the.circular.motion.rub.it Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 saw MMW saturday at the milwaukee summerfest... damn! smokin fine! never seen em before but theyre one of my favorite groups, such an awesome groove those guys can create it was just the trio, playing some freakin awesome jams that had us all groovin and boogie'n all nite long on the bass player side of things, chris wood played his upright (dope, makes me want one), pbass (dope, makes me want one), and some unidentified bass that kinda looked like the one tina weymouth uses inn 'stop making sense' (no not that one... the other one) of course billy martin and john medeski freakin rocked the house incredibly too all in all it was a frookin awesome time that gave me much joy and happiness and dancing... hooray! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ steppin in a rhythm to a kurtis blow/who needs a beat when your feet just go +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57pbass Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 Chris Wood was featured on the cover of Bass Player a few years ago..not too far back. He had a Hofner Beatle bass during that photo shoot... Did you notice what type of amp and speakers he was using? www.danielprine.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.circular.motion.rub.it Posted July 6, 2004 Author Share Posted July 6, 2004 Originally posted by 57pbass: Chris Wood was featured on the cover of Bass Player a few years ago..not too far back. He had a Hofner Beatle bass during that photo shoot... Did you notice what type of amp and speakers he was using?oh wait, yea, maybe that was it, maybe it was a hofner as for amplification he was using an Ampeg, you kno, whatever the big industry standard Ampeg bass amp is... he used it for the electrics and the upright once again, dopity dope dope PS-new album coming out... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ steppin in a rhythm to a kurtis blow/who needs a beat when your feet just go +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLoy Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 Chris Wood is the man. I especially love his upright work. He evokes the spirit of Charles Mingus in a big way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.circular.motion.rub.it Posted July 6, 2004 Author Share Posted July 6, 2004 Originally posted by BenLoy: Chris Wood is the man. I especially love his upright work. He evokes the spirit of Charles Mingus in a big way...yea he plays great... great groove... great growly upright sound and the only mingus im familiar with really is 'haitian fight song' but even with just that i can totally agree with you +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ steppin in a rhythm to a kurtis blow/who needs a beat when your feet just go +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbroni Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 woohoo I'm goin to see em tommorrow Together all sing their different songs in union - the Uni-verse. My Current Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLoy Posted July 6, 2004 Share Posted July 6, 2004 Wood's unaccompanied rubato intro to their cover of Monk's "Bemsha Swing" is pure Mingus. A great place to start with Mingus' huge catalogue is "Live at Antibes, 1960". Totally intense, totally Mingus. Dolphy is on fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmstudio99 Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 I was at Summerfest on Saturday, with every intention of seeing MMW, but it started POURING around 3 PM or so and never let up...didn't feel like sitting in the rain, so I regrettably split before they started. Good news, though, is that they'll be here in Cleveland tomorrow night. Gila Monster Studio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57pbass Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 I was at Summerfest in 99 and the same thing happened...we saw Taj Mahal play two songs and the rest of the day was rained out...torrential rain storms and a small twister... www.danielprine.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbroni Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 A great place to start with Mingus' huge catalogue is "Live at Antibes, 1960". Totally intense, totally Mingus. Dolphy is on fire. Thanks for the tip. The only Mingus I currently have is East Coasting and I don't really care for it. I do have Money Jungle Duke,Roach,Mingus which is killer. MMW and the Roots were great the other night. I'm not into 311, so I didn't stay too long after they went on. My first time seeing the roots. WOW. WOW. I mean WOW. They tore the roof off da sucker. One of things I dig about Chris Wood is that he plays so much of the melodic and harmonic structure of the band, with a relatively small number of notes, musically efficient. That leaves martin and medeski to just go anywhere they want. Together all sing their different songs in union - the Uni-verse. My Current Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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