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House of Blues Los Angeles, California |
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Notes
The gremlins that stalked the previous evening’s performance have taken a hike on this second night at the House Of Blues.
From an authoritative LTIAptIV (including some gasp-inducing precision stops), a swaggering guest appearance from Hooter J. Johnson on ProzaKc Blues and a particularly strong thwack of Frying Pan, this is a strong set from Crimson. For his part, Fripp thought the band were back on form. “Tuesday night was much more powerful than Monday with band & audience meeting & matching. This is the kind of performance I associate with King Crimson.”
Gunn wasn’t entirely convinced, citing the improvs in this show as being somewhat problematic. “They just sucked the life out of the show. I think both Robert and Adrian heard practically nothing to play on these.” The first tentatively touches upon the TPTB bell tones territory, whilst the second eventually finds solid ground on a rock-out version of Seizure.
For Trey the show recovered to some extent after Dinosaur, (here sadly missing the first few introductory bars) going on to something of an emotional climax. “Heroes had something very powerful going on inside of it for me” refelected Gunn in his online diary. “I suppose it may just have been 'personal,' but my heart began to tear apart inside of that piece. I suppose one of the things about a 'classic' piece is that something both 'universal' AND 'personal' can speak through it. For me this was one of those moments.”
And speaking of the universal and the personal, check out Ade's teasing quote from the first KC album ahead of his rendition of Perfect Pair.
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* source recording is incomplete
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Personnel
Adrian Belew - Guitar, Voice, Words
Robert Fripp - Guitar
Trey Gunn - Touch Guitar
Pat Mastelotto - Electronic Percussion
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Band Member Diaries
Wed., Oct 25, 2000
Written by Robert Fripp
01.47
A different set list for a different night. Tuesday night was much more powerful than Monday, with band & audience meeting & matching. This is the kind of performance I associate with King Crimson. Then, on to the post-show hustling. Los Angeles is a town which knows the hustle very well. Tonight's began with the professional variety: the character who simply walked into the dressing room with the line that my Sister had promised to introduce us - "where is she now?" Well, actually right in front of your eyes, dude, and actually she doesn't remember you & she doesn't promise to introduce her brother to anyone. The CDs in his hand were not, as my Sister assumed, for signing. They were being delivered by the artiste: this was a promotional hustle. Then, on the way out, the agressive & manipulative fan hustle. In this case, the characters who only lived to have their photograph taken with Fripp, who would also like his autograph & who had spent 14 hours on a 'plane from Switzerland to have this photograph taken. They claimed. My reply while fleeing down the hall: "I hope you enjoyed the music". Today was critical & pivotal in connecting to the DGM & KC futures. Lunch with Patricia, David Singleton & Paddy Spinks. Paddy was an EG employee & handled The League of Gentlemen (1980) & then KC (1981-84). We had lunch soup & salad at the California Pizza Kitchen, Beverley Centre, & focused on future models for what is now the record industry. Then David, Sister & I went over to Starbucks & the vision future for DGM began unfolding in front of us. Sister & I went off to the Bodhi Tree bookstore, & David to DGM LA. Paul Richards & his wife Stacey drew in as Sister & bRuVvEr were walking along La Cienaga en route to DGM for a meeting. They became our taxi. The synchronicity of this was remarkable. Now Sister has just left after cutting my hair. Her barbering is second to none.
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, Sat., Jan 7, 2012
Written by mjallen
My favorite show of that era. This show is funny, especially creative, and the sound quality is pleasant to listen to and not as digitally in your face as some of the later Crim shows. Certainly 5 stars!!!!
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