Happy Jack Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Bill who? [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Kirchen"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Kirchen[/url] Saw this guy for the first time in New York at Easter ... absolutely brilliant. He's playing The Jericho in Oxford tonight, and I'll be there with another fan. Seems he's got five more dates in Britain before going home. [url="http://www.billkirchen.com/fr_home.cfm"]http://www.billkirchen.com/fr_home.cfm[/url] Grab 'em while you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Bump! I hope they'll let me in with my non-DSLR camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen played a sunday gig at The Nashville Rooms in West London in the 70s before they played the Hammersmith Odeon the same week. That was a bit surreal. A great band that was always guaranteed to get the audience dancing in the aisles. He's certainly not Bill who? to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTB Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 And I remember him in Nick Lowe's band, a great Tele wrangler. I wonder if I can get down to the Kent gig tomorrow..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTB Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 (edited) [quote name='PTB' timestamp='1373884229' post='2142523'] I wonder if I can get down to the Kent gig tomorrow..... [/quote] Looks like I can after all. Make yourself known if you are going too ! Edited July 16, 2013 by PTB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 OBBM has supported him in the past. I've seen him too, he's an interesting chap. His bassist played a Modulus TBX and swore by it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTB Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Well it's a 51 p bass tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Ha! Maurice and that bass, again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Maurice Cridlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 (edited) Well worth seeing. As Kiwi says I was in a band that supported Bill a few years back but it wasn't this line-up. (Well remembered Steve - The Bull at Barnes I think). He truly is the Master of the Telecaster and an amazingly nice and talented guy with his own style of Dieselbilly music. In the bus he used to keep us amused with tales of touring with the Grateful Dead. A friend of mine organises his tours and he uses our town as his base and quite often does an extra gig for his local friends as a warm-up. When he was over last time I had a chat with Maurice about 'his 51 Precision and he showed me that it is not a Fender but a custom copy. He is just so layed back in his playing and spent at least half the gig perched on a stool, so you can sit down and play. More info at [url="https://www.facebook.com/bkirchen"]https://www.facebook.com/bkirchen[/url] Edited July 17, 2013 by obbm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 (edited) Maurice chose to stand for the whole of the gig on Monday. Also, he may be laid back as a person but his bass playing is as lightning-fast as Bill's guitar playing, and we couldn't take our eyes off his hands, in an attempt to learn how to spectacularly spice up even the most potentially predictable basslines Edited July 17, 2013 by bluejay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 [quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1374049985' post='2144540'] Maurice chose to stand for the whole of the gig on Monday. [/quote] Oh no he didn't! He'd pinched a bar stool from round the corner and perched several times during the first set. After I commented on his flourishes during the break, he stood for the whole of the second set, and each time he played a flourish he made a point of swinging the bass towards me so I could see what he was doing. Maurice is an absolute gent, delightful guy and a great player. I genuinely wish I'd taken (surreptitiously) my H2 recorder. Some of the licks he tossed in were things I could happily spend evenings trying to re-create. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1374050329' post='2144543'] Oh no he didn't! He'd pinched a bar stool from round the corner and perched several times during the first set. After I commented on his flourishes during the break, he stood for the whole of the second set, and each time he played a flourish he made a point of swinging the bass towards me so I could see what he was doing. Maurice is an absolute gent, delightful guy and a great player. I genuinely wish I'd taken (surreptitiously) my H2 recorder. Some of the licks he tossed in were things I could happily spend evenings trying to re-create. [/quote] So it appears I was soo damn busy trying to follow his hands that I didn't even notice he sat down! I recorded a few songs on the camera, so we may have some of his flourishes on disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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