From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V15 #38 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Friday, February 11 2011 Volume 15 : Number 038 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: [AVALON] A night with La Fiske... [Andrew Shearer ] Re: [AVALON] Roxy's Heritage - I am sad [kwil632057@aol.com] [AVALON] O2 - in retrospect [=?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Christian_H=2E_S=F6temann=] [AVALON] O2 - in retrospect [=?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Christian_H=2E_S=F6temann=] Re: [AVALON] Roxy's Heritage [Johnny Reece ] [AVALON] Re:What is felt & seen [MarlanaK@webtv.net (M.M.K.)] [AVALON] Ferry in New York [David Neuhaus ] Re: [AVALON] Ferry in New York [Victor Hastings Subject: RE: [AVALON] A night with La Fiske... has clearly taken its toll on mere mortals (:-) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1355504/Kate-Moss-struggles-stay - -upright-refreshing-Groucho-night-out.html Andrew (www.andrewshearer.com) ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:55:14 +0000 From: Richard Evans Subject: [AVALON] Roxy's Heritage - I am sad Ive been a Roxy fan since 1974. A friend at schools lent me For Your Pleasure and from that moment on any prog-rock leanings I had were consigned firmly to the dustbin. A few months later I walked out of WH Smiths in Watford with my copy of Country Life, tucked under my arm, a 14 year old schoolboy bearing the delights of Germanic beauty. Soon I had the whole set, and spent many hours at home playing the first five albums in sequence day after day after day, taking many air-solos in our small front room. My first gig was the Birmingham Odeon on election night 1979. This was followed by Leicester on the F&B tour and then three shows on the 2001 tour plus TOTP2. I also caught Dublin when TGPT was ill and this year I was at Loveboxx. Live, the band, was simply the most powerful unit Ive witnessed. So it was with a great deal of expectation, aged 51, I found myself at the O2 for what I believe will be the bands last UK gig - certainly in an arena setting. Everything was in place for a real celebration of my favorite band. The setlist was top notch, TGPT was back where he belongs and to cap it all, a friend of mine - Jorja was playing keyboards and second sax on the tour. The gig was up there with the best Roxy gig but three days later I am feeling a little confused. They played 23 songs. Only eight were from the post Siren period. In those terms it was a true Roxy setlist. On top of those older classics we got two covers - Jealous Guy and Hurricane, a beautiful but solo Ferry track in To Turn You On, the overblown My Only Love siting alongside three genuine high class Roxy moments in Avalon, Tara and Same Old Scene. The latter was a real surprise for me - I thought it was great and worked much better live than in 1980. We also had Ferry taking to the keyboards for virtually the whole of the first part of the set taking us back to Eno days. Ive always thought his own piano-style was an important part of Roxys sound and it was good to see him doing it again. This gave Phil and Andy the chance to take centre stage and boy did they do it. I thought it was amongst the best playing I had seen them do on stage. Full of the vigour and imagination that has filled Roys best moments. Their solos in If There Is Something were amazing and during his solo on Dreamhome I thought Phil was going to explode until a dodgy lead stopped him in mid flight. Andy even gave him a wry smile as he brought the whole thing to a climax. My personal faves from the evening were Prairie Rose, Amazona, Sentimental Fool and 2HB. All of them featured the melting pot of sounds all the best Roxy tracks have - guitar, sax and keyboards all coming together to create moments of stunning power and beauty. Whilst I was pretty sceptical about the two saxes, they worked well. 2HB and Prairie Rose were given the two sax treatment and allowed Andys original parts to come to life on the stage. After years of having to compete with two or even three guitars, I would imagine Andy was delighted to be able to properly orchestrate his contributions for the good of the music. For me TGPT has always been the heartbeat of Roxy and he played really well, striking the right balance between his Roxy and the later smoother version. He plays the newer material really well and it should be said changed the groove to TTYO in London for the best. The final quintet were as you would expect them to be - fantastic. And who needs an encore??? So why am I feeling confused and slightly pissed off when this was very much a Roxy Music show. I thinks its a lot of little things. Go back to 2005/06. Everything seemed to be great. Roxy were back in the studio recording stuff with Eno and Chris Thomas and planning some