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Title:MUSIC V4
Notice:New Noters please read Note 1.*, Mod = someone else
Moderator:KDX200::COOPER
Created:Wed Oct 09 1991
Last Modified:Tue Mar 12 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:762
Total number of notes:18706

287.0. "Steve Hackett" by TROOA::NYUL () Mon Aug 17 1992 14:53

    
    Hi all, 
    
    I'm history in 2 weeks, but I just had to enter this note and see if I
    could get a response.
    
    I saw Steve Hackett at the El Mocambo club in Toronto (the Stones
    played there once, and that's their claim to fame).  He gave me a
    pleasant surprise.  ART ROCK LIVES!!
    
    Highlights included a "Flight of the Condor", "Many Sides of the Night",
    "Everyday (WOW!)", and a moving rendition of Horizon's from FOXTROT. 
    The encore was a SMOKING shuffle peice, the likes of which I could
    never have imagined him playing.  His tone was impeccable, and his
    playing was spirited, despite the disadvantage of a loud, obnoxious
    crowd.  His band is a four-piece (drums, bass, & keys) and played
    proficiently, although the focus was on Steve.  He had a big Les Paul
    type guitar, a nylon-string classical, and a midi-ed up strat-looking
    thing.  He switched between them up to like ten times in ONE SONG.
    
    His singing mostly sucked, but thankfully there wasn't a lot of that.
    
    I have GTR, which is a fun record, but....well, those supergroup things
    never seem to work out.  I suppose he probably has a half-dozen solo
    releases, but I have never heard anything from them. 
    
    Does anyone out there follow this guy's solo career?  I think I could
    stand to buy a few of his releases, but I am not sure where to start
    (or finish, for that matter).  The stuff he said was from his new album
    was high-quality.
    
    Frank Nyul (A student-type)
        
    
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287.1MAGEE::OSTIGUYMon Aug 17 1992 16:2713
    Was there any mention of other club dates ??  It sounds like this would
    be a good candidate for the Paradise in Boston...
    
    The only album I own by Steve is "Please Don't Touch" which I've always
    enjoyed, and I'm familiar with "Spectral Mornings" although it's been
    years since I've heard that one, and another album whose name escapes
    me at this moment. Being still relatively new to the world of CD's I
    haven't picked up any of Hackett's solo CD's but should...check them
    out, if you enjoyed his show, you'll probably enjoy his older material
    as well.
    
    Also check out "Genesis Live" the old single album one. He does a great
    solo on "The Knife"
287.2I'm pretty sure he's just startedTROOA::NYULMon Aug 17 1992 18:3613
    
    He didn't mention any other dates, but I don't see anyone coming across
    the sea just to play Toronto, Ontario.  There were some rough edges to
    the material, and he was a bit awkward in his between-song chatter.  
    That tells me this date is early in the tour, and possibly his first.
    
    There was one hilarious moment where he was introducing a song, and in
    the middle of Hackett's sentence, the drummer counted the band in. 
    It was funny to watch the poor guy scrambling to start playing the
    opening lead.  This is surely an early-in-the-tour scenario.
    
    Frank
    
287.3Early Steve HackettKOLFAX::WIEGLEBRocky and Raