Author Topic: The Noah Gabriel Band (Read 2948 times)

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 29, 2008, 02:30:28 PM »

Meanwhile, I'm subbing with The Guise again tonight at Mike & Denise's, same deal as above, 1760 Farnsworth in Aurora IL.
Nice stage, great sound and good food. Did I mention free pool tables?
The jam starts at 8:30.

Mike

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 10, 2008, 11:24:57 AM »

Well, I'm subbing in again this Tuesday at the Open Stage at Mike & Denise's Pizza & Pub on Farnsworth in Aurora. I've also convinced the rest of NGB to come out as well, so we'll be doing 2 or 3 of Noah's songs. House band goes on about 8:30. Bring yer axe and smile, smile smile!
Mike

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 16, 2008, 09:54:58 AM »

The Noah Gabriel Band is playing Friday, Feb. 22nd at Walter Payton's Roundhouse in Aurora. We go on at 10:30, after the Comedy show (yeah, I konw). We're playing till 2 AM. Cover charge is $5.
The Roundhouse is on route 25 in downtown Aurora.
A bunch of new songs from Noah plus faves from the first two CDs, and new drummer Andy Szymanski. I'll be playing my Epics. Hope to see some friends.
Mike

(Message edited by dadabass2001 on February 16, 2008)

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #18 on:** February 24, 2008, 11:13:09 AM »

Well, we had a great turnout Friday at the Roundhouse! Good sound, good mix, and a fun night.

This Tuesday the 26th I'm the house bassist for the Open Jam at Mike and Denise's again. Mike & Denis'es is at 1760 Farnsworth in Aurora and we start at 8:30. Bring yer strings, sticks, vocal chords, and/or congas and sit in!
Mike

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 21, 2008, 04:25:06 PM »

Happy Easter everyone! Here's some pics of the Feb. 22nd show at the Roundhouse:

having a great time. Noah is the cat in the hat

You can see my rig behind me. My Acme Low B-2 sat on an amp stand and my rig sat on a keyboard bench. I just bought a second Low B-2.

"Crooked" - I'm grooving in the blue zone

I switched to fretted for "Redemption". The crowd was a gas!

My solo. People say I look like Jerry. It must be the glasses.

musical hijinks abound. I recorded the show from beside Noah's monitor. I got one of the best recordings ever.

2nd set (I changed shirts) Noah has talked about putting up some of my audio from the show on his Myspace page. I'll post here if he does. We're playing next Friday, March 28 at the Venice Tavern in Batavia. Looking forward to more fun! Mike

David Houck · « **Reply #20 on:** March 24, 2008, 09:26:44 PM »

Nice pics!!

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 25, 2008, 05:39:04 AM »

Thanks Dave, They were taken (along with 700+ more) by the PR guy from Roundhouse.
We've been recording 15 songs since the Feburary show, and Noah put two rough mixes of new tracks on his Myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/noahgabriel
The new tracks are Crooked and When I'm Gone.

I'm looking forward to this Friday at Venice Tavern. I just got my second Acme Low B-2 last Friday and will be bringing it along.
Mike

lembic76450 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 25, 2008, 04:39:53 PM »

Mike,
I just bought my first Low B-2, I am simply blown away by the sound with both my Epic and Series I. Please post after your gig, I would like to know how 2 Low B's sound.

David Houck · « **Reply #23 on:** March 25, 2008, 05:56:44 PM »

That reminds me, I need to bring my B-2 up from the basement and try it out with my rig; I'm taking it to a jam tomorrow.

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #24 on:** March 26, 2008, 05:25:36 AM »

Hi Kenn,
Yeah I really love the tone as well. I'm not planning on running the new 4 ohm B-2 very loud as this will be its first use and Andy Lewis strongly recommends a break-in period to exercise the cones. That being said, I will be powering it up along with my first B-2 (also 4 ohm) with a QSC PLX1602 running in parallel (one input feeding both channels independently). I'll stack them vertcally with the new one on the bottom which will bring my original up to ear level.
Venice Tavern is an intimate club as well, seating maybe 120 in the room we play in when the patio isn't in use (not yet in Illinois). I loved my sound at the Roundhouse in February, but was at the top end of what I could get cleanly from one side of the QSC (500 w @ 4 ohms) so felt I would like more for this summers outdoor venues. We're scheduled to be back in the Roundhouse in May, so I'll have more chance to verify the dual cabinet setup by then.
Mike

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #25 on:** March 26, 2008, 05:54:26 AM »

Is Venice Tavern the place with the sliding glass doors out to the Fox River?

Peter

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #26 on:** March 26, 2008, 02:36:25 PM »

Indeed it is, Peter.
Right next to the pedestrian bridge.

In all honesty, the sliding glass doors lead to the patio, which is on the Fox River.

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #27 on:** March 26, 2008, 02:55:47 PM »

I worked that room once with Vanessa Davis Band almost 30 years ago - glad it's still there, it was a nice venue (and it is, indeed, intimate). Someone stuffed a candy wrapper in one of the PA horns - which is, I swear, the ONLY reason I always walked around with hemostats on my beltloop back then!

Peter

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #28 on:** April 04, 2008, 05:37:50 PM »

Well, the Venice Tavern is no longer on my playlist. I don't want to draw out the debacle, but the owner decided to book an acousti-pop quartet before NGB last Friday, then had them run past 9:15. They didn't load out until after 10 and by then the NGB band was long gone, Noah wound up doing an acoustic show to close out the night.
We did probably 15 shows there over the last three years in Pickled BEATS and NGB. I won't play for him again.
Mike

Meanwhile, Noah Gabriel Band is booked May 9th at Walter Payton's Roundhouse in Aurora (this will be our third show there). Details to follow...

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #29 on:** May 06, 2008, 05:28:03 AM »

Okay,
Noah Gabriel and band is palying this Friday the 9th at Walter Payton's Roundhouse in Aurora. We're on after the comedy show, and we'll start about 10:30 doing a single 1 hour-plus set, then Silverfish will be up doing their CD release party. Both bands doing originals for a $5 cover. I'll finally get a chance to use my second Low B-2.
Mike