So my wife and I got to experience 90 minutes of pure fusion goodness at the Billy Cobham show at the famous Catalina Bar & Grill on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood (just a few blocks north from where Pro Drum is) and wanted to post a few pics. I posted a couple of the drumset, very pretty blue Tama Star drums, and Billy played them great. He was joined by Dean Brown on guitar (awesome), Ric Fierabracci on bass (also awesome), and Gary Husband on keyboards (even more awesome since he is also a killer drummer as well - makes me regret not having taken my piano playing seriously when I had the chance! Nonetheless, I think I'll be hitting the Mozart and Bach piano books in the future). My wife even got a pic of me with the Master at the autograph table after the show.
They were selling the CD, Spectrum 40 Live which I had to get because it was this exact same band playing tonight. I even got the whole band to sign my copy. What was really cool is right from note one, this band was on fire. Some things sounded a little stiff in the beginning, but it was totally minor. If you can catch this show, do so. Killer playing all around, and it makes you question what you can do on your instrument, but I found it inspiring. I now want to practice. Billy is pushing 60, but he doesn't sound like he's lost anything!
Editorial note: what I find a little disheartening about our live music scene is that we got to see this awesome jazz legend and band for $30 each. And we were only 8 feet from the edge of the stage. The cheapest Los Angeles area tickets for say, Van Halen, will cost you at least $260 per ticket! Even Weird Al commands prices in the $100+ range. The price discrepancy is surprising, eh? We even saw the Adrian Belew Power Trio in a small venue in Big Bear for $25 a ticket! I get the big name acts commanding big bucks, but if some young gun tells me he can't afford to see true masters of their craft play live one more time.....grrrrr......!!!!
They were selling the CD, Spectrum 40 Live which I had to get because it was this exact same band playing tonight. I even got the whole band to sign my copy. What was really cool is right from note one, this band was on fire. Some things sounded a little stiff in the beginning, but it was totally minor. If you can catch this show, do so. Killer playing all around, and it makes you question what you can do on your instrument, but I found it inspiring. I now want to practice. Billy is pushing 60, but he doesn't sound like he's lost anything!
Editorial note: what I find a little disheartening about our live music scene is that we got to see this awesome jazz legend and band for $30 each. And we were only 8 feet from the edge of the stage. The cheapest Los Angeles area tickets for say, Van Halen, will cost you at least $260 per ticket! Even Weird Al commands prices in the $100+ range. The price discrepancy is surprising, eh? We even saw the Adrian Belew Power Trio in a small venue in Big Bear for $25 a ticket! I get the big name acts commanding big bucks, but if some young gun tells me he can't afford to see true masters of their craft play live one more time.....grrrrr......!!!!
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