sort of release in the future. The DVD was out and showing them in the studio. Then bizarrely, Ferry releases Dylanesque and goes on tour for a long time. I can remember speaking to a Metaphor in Bristol asking when Andys album was coming out. The reply was along the lines of well we are having to wait and see whats happening with the new Roxy album. Even after the Dylanesque thing, there was still hope (because of the festival circuit) but that was abandoned with the release of Olympia which was heralded as some sort of Roxy reunion by Ferrys PR company. A Roxy reunion it wasnt and only one track COULD have come from the aborted Roxy sessions and that was a pretty uninspiring BF Bass. Perhaps the Scissor Sisters were just confused. If I had been Andy, Phil and Paul, I would have been very f****d off. Even stranger Ferry decides not to tour Olympia with the For Your Pleasure tour already in place and he will now do some shows after the Australia jaunt. I dont know if there is any way you could get it more wrong. A mess. Everything is blurred with efforts from the Ferry camp to merge the two into one. I have no doubt that Ferrys tour band will be the same as this recent one without Phil, Andy and TGPT but with Chester Kamen as the second guitarist and probably Tara doing something. This blurring is on full show in the FYP tour programme with all the live shots (taken by a junior Ferry) show Andy Newmark on drums and Tara on a toy kit. There are plenty of pics around with the proper Roxy line-up and if Id been TGPT I would be rightly pissed off. The interview with two of the backing singers talks as if they are touring Olympia. Its not their fault but where is the quality control? Where is a sense of doing it right? What it boils down to is that there is no-one around the band protecting its heritage and its history and Im afraid to say that the Junior Ferrys dont understand. Roxy Music has an important place in rock music history. It is not a tool to be used by its individual members and associates. Ferrys - you need to start treating Roxy Music with the respect it deserves even if it is the end. After enjoying the concert a lot, I am sad and surprised I feel this way. Richardxxx ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:41:40 -0500 From: kwil632057@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Roxy's Heritage - I am sad Great post Richard. I couldn't agree more. There's always been a blurring of the Ferry/Roxy line hasn't there? I vaguely recall an interview with Ferry around the release of his first solo album where he said that, "fans can treat this as the third Roxy album really." J - -----Original Message----- From: Richard Evans To: avalon@smoe.org avalon Sent: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:55 Subject: [AVALON] Roxy's Heritage - I am sad Ive been a Roxy fan since 1974. A friend at schools lent me For Your Pleasure and from that moment on any prog-rock leanings I had were consigned firmly to the dustbin. A few months later I walked out of WH Smiths in Watford with my copy of Country Life, tucked under my arm, a 14 year old schoolboy bearing the delights of Germanic beauty. Soon I had the whole set, and spent many hours at home playing the first five albums in sequence day after day after day, taking many air-solos in our small front room. My first gig was the Birmingham Odeon on election night 1979. This was followed by Leicester on the F&B tour and then three shows on the 2001 tour plus TOTP2. I also caught Dublin when TGPT was ill and this year I was at Loveboxx. Live, the band, was simply the most powerful unit Ive witnessed. So it was with a great deal of expectation, aged 51, I found myself at the O2 for what I believe will be the bands last UK gig - certainly in an arena setting. Everything was in place for a real celebration of my favorite band. The setlist was top notch, TGPT was back where he belongs and to cap it all, a friend of mine - Jorja was playing keyboards and second sax on the tour. The gig was up there with the best Roxy gig but three days later I am feeling a little confused. They played 23 songs. Only eight were from the post Siren period. In those terms it was a true Roxy setlist. On top of those older classics we got two covers - Jealous Guy and Hurricane, a beautiful but solo Ferry track in To Turn You On, the overblown My Only Love siting alongside three genuine high class Roxy moments in Avalon, Tara and Same Old Scene. The latter was a real surprise for me - I thought it was great and worked much better live than in 1980. We also had Ferry taking to the keyboards for virtually the whole of the first part of the set taking us back to Eno days. Ive always thought his own piano-style was an important part of Roxys sound and it was good to see him doing it again. This gave Phil and Andy the chance