I haven't read it all but do you shoot raw?
Most of them have the WB fairly off IMHO
Nice captures otherwise.
Amities
Philippe
Le 4 mars 14 à 23:25, Paul Braun a écrit :
> The weather outside last week was dismal, so I wasn't all that
> inspired.
>
> However, the weekend got me fired up - worked with two of my regular
> bands
> last Saturday, and then this past Sunday night was really special.
>
> Even if you're not a rock music fan, you've most likely heard of Ted
> Nugent, ether good or bad. Lately, mostly bad.
>
> However, his personal political opinons aside, there's no denying the
> staying power of the music. I've been a fan of the music for a long
> time,
> and a lot of that music was mostly written by a guy named Derek St.
> Holmes,
> the rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist for the band. And, unlike
> his boss,
> he's all class. In a business full of ego-driven unpleasantness,
> Derek is
> one of the warmest, most welcoming people I've ever met. I know his
> personal booking agent and, just for fun, one afternoon I asked her
> what
> the chance would be that Derek would do a solo acoustic show for
> me. I
> knew it was very remote, since when he wasn't touring with Nugent he
> played
> electric with a full band.
>
> And then she called me back and told me that he said he'd love to.
> I have
> to admit, the fan inside me squealed just a bit.
>
> He flew in Saturday, and a friend of mine picked him up. I took him
> to
> dinner, used various technologies to find his iPhone that he had
> somehow
> lost back in Nashville where he lived (he accidentally left it on
> top of
> his sister's SUV, and it fell off along the road. We located it, and
> talked his sister to the location. I started calling it to make it
> light
> up and ring.... and she found it. It had been run over, but she found
> it!) That alone was a bit surreal. And then the next day I took
> him to
> the AT&T store so he could buy a replacement. So, I went phone
> shopping
> with one of my musical heroes. And then, the concert.
>
> My audiences, while they may be small at times, are totally into the
> music. He wasn't sure how the show would go, but the audience
> energy and
> love drove the show, and at the end he told me that he had more fun
> than
> anyone in the house and that he definitely would be doing it again.
>
> Afterwards, there was a group of us that went to dinner. His
> daughter and
> her friend, who live a couple hours away North of Chicago, and two
> friends
> who drove in from his native Detroit, plus my partner Jim. We
> originally
> wanted to go to the steak house we went to on Saturday (and this time,
> dammit, I was going to get the side-lit portrait!), but it turned
> out they
> closed early on Sunday. So, we decided to all go to the big Greek-
> owned
> family restaurant in town. Except that because of the cold, the
> owner sent
> the cooks home early and was closing 2 hours early. So... next up?
> Bob
> Evans! Yep. Closed early. Then Derek saw the Steak'n'Shake across
> the
> street and said, "Ya know, I could go for some chili mac..." and off
> we
> went. No pretense, no "If I can't have steak, we have a problem"
> We're
> all just having cheeseburgers and fries. And having a ball.
>
> I took him back to the airport yesterday morning, so we had some
> time to
> talk more about music, friends in common, and our love for Chicago
> (he and
> his wife had lived there for 2 years in the 80's).
>
> What started out as more or less a joke suggestion turned into one
> of the
> best concerts we've ever had, and I have a new friend. And an open
> invitation to come see them play when the Nugent tour rolls through
> town.
>
> My life is officially weird. And I love it.
>
> There are 8 new photos in the Music Is The Medicine folder - two of
> those
> were duped into the PAW folder. Enjoy.
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5407
>
> C&C encouraged.
>
> --
>
> Paul Braun
> Certified Music Junkie
>
> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold
> Auerbach
> --
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