Steevo Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 I saw Pat Metheny last night and he played this... among others. http://www.shrewsberry.net/musicplayer/pikasso1.jpg 42 strings. He is not from this world! Later, I dreamed that I bought a Pat Metheny song book at a book store and the book right behind it was by Henry Robinett! Anyway, it was a great concert of Pat's trio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIAMOND DUST Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 What a gift for you man. Pat is in my top five without a doubt. Never seen him live, but i have many concert tapes of him. What a genius he is. Knocks me out every time i listen to him. That album he did with Charlie Hayden is like magic for me. http://b-cordova.dmusic.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryrobinett Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Metheny is one of my favorites. One of my heros. Of course my current favorite is Nguyen Le, but that changes weekly. Where was he playing and with what group? That guitar is pretty wack. It must be great being able to have guitar luthiers make stuff for you all the time. Wait a minute. You mean to say you didn't buy my book too?!! All the best, Henry Robinett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The T Dot Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Metheny is great, unfortuantely I still haven't seen him live. I did get to meet Linda Manzer though, the creator of "Pikasso", and a very talented and very humble luthier. Check out her website, www.manzer.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlChuck Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Was Richard Bona in the band this time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmix Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Metheny is one of my all time favorites. I've seen him many times over the last 15 years in several different band formations. He still continues to amaze me !!!!! I try to slip a bit of GR-300 or Lyle's OB flute patch into my pop/R&B productions but my partner always shoots me down Rob Rob Hoffman http://www.robmixmusic.com Los Angeles, CA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipclone 1 Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 He`s coming here in december. I`m chewing my fingers off trying to decide whether to go. The issue is simple-12,000 yen. Current exchange rate is 109-$1. That`s if there`s any tickets. Same old surprises, brand new cliches- Skipsounds on Soundclick: www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandid=602491 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnbee Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 I've seen him 3 times here in FL, the last time up close at the House of Blues in Orlando. simply amazing. the caliber of the players and the way they play together is something to be seen. Pat always has a nice visual show as well, nothing super flashy, but interesting to watch considering they are not rock guys running around the stage posing, etc. ANY time you get a chance to see him,i would recommend it. Just Pat alone is worth the price of admission, but the whole band will astound you. Those who can,do. Those who cannot, usually run the monitor mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Originally posted by henryrobinett: Where was he playing and with what group? I know he's playing Buffalo in November in a solo/trio concert. His trio is now Christian McBride and Antonio Sanchez. I saw Pat play alongside a 19-20 yr. old Christian McBride many years ago, as sidemen for an equally young and talently Joshua Redman. I loved the finesse of the Metheny/Larry Grenadier/Bill Stewart trio. This one would seem to have more muscle and a deep groove. Hope they record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Cool! I've always loved that "Pikasso" guitar, Linda Manzer built that, right? Could you tell us more about how he played that toboggan, live? As well as other details that you noted throughout his performance. Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted October 23, 2003 Author Share Posted October 23, 2003 Hey Henry ... after reading my post it does indeed seem that I passed on your imaginary book in favor of Metheny's imaginary book ... ooops! Anyway, Pat was in Paducah, KY of all places. There were only 200-300 people there. He played with his trio ... Christian McBride and Antonio Sanchez. Unbelievable. Off the top he did 4 tunes solo, the 4th tune on the Pikasso. The low end on that thing is incredible. I'm not sure what the tuning is but it goes waaaay low. He plays a lot of the bass lines with his thumb over the top of the neck. It seemed like on most of the solo acoustic stuff that he had a string section tracking via MIDI ... very subtle, very nice. Then he picked up the blond Ibanez and did the trio stuff. Last tune he played the Roland with the signature trumpet samples and pinned everyone in their seats! I got to meet Pat after the show. We do have ONE thing in common in that we both went to the University of Miami. However, Pat was only there for a week and a half and they asked him to teach instead of being a student. I was there a couple of years later, and even though he had moved on, the effect he had on the school was profound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funk Jazz Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 i have a great bootleg of pat's show here in salt lake earlier this year with the whole band. any good trades out there? knocks my socks off every time. "i can see your house from here" with scofield is one of my fav's. fun and loose. my other fav is "question and answer." roy haynes is sick and wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruupi Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 I had bought Metheny albums for years, including the live ones. However I was totally unprepared for how good his music sounds live. While alot of bands sound muddy and their playing isn't up to snuff in a live situation, PMG was better sounding live and the soloes everyone took were actually sometimes better than on records. I guess since jazz musicians live to improvise, the joy of playing for the moment really shines though where as on a record they may be a little imhibited. My soundclick site: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=397188 My YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/gruupi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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