Conference mr1pst::music

> who is this Charlie Sextant(?) guy, and what else has he worked on?

Charlie Sexton originally was the guitar player for Joe Ely. He then had
a brief career as a solo artist, and had one hit: "Beat So Lonely". Sorta
faded away after that until ArcAngels started to happen....

alan

    The Arc Angels will be at the Paradise in Boston on Wednesday,
    December 16th.  
    
    Did anyone catch them on the Tonight Show last night?  They sounded
    pretty tight.
    
    -Meg-

    re. .1
    
    Charlie only played with Joe Ely's band as kind of novelty thing back
    about 8-10 years ago. When he was in his early teens, like 11-13, and
    he was giggin with Joe it was like "look at that little guy play guitar. 
    He's damn good." Jesse Sublett in those days, was Joe's primary guitar
    player.
    
    Charlie's first band with a bunch of kid's his age was "The Eager
    Beaver Boys." LA then caught up with him and tried to turn him into a
    mega-star. Really outside of his blues background. That flopped and he
    landed back in Austin a couple years ago (his brother Will, who also
    has a band, lives here as well).
    
    The bass player and drummer of the Arc Angels come from Stevie Ray
    Vaughn's group (do they sound familiar?). Tommy Shannon and I can't
    remember the other guy's name.
    
    The other guitar player is Doyle Bramhall Jr. Apparently he is
    considered a real hot-shot player but I don't know too much about him.
    Lately it was reported he had a drinking problem and was going through
    rehab.
    
    I wish these guys the best...
    

>    The other guitar player is Doyle Bramhall Jr. Apparently he is
>    considered a real hot-shot player but I don't know too much about him.

I've only heard that he used to play with the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Did the
T-Birds tour with two guitar players, maybe?

ArcAngels are playing at the Paradise in Boston on December 16th, for a 
bargain price of $8.50. Be there!!!

alan

    re. Doyle Bramhall Jr. & The Thunderbirds
    
    Hmmm, maybe how that is how he got his big reputation. That may have
    been his father, seems I heard or read something about that.
    
    The Thunderbirds had a bunch of different folks in the band over the
    years. Jimmy Vaughn, as far as I know, was always pretty much their
    main guy on guitar. You may be right, Doyle may have played back-up.
    
    The interesting treat for many folks with the Arc Angels is that I
    suspect people only know Charlie Sexton via the days when LA was
    trying to make him into this mega-star thing (with no substance). Go
    see him live with the Arc Angels, you'll be saying "this kid does have
    some substance."
    
    Have a good time.
    	

    
    	I believe Doyle Bramhall's father was a drummer or something. He
    may have played w/the T-Birds... it sounds familiar...
    
    	Doyle co-wrote some of the lyrics with Stevie Ray Vaughan on 
    Stevie Ray's last full album, "In Step" (his best, in my opinion).
    I thought the lyrics on that album were miles above the lyrics on
    Stevie Ray's other albums. That was my first exposure to Doyle.
    
    
    	Brad Page
    

The ArcAngels show at the Paradise this evening is being broadcast live 
over WBCN (104.1 FM). The show should be starting around 11:00pm.....

alan

    
    
    
    
    
    		All I can say about last night's show at the 'dise...
    
    
    
    
    				WOW!!!!!
    
        
    
    
    		-Meg-
    
    
    	

> All I can say about last night's show at the 'dise...

"Huh?"	8^)

(They were loud as hell!!!!)

But it was a fantastic show last night. Doyle might try to be SRV Jr. a bit
too much, but he was still quite impressive, for sure! Charlie Sexton was
good in his own right, but not nearly as good as Doyle playing was (and I
also liked Doyle's vocals better also). 

They had the place rockin', without a doubt!

alan

    ....Great Show.........Loud But Great.....i would've liked the vocals
    to have been a little more up front in the mix........what else is new
    ...../k

    For those who went, how was the opening set by the Poor Boys live?
    BCN broadcast both their and Arc Angels set last night, and I liked
    what I heard of it on radio.
    
    Soundwise, Poor Boys actually came across better (less muddy) on the
    airwaves, maybe due to less volume???
    
    /rick

    
    
    I thought the Poor Boys were great too. I caught one of the drum
    sticks!! (I was also the one who asked them where they were from,
    if you heard me on the radio!!)
    
    
    I agree that Doyle was the best last night.  BUT....Charlie floored
    me with Too Many Ways to Fall!!!!! 
    
    
    -Meg-
    

Missed the Poor Boys last night, got there just in time to see ArcAngels....
I heard they were good though, from the crowd reaction. I'll have to catch
them next town they are in town!
    
alan

    re .12
    
    Yeah, in fact I did hear someone ask where they were from, when they
    answered.  Were you also the person who kept yelling "sex palace"?  :-)
    
    ps. who saw what the Poor Boys were using for equipment?  The guitar
    sounded killer!

I didn't see what the Poor Boys had for equipment, but since I was about
5 feet in front of Doyle all night, I got a decent look at his gear. He
plays through 2 Fender Twin Reverbs (and they were *cranked*!). He mainly
plays Strats, he plays lefty and has them strung upside down. Charlie,
on the other hand, seemed to have a different guitar for almost every
song, including Strats, Teles, a Rickenbacker, and a Les Paul, and an old
hollow body Gibson, among others....

alan

    hey rick......did you hear any wicked high pitch sustained
    screams/hoots  at the end of some of the Angels songs??....;"))..well
    alan, you told me to scream loud if i wanted people to hear me over the
    radio........................;')................/k

>    alan, you told me to scream loud if i wanted people to hear me over the
>    radio........................;')................

Yeah, but I didn't tell you to do right in my ear! Ouch!!!

8^)

alan

    ...hey i didn't see any blood trickling out of it so you must be OK...
    ...;')..................alarmist....................../k

    yeah, must've been those times I saw the level meters in my tape deck
    pegging!

    re .14
    
    
    I was the one yelling "Mark Parento..."!! We must have all been 
    standing together, I was at center stage - right between Doyle
    and Charlie - waving my drum stick and panting over Doyle!!!
    
    I think my ears have finally stopped ringing!!
    
    Happy Holidays Everyone.
    
    -Meg-

    ...while fighting with an annoying bout of insomnia last night i traipsed 
    out to the living room and turned on letterman to find that Arc Angels
    were his musical guests........anybody else catch them??....../k

    
    
    
    NO!! What songs did they do?  Did they talk with Letterman at all?
    
    Wish I had known they were going to be on.
    
    -Meg-

    ..they did "too many ways to fall"....and then i turned it off cuz i 
    just couldn't take Dave's mewling and paul shaeffers shenanigans..../k