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Title: I Seen SMV in Cleveland last night!
Post by: bishopqdog on August 16, 2008, 08:04:09 PM: Needless to say, it was a great show! Stanley played his Alembic the whole time, except when he played his upright. The Spellbinder was on stage but...
Title: I Seen SMV in Cleveland last night!
Post by: elwoodblue on August 16, 2008, 09:21:50 PM: I guess we're not funky enough here in the NorthWest...I really regret missing the RTF show,

Stanley sure keeps himself busy ...my hat's off to the man.
I bet Hal will be happy to know the Alembic is front and center.

back to practice,practice...
Title: I Seen SMV in Cleveland last night!
Post by: keavin on August 17, 2008, 05:21:11 AM: By listening to the trax it seems marcus is the bottom,Victor's the rythm,& stanley's the melody man. the thing i dont like is that there's no chicago dates!
Title: I Seen SMV in Cleveland last night!
Post by: artswork99 on August 17, 2008, 06:29:01 AM: Glad to hear that it was a good show. I think the tour is very light on U.S. engagements.
Title: I Seen SMV in Cleveland last night!
Post by: bishopqdog on August 17, 2008, 11:30:52 AM: Keavin it was exactly as you stated. They were all team players. It was well worth the drive. The cd is awesome by the way!
Title: I Seen SMV in Cleveland last night!
Post by: terryc on August 18, 2008, 02:37:07 AM: Are they coming to the starved UK and will they venture out of London..maybe Newcastle..I guess not
Title: I Seen SMV in Cleveland last night!
Post by: adriaan on August 18, 2008, 03:58:12 AM: They're even coming to Tilburg ...
Title: I Seen SMV in Cleveland last night!
Post by: jacko on August 18, 2008, 04:53:31 AM: Terry - you live in a dream world ;-) In the unlikely event of them coming to the UK they'll play 3 nights at the Camden Jazz Cafe then zip off to play the rest of Europe.

Graeme ;-(
Title: I Seen SMV in Cleveland last night!
Post by: terryc on August 18, 2008, 06:45:57 AM: jacko - oh I guess I am..never mind, maybe one day they might play at the sage in newcastle
Title: I Seen SMV in Cleveland last night!
Post by: jacko on August 18, 2008, 06:50:39 AM: That would be something - the sage (http://www.thesagegateshead.org/) is a fantastic venue.

I've checked the smv (http://www.smvmusic.com/tour.html) tourdates and they aren't booked anywhere in the UK yet - loads of european dates though - fingers crossed.

Graeme
Title: I Seen SMV in Cleveland last night!
Post by: bishopqdog on August 18, 2008, 11:39:19 AM: Hopefully they will film a dvd release.
Title: I Seen SMV in Cleveland last night!
Post by: jazzyvee on August 19, 2008, 04:57:13 AM: Sadly no dates in Birmingham either.
I've already seen Stanley twice this year once and the Jazz cafe and with RTF at the Indgo 02 so a hatrick would be good.

I'm trying to work out which of the european dates to go to. Amsterdam seems the most convenient so far as I have a good mate living there.

Jazzyvee
Title: I Seen SMV in Cleveland last night!
Post by: terryc on August 19, 2008, 08:16:20 AM: jacko yes the sage is a mere 35-40 miles away.
Saw John McLaughlin with Shakti Revisited, Herbie Hancock there.
A superb venue indeed.
SMV may be tempted!!!
Title: I Seen SMV in Cleveland last night!
Post by: willie on August 19, 2008, 02:40:05 PM: I'll be seeing them tonight in Glenside
Title: I Seen SMV in Cleveland last night!
Post by: hankster on August 19, 2008, 04:14:50 PM: I'm considering seeing them tomorrow night (Wednesday) in Toronto. Any other club members planning to see them in Toronto?

Rick
Title: I Seen SMV in Cleveland last night!
Post by: David Houck on August 19, 2008, 09:03:30 PM: Those of you who've seen this show; did you see any bass players in the audience?
Title: I Seen SMV in Cleveland last night!
Post by: bishopqdog on August 20, 2008, 12:00:02 AM: No one that I recognized. I did see a few people who brought their basses hoping to get them signed by SMV. Before the show started, there were some who stood at the stage admiring SMV's gear. I figured they were bass players.
Title: I Seen SMV in Cleveland last night!
Post by: frank on August 20, 2008, 08:10:24 AM: I'm going tonight in toronto. I'm extremely psyched. I've already seen stanley here with rtf and then caught marcus here.
Title: I Seen SMV in Cleveland last night!
Post by: David Houck on August 21, 2008, 08:47:19 AM: Quincy; my remark was tongue in cheek, hee hee! When I saw Victor fronting his own band, early on in the show he remarked something to the effect of it's a bit intimidating playing in front of a room full of bass players. My guess is that it's like going to see the Steve Morse band, where probably just about everyone there is a guitar player.
Title: I Seen SMV in Cleveland last night!
Post by: bishopqdog on August 21, 2008, 08:06:30 PM: he remarked something to the effect of it's a bit intimidating playing in front of a room full of bass players.

He's up for it! Actually, he seemed very humble.