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    Quote Originally Posted by Troubadour View Post
    Crosby and Nash are touring in the States this Spring.

    http://www.grahamnash.com/news/2011/cn-tour

    They are also doing a couple of shows in England in October. I am going to look into tickets for the Royal Albert Hall concert.

    Hmmmm,

    April 16 - First Council Casino, Newkirk, OK

    That's only 60 miles from me! I'd never get my wife to a C&N concert, but she plays that casino all the time...two or three times a week. She might let me hitch a ride down there for the concert!

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    I'm pretty sure that's where I saw Al Green! It was definitely in Newkirk.


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    Well DANG Lou, if you were that close, why didn't you and Jess call? <LOL> I could have taught Jess how to play Blackjack! Seriously, I knew you were in Oklahoma but had no idea you guys had driven up to Newkirk. I really would have come down to shake your hand.

    Okay, It probably wasn't "Newkirk" though they talk about all three of the casinos down there as being "Newkirk". "First Counsel" is about a mile south of the Oklahoma/Kansas border. "Native Lights" is about a mile further south. Newkirk is around 10 miles south of the line and the "Southwinds Casino" is something like 3 miles east of Newkirk.

    But I think that "First Counsel" is the only one that really has a facility for concerts and that is pretty new. So my money would be on "First Counsel". Nice new casino.

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    Just checked - yup, it was the First Council Casino! Al Green played in a tent outside, but afterwards we went into the casino and played a bit. I won $38. Talk about a high-roller!

    We actually dipped into your state. We drove past the casino, past the Kansas sign, and then turned right around. So, technically I can say I've been to Kansas! Unfortunately Jess didn't come on that trip - Christi's brother and sister drove me up there for the concert while Jess was working. I'm sure we would have contacted you if it had been just the two of us.


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    Since then (the "tent days") First Counsel has constructed a dedicated Auditorium for concerts and they have a lot of them down there. Mostly Country Western (understandable considering it's Oklahoma) but every once in a while, they get some Rock going. Heart has been there. So has Three Dog Night. And I think Meatloaf did a couple of nights there.

    They've also built a hotel annex onto the Casino. I don't know if that's finished though.

    It's about a 60 minute drive down there to First Counsel and Verna goes at least twice a week. Sometimes more. I think she's getting me a ticket the next time she goes down...probably tomorrow.

    Stevie and Rod are playing the Sprint Center in Kansas City. If it was just Stevie, it would be a no-brainer. I'll have to read Nancy's review closely before deciding. It's a lot bigger commitment to drive 3 hours to KC and then fight the mob of people at the Sprint Center up there.

    I'm really hoping that The Band Of Heathens gets a gig down in Oklahoma. I'd drive a long ways and fight a pretty rowdy crowd to see those guys.

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    I did make it to the Casino Activity Center at First Counsel for the "Crosby/Nash" concert last night.

    Very good. I was sitting with two ladies (probably 50 rows back right next to the sound booth), who really knew the CS&N songs, but I don't think they knew much about the vocal parts they are each responsible for. They said to me at one point "Crosby isn't carrying his part of the load is he?"

    Well David doesn't get real animated when he sings (never has) and the Walrus Mustachio sort of hides his mouth so you can't really SEE him singing. But you can sure hear him! I mean, his aren't the high lead parts that Nash sings (and Nash sings them WELL TOO!) But that part underneath that David does sing just blends in so fantastically that don't even know that he's belting it out! But when the Cros backs away from the microphone to let Nash go at it solo, it is like listening to mono instead of stereo.

    David may have been a bit off in the health department. I don't know. It may be just the way he is after all he's been through. He did cough or clear his throat several times but nothing was mentioned about it during the concert.

    They played for right at an hour and then took a twenty minute break and then came out and played for another hour. Oh my! Can they still sing!

    Besides Graham Nash (vocals, Hummingbird, Telecaster, Harmonica and Keyboards) and David Crosby (vocals, Stratocaster, what looked to be one of the Carvin Strat style guitars with the sort of Fender looking heads, and Martin 6 and 12 String) they had four other musicians on the stage.