to take centre stage and boy did they do it. I thought it was amongst the best playing I had seen them do on stage. Full of the vigour and imagination that has filled Roys best moments. Their solos in If There Is Something were amazing and during his solo on Dreamhome I thought Phil was going to explode until a dodgy lead stopped him in mid flight. Andy even gave him a wry smile as he brought the whole thing to a climax. My personal faves from the evening were Prairie Rose, Amazona, Sentimental Fool and 2HB. All of them featured the melting pot of sounds all the best Roxy tracks have - guitar, sax and keyboards all coming together to create moments of stunning power and beauty. Whilst I was pretty sceptical about the two saxes, they worked well. 2HB and Prairie Rose were given the two sax treatment and allowed Andys original parts to come to life on the stage. After years of having to compete with two or even three guitars, I would imagine Andy was delighted to be able to properly orchestrate his contributions for the good of the music. For me TGPT has always been the heartbeat of Roxy and he played really well, striking the right balance between his Roxy and the later smoother version. He plays the newer material really well and it should be said changed the groove to TTYO in London for the best. The final quintet were as you would expect them to be - fantastic. And who needs an encore??? So why am I feeling confused and slightly pissed off when this was very much a Roxy Music show. I thinks its a lot of little things. Go back to 2005/06. Everything seemed to be great. Roxy were back in the studio recording stuff with Eno and Chris Thomas and planning some sort of release in the future. The DVD was out and showing them in the studio. Then bizarrely, Ferry releases Dylanesque and goes on tour for a long time. I can remember speaking to a Metaphor in Bristol asking when Andys album was coming out. The reply was along the lines of well we are having to wait and see whats happening with the new Roxy album. Even after the Dylanesque thing, there was still hope (because of the festival circuit) but that was abandoned with the release of Olympia which was heralded as some sort of Roxy reunion by Ferrys PR company. A Roxy reunion it wasnt and only one track COULD have come from the aborted Roxy sessions and that was a pretty uninspiring BF Bass. Perhaps the Scissor Sisters were just confused. If I had been Andy, Phil and Paul, I would have been very f****d off. Even stranger Ferry decides not to tour Olympia with the For Your Pleasure tour already in place and he will now do some shows after the Australia jaunt. I dont know if there is any way you could get it more wrong. A mess. Everything is blurred with efforts from the Ferry camp to merge the two into one. I have no doubt that Ferrys tour band will be the same as this recent one without Phil, Andy and TGPT but with Chester Kamen as the second guitarist and probably Tara doing something. This blurring is on full show in the FYP tour programme with all the live shots (taken by a junior Ferry) show Andy Newmark on drums and Tara on a toy kit. There are plenty of pics around with the proper Roxy line-up and if Id been TGPT I would be rightly pissed off. The interview with two of the backing singers talks as if they are touring Olympia. Its not their fault but where is the quality control? Where is a sense of doing it right? What it boils down to is that there is no-one around the band protecting its heritage and its history and Im afraid to say that the Junior Ferrys dont understand. Roxy Music has an important place in rock music history. It is not a tool to be used by its individual members and associates. Ferrys - you need to start treating Roxy Music with the respect it deserves even if it is the end. After enjoying the concert a lot, I am sad and surprised I feel this way. Richardxxx ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:58:53 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Christian_H=2E_S=F6temann=22?= Subject: [AVALON] O2 - in retrospect I suppose this is my first post to the Avalon list in about three or more years. Maybe I didn't consider posting because I actually really *like* Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music...? He, he. So here are some comments from the periphery of the outwardest of outer circles. Having had the chance to travel from Berlin to London for a couple of days and to catch the O2 gig on Monday, I can state it was a puzzling experience. It may have been the best Roxy gig I have seen - the setlist was a fan's dream, AM and PM especially performed brilliantly, Ferry's voice featured prominently even when joined by the harmony singers and sounded very solid in the middle and lower ranges (sometimes even with a sonorous element that would appeal to post-punk