it is.
I saw Joe there and had tickets for the stalls. Didn't enjoy it (the venue, not Joe) so I got tickets for the balcony this time. Looks like I've been allocated two seats???
I saw Joe there and had tickets for the stalls. Didn't enjoy it (the venue, not Joe) so I got tickets for the balcony this time. Looks like I've been allocated two seats???
OK I understand. I was looking at Walter Trout tickets and the seats in the balcony are unreserved. The seating for Derek Trucks is reserved.
Why didn't you like the stalls?
cheers,
David
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