    Dean Parks (I hope I got his name right...looked him up on Youtube and it looks like the guitarist from last night) on guitar. Parks was part of the old Steely Dan group (or at least contributed a lot to their studio albums) and he was the electric lead for Crosby and Nash last night. He primarily played a trio of PRS Custom 24s but also did a number on an acoustic that I couldn't recognize because of the lighting. When introduced, in addition to noting that he was from Steely Dan, they pointed out that he was one of the most sought after studio guitarists in LA. In addition to playing the 6-strings, he played pedal steel on two or three songs.

    On Keyboards, was David Crosby's son James Raymond. He really is good on piano/organ/synth and he also performed harmony vocals that I think might have filled in the parts that had to have been those of Stills. He did in intro on keyboards called "Grace" that introduced "Jesus of Rio" that Nash performed. The short haired kid is really quite good.

    I did not catch the name of the Bassist but did catch the fact that he was "stolen from Jackson Brown". He certainly nailed down the bottom!

    On drums was a guy from Oklahoma City. Probably a well known drummer and just "happened to be from Oklahoma" but I failed to catch his name.

    I couldn't begin to name the songs. To be honest, while I've listened to them for probably 50 years (likely the 10 or so years during which I listened to them the most, I was in an altered state...and I don't mean Texas!), I have never paid attention to the song titles...just the incredible vocals.

    They are still "protesting". Did a song after an introduction by Nash really torching that preacher in Florida who burned a Koran. Then blasted GE (not by name) about their billions in revenue and paying no taxes. Ironically, yesterday, I heard that GE was giving all that tax return BACK to the IRS. They came by it fairly and legally, but the public image of it made them really look bad. They did another "protest" song that David had written about Yucca Mountain...a proposed nuclear waste dump.

    Their "standards" I would think were done and if I knew the names of them, there were many others because I recognized them from hearing them over the years. "Wooden Ships", "Our House" and a singalong: "Teach Your Children Well" which Graham dedicated to all the teachers out there.

    By the time the concert was over, I'd devoted seven hours to the experience. The one hour drive down, a half hour killed wandering around the Casino, one hour standing in line waiting for the doors to open, another hour waiting inside the auditorium and visiting with my two new-found friends and then 2.5 hours of the concert itself and then the drive back home!

    I'd say it was WELL WORTH the $42 ticket price (that's an understatement) but I wouldn't want to go through that much of at time expenditure again any time soon to see them again. My back is killing me this morning and I have an out of town tee-time with my Brother-in-law! Give it a year or so and if them return, I'm sure I'll have changed my mind!

    MikeA

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    Glad you enjoyed it Mike....despite the "wasted time"

    Funnily enough i'm listening to Suite: Judy Blue Eyes as I type - it's becoming a re-found favourite!
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    I did some more research and found Kevin McCormick as the bass player from Jackson Brown. The guy is pretty amazing on the 4-string. He did something with the bass I hadn't seen before when they were letting each member solo during a song. He did some sort of hammeron-pulloff thing way up on the neck on the high strings...sounded like some kind of funky lead on a 6-string!

    And the drummer...Steve DiStanislao. Nash sort of stated his name during applause and I didn't catch anything but Stevey D. But looking him up, I see that he was the (or one of the) drummers for David Gilmore and Pink Floyd.

    He got the job done and done well without a lot of flash just as Dean did on lead guitar. Crosby really speaks highly of him.

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    Thanks for the review, Mike! I'm glad you got to see them and that you enjoyed the show, despite the extra hassle. You're right about Crosby's vocals - they are still incredible. He looks older and, as you said, doesn't move much while singing... but when he belts out those long notes, it takes your breath away.


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    Glad you enjoyed yourself Mike in spite of your aching back. Hope you don't overdo it with that golf game today. And good to know that you are primed to take in another concert next year.

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