and new wave people, no doubt),* and I for one was happy to see him playing the keyboard to such an extent of the gig, since many people seem to forget that he is not only the band's singer, but also a very unique keyboard player. TGPT was excellent throughout and the rest of the band fitted in very well for the majority of the material. The versions of ITIS, Prairie Rose, Amazona, 2HB etc. etc. were blissful to me. Also, hits like SOS or DTS came across very well. However, while somehow impressive, I had a feeling that the O2 arena and all its surrounding make for an extensive entertainment catering, but it sort of epitomizes the danger of the music, the concert being only various of the things on offer, rather than... The Main Thing. And that, I am afraid, tended to show in the way some of the audience seemed to receive the concert. Yes, there was applause, yes, there were some ecstatic responses by the diehard fans, but sometimes I wondered: "What do you expect? This is Roxy Music, playing some of the most sublime music ever, playing probably their most daring setlist ever... don't you really care?" After all, quite a few hits were performed, and let's not forget that all the studio albums which the more obscure tracks were culled from went into the UK Top 10. It isn't as if they had played "The Numberer", "Hula Kula" and "Sultanesque" back-to-back. I had the feeling that if Eno had joined the band on stage for a few numbers, some audience members would have gone "who he with the bald head?" So, it was an excellent concert, but the music, this timeless and shiny set of songs by a band like no other on the planet would have deserved a more outstanding setting. ** CHS - -------- * note: Of course he is not sounding youthful anymore, and voices tend to lose some of their top range when getting older anyway, but any assumptions on various forums that "his voice is going" are of course utter rubbish: yes, the voice may have lost some edge and range, but has gained a velvet-y subtlety with age. Besides, the phrasing and the quaver are still there and unmistakable. Anyone interested in music recording can infer that a studio recording of vocals and singing in a live setting can be done with different sonic results. This can be illustrated by comparing the studio and live versions of "You Can Dance" - while Ferry clearly favours a closely-miked, detailed and delicate recording for his vocals on his solo albums in the studio, the live versions have a more pushed, vigorous approach to it, since the singer has to make himself heard against the dynamics of the other live instruments. ** yet another note: While the music was great, I couldn't help but feel - from a distance, and this is only a vague impression - that, as has been pointed out before, relations between BF and the other three main band members seemed a bit chilly. Could this really have been the last time? ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:06:22 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Christian_H=2E_S=F6temann=22?= Subject: [AVALON] O2 - in retrospect I suppose this is my first post to the Avalon list in about three or more years. Maybe I didn't consider posting because I actually really *like* Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music...? He, he. So here are some comments from the periphery of the outwardest of outer circles. Having had the chance to travel from Berlin to London for a couple of days and to catch the O2 gig on Monday, I can state it was a puzzling experience. It may have been the best Roxy gig I have seen - the setlist was a fan's dream, AM and PM especially performed brilliantly, Ferry's voice featured prominently even when joined by the harmony singers and sounded very solid in the middle and lower ranges (sometimes even with a sonorous element that would appeal to post-punk and new wave people, no doubt),* and I for one was happy to see him playing the keyboard to such an extent of the gig, since many people seem to forget that he is not only the band's singer, but also a very unique keyboard player. TGPT was excellent throughout and the rest of the band fitted in very well for the majority of the material. The versions of ITIS, Prairie Rose, Amazona, 2HB etc. etc. were blissful to me. Also, hits like SOS or DTS came across very well. However, while somehow impressive, I had a feeling that the O2 arena and all its surrounding make for an extensive entertainment catering, but it sort of epitomizes the danger of the music, the concert being only various of the things on offer, rather than... The Main Thing. And that, I am afraid, tended to show in the way some of the audience seemed to receive the concert. Yes, there was applause, yes, there were some ecstatic responses by the diehard fans, but sometimes I wondered: "What do you expect? This