Andrymi, a collection of music nerds Tag: Jimmy Lafave

Andrymi, a collection of music nerds Tag: Jimmy Lafave http://andrymi.com/community/ Andrymi, a collection of music nerds Tag: Jimmy Lafave en Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:00:47 +0000 henry on "Ian McLagen" http://andrymi.com/community/topic/ian-mclagen#post-652 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:19:14 +0000 henry 652@http://andrymi.com/community/ Cool! The Small faces is on my top 3 bands of the 60s. Really love some of their tunes. Sounds like you're in the eye of the storm, there, BT! :D Breakfastime on "Ian McLagen" http://andrymi.com/community/topic/ian-mclagen#post-650 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:31:42 +0000 Breakfastime 650@http://andrymi.com/community/ So this weekend I worked as a stagehand for a big (and I mean BIG) corporate party. They rented a restaurant with ampitheatre out back way out in the hill country, put in new lights and sound, catering (BBQ) for at least 1000 people, open bar (I wasn't allowed to imbibe...working...not playing...) and had three big name Texas acts: Jimmy Lafave, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and James McMurty. I've known these guys' music forever, never seen any of 'em, so it was both a job and a concert for me. One of the cool thingsd was, since it was a big $$ gig, McMurty was able to hire Ian Mclagen on as keyboardist. Ian is of course, the keyboardist for the faces, Rod Stewart, and some band called The Rolling Stones. Ian, I've seen play a bunch of times, but never worked with. I 'sorta' know him because when he moved to Austin 10 years ago, he would frequent a bar I worked at in those days. He is a super-cool guy and a great player of course. So, it was cool helping move and set up his old Hammond B-3 and Leslie-bought new in 1969, played all over the world and on more hit records than any of us can name. Pick a Stones, Rod Stewart, or faces song with organ on it-and THIS is the organ in question. Plus, a couple of years back, he had it painted PURPLE so it's an ultra-wicked thing to just feast your eyes upon Seriously, it's a piece of rock history up there with Jimmy Pages mysterious "Zozo" cabinet... But the really cool thing was to be able to stand six feet behind him and watch him play-he uses the exact same system I use for pickup gigs: hastily scribbled notes, and the ability to stop himself before he screws up too much! Soundcheck consisted of the band showing him the songs (really) and during the set he played great (of course)I detected maybe two or three spots where he plonked the wrong chord and aborted the mission in an instant. I doubt anyone in the crowd could tell. So, now I can say I've 'worked' with Ian Mclagen AND Booker T. Jones (I moved his Hammond and Leslie earlier this year)! All in all, a pretty good gig, two days, one of 'em was about five hours (day one, setting up light's and sound) and day two was a marathon 15 hours...but I ate sooo much bar-b-que it only seemed like a lunchtime.