is Roxy Music, playing some of the most sublime music ever, playing probably their most daring setlist ever... don't you really care?" After all, quite a few hits were performed, and let's not forget that all the studio albums which the more obscure tracks were culled from went into the UK Top 10. It isn't as if they had played "The Numberer", "Hula Kula" and "Sultanesque" back-to-back. I had the feeling that if Eno had joined the band on stage for a few numbers, some audience members would have gone "who he with the bald head?" So, it was an excellent concert, but the music, this timeless and shiny set of songs by a band like no other on the planet would have deserved a more outstanding setting. ** CHS - -------- * note: Of course he is not sounding youthful anymore, and voices tend to lose some of their top range when getting older anyway, but any assumptions on various forums that "his voice is going" are of course utter rubbish: yes, the voice may have lost some edge and range, but has gained a velvet-y subtlety with age. Besides, the phrasing and the quaver are still there and unmistakable. Anyone interested in music recording can infer that a studio recording of vocals and singing in a live setting can be done with different sonic results. This can be illustrated by comparing the studio and live versions of "You Can Dance" - while Ferry clearly favours a closely-miked, detailed and delicate recording for his vocals on his solo albums in the studio, the live versions have a more pushed, vigorous approach to it, since the singer has to make himself heard against the dynamics of the other live instruments. ** yet another note: While the music was great, I couldn't help but feel - from a distance, and this is only a vague impression - that, as has been pointed out before, relations between BF and the other three main band members seemed a bit chilly. Could this really have been the last time? ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:38:26 +0000 (GMT) From: Johnny Reece Subject: Re: [AVALON] Roxy's Heritage Fantastic posts on here in the last day or so, from Richard, and then Christian. Thanks Guys. It shows not just what a fan 'sees', but 'feels' - and the two are entirely different. "So why do I feel p*****d off" ? asks Richard, and I know exactly how he feels, it's so identifiable a feeling that it can be touched. It's because it's so important to us. I have lost count - as others have - of the amazing Roxy gigs over the years, whether it be 70s, 80s, the triumphant 2001 reunion tour, and a spattering of gigs since. But, this recent Set was different - remarkably so. I felt it was designed entirely by Andy and Phil, these were their gigs. Fans gigs too - but these were times specifically designed for Andy and Phil to shine, and I guess it was long overdue. But it tells a tale. We've all speculated about 'oh well, this could be the last chance to see them, so I've got to go along'... for 10 years now, without seriously thinking 100% that that would be the case. This time, it's different, and it's not just little things that we can see (and we CAN see them, because we know this Band so well) but this time it's more of what we 'feel'. Does that make sense ? It certainly does to me. It's like a big uncomfortable jigsaw, and it appears quite unpleasanrt when all the pieces start to add painfully together. Christian described feeling and seeing the atmosphere between Bryan and the rest of the Band as 'a bit chilly'. Don't you just love this understatement ? It's not something that can be sensed by the casual fan, it's something for the likes of us all here - and having spoken to quite a few over the past week or so, it's truly remarkable that the same feeling was sensed by us all. There was bairly a nod, a smile, a look of recognition, between Bryan, and the rest of the Band, at the O2. I've never seen that so apparent before. Bryan was almost hiding behind those keyboards at times. Don't get me wrong - I loved the Glasgow gig I attended - and there were a few smiles on the stage that night - but they had long gone by the time the O2 came round. The lack of communication between stage and audience was noticeable too. All those things added together, and, as I said earlier, the 'feel' that we are watching a rather painful end to something amazing, was apparent. I felt it, as did Richard, as did Christian, and I wonder how many more here did too. Did you ? Phil does, as his recent quote on Roxy tending to get together and then always 'imploding', suggests. Even those little details that we here all notice, that no-one else does. It's just 'Paul Thompson on Drums' in the announcements now, not 'The Great'. Am I reading something into that ? You bet I am. I've seen this Band so many times, as so many of us have, that I think we can. and do, read them like a book. The night after O2, I sat down and thought about it, whilst browsing through a few clips on youtube. I wanted to be there again, of course ! And again. And again. I've got my eye on that 'as yet unconfirmed' date in the Hague in June - thinking it won't happen, but really hoping it does - because I don't want it to end either. Bitters End, indeed. Sentimental Fool ? You bet I am. Reecey... ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:19:26 -0600 From: MarlanaK@webtv.net (M.M.K.) Subject: [AVALON] Re:What is felt & seen Can't believe I've been snowed & iced in here in Dallas. Not the norm. but the posts these last few days are awesome. --I think tonight as I read before that Ferry makes an apperance on Letterman, hope so I will be watching.--I got the Olympia with the DVD in at as well. I watched Ferry really lose himself in the making of it. He truly does feel his music & wants it to be the best it can be. I don't get the back up dancers we saw those ridicoulous head things last tour.Sort of laughable really!--Like Reecy & the others have said we have been fans for a long.long time. Is everything going to be entirely different with the boys in the group. Will it be Ferry solely backed by his band members. his sons.--WE Know Times they are A changing.--Botton line I think most of us hate change. We want what was. Always, Marlana ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:48:20 -0500 From: David Neuhaus Subject: [AVALON] Ferry in New York As David Letterman's theater is only a few blocks away from my office on 53rd. St. I thought I'd take a walk by to see if I could catch Ferry by the stage door after tonight9s show taping. After shivering in the cold night for about 30 minutes, the evening's main guest, Snookie from the MTV reality show Jersey Shore came out and posed for a few photos before being whisked away in her limo. At that point most of the crowd and photographers left, leaving about a dozen Ferry fans to wait for the maestro. Soon, several band members came out, and I was able to have a very friendly several minute chat with Oliver Thompson, who told me they'd arrive in New York the day before. He said he was doing an acoustic set tomorrow (didn't find out where), and that Ferry was doing a "private party" on Saturday, and then flying back to London on Sunday. I asked him the all-important question if Roxy were planning on extending the tour to the U.S. and he said he doubted it, as the current upcoming tour schedule with Roxy and Ferry solo was pretty full. He did say there was a better chance that Ferry would tour solo in the US. Did get a nice photo of Oliver. Finally Ferry exited, signed some autographs, and I was just about to have my photo taken with him (a long time goal) when his "minder" said "No more photo's," and escorted him off to their van, and they were gone. And that was that. I did, however, meet fellow Avalonian R. Deagle, and we had a nice talk about our experiences with Ferry & Roxy while walking downtown and heading home. Oh, well. Perhaps another time, another place. Dave N. Fanwood, New Jersey ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:31:08 -0800 (PST) From: Victor Hastings Subject: Re: [AVALON] Ferry in New York Nice way to freeze! No picture with Snooki? You'd think Oliver Thompson would have a Facebook page or a website or something like that, but I couldn't find one, so I have no idea where that acoustic set is being played. Wonder who's throwing that party? - ----- Original Message ---- > From: David Neuhaus > To: Avalon > Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 8:48:20 PM > Subject: [AVALON] Ferry in New York > > As David Letterman's theater is only a few blocks away from my office on > 53rd. St. I thought I'd take a walk by to see if I could catch Ferry by the > stage door after tonight9s show taping. After shivering in the cold night > for about 30 minutes, the evening's main guest, Snookie from the MTV reality > show Jersey Shore came out and posed for a few photos before being whisked > away in her limo. At that point most of the crowd and photographers left, > leaving about a dozen Ferry fans to wait for the maestro. > Soon, several band members came out, and I was able to have a very friendly > several minute chat with Oliver Thompson, who told me they'd arrive in New > York the day before. He said he was doing an acoustic set tomorrow (didn't > find out where), and that Ferry was doing a "private party" on Saturday, and > then flying back to London on Sunday. > I asked him the all-important question if Roxy were planning on extending > the tour to the U.S. and he said he doubted it, as the current upcoming tour > schedule with Roxy and Ferry solo was pretty full. He did say there was a > better chance that Ferry would tour solo in the US. Did get a nice photo of > Oliver. > Finally Ferry exited, signed some autographs, and I was just about to have > my photo taken with him (a long time goal) when his "minder" said "No more > photo's," and escorted him off to their van, and they were gone. And that > was that. > I did, however, meet fellow Avalonian R. Deagle, and we had a nice talk > about our experiences with Ferry & Roxy while walking downtown and heading > home. > Oh, well. Perhaps another time, another place. > > Dave N. > Fanwood, New Jersey > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:02:50 -0500 (EST) From: deaglerr@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] Ferry in New York I got to the stage door of the Letterman Theater just as the space available line had been selected, roughly 3:30. Figures; Crappy day with evil sinuses. Went around to the stage door, Paparazzi on the hoof, "who's on the show tonight?" "Snooki and some old rock guy!" "Er, I'm here to see the old rock guy," another Paparazo, "Who's that?" "Bryan Ferry" "Oh, he's really good" Late lunch nearby, I still mis-figured the time. Roughly an hour in the cold, and the show lets out. Snooki departs in a fusillade of camera-flash. I go over to near the last remaining photogs. "Oh, he looks familliar", thinks I "Hello, aren't you Ollie?" Yes, he says while puffing away. (Mr Neuhaus pumped him for more/better info than me.) I'm frozen and sinused-out, but not too, as I remember to get his autograph. He introduces me to the band's sound guy, who engineered on Olympia and who's name I seem to have missed. We chat a bit: no US tour plans, Yes, the sound was crap at Newcastle. The 2nd Glasgow show was the best, We talked about the O2, "I heard the sound wasn't great, 'cause the place is so huge" No. he thought the sound was fine. I say sorry for what I believe you Brits call anorak-ism. He says No the music is all he talks about, it's his life. End of cigarette, he goes back inside. I meet two guys talking about AVALON online, one turns out to be David Neuhaus. A brief chat, Roxy war stories... Suddenly a flurry of excitement, it's Ferry. Tres chic in a shiny black bubble jacket, with 2 women, A dive for the limo, being out manouvered, by a guy wanting his photo taken with BF. "Mr Ferry may I have your autograph?" He takes my Olympia, "You'll notice I bought the expensive one" BF smiles and hands it back signed. "That's all" says the handler. The door closes, The limo glides off. Mr Neuhaus & I share a not deluxe, but quite delightful walk downtown. More tales of Roxy, etc. We part at 41st & 8th, he to his bus, & I back to beautiful downtown Jersey City for a shower and medication. Letterman just ended, someone will have it on YouTube within the hour. You Can Dance. Appears to be: Ollie/guitar, Tara/drums, Marcus Miller/bass, and a woman I can't identify on Keyboard. 2 singers, 2 dancers. Great rendition. Ferry actually smiles some. Dave especially nice in the send off! To bed in my sinus-y drugged state, to dream of the revealing intimate conversation with BF that could have been. Regards, R Deagle - -----Original Message----- From: David Neuhaus To: Avalon Sent: Thu, Feb 10, 2011 5:04 pm Subject: [AVALON] Ferry in New York As David Letterman's theater is only a few blocks away from my office on 53rd. St. I thought I'd take a walk by to see if I could catch Ferry by the stage door after tonight9s show taping. After shivering in the cold night for about 30 minutes, the evening's main guest, Snookie from the MTV reality show Jersey Shore came out and posed for a few photos before being whisked away in her limo. At that point most of the crowd and photographers left, leaving about a dozen Ferry fans to wait for the maestro. Soon, several band members came out, and I was able to have a very friendly several minute chat with Oliver Thompson, who told me they'd arrive in New York the day before. He said he was doing an acoustic set tomorrow (didn't find out where), and that Ferry was doing a "private party" on Saturday, and then flying back to London on Sunday. I asked him the all-important question if Roxy were planning on extending the tour to the U.S. and he said he doubted it, as the current upcoming tour schedule with Roxy and Ferry solo was pretty full. He did say there was a better chance that Ferry would tour solo in the US. Did get a nice photo of Oliver. Finally Ferry exited, signed some autographs, and I was just about to have my photo taken with him (a long time goal) when his "minder" said "No more photo's," and escorted him off to their van, and they were gone. And that was that. I did, however, meet fellow Avalonian R. Deagle, and we had a nice talk about our experiences with Ferry & Roxy while walking downtown and heading home. Oh, well. Perhaps another time, another place. Dave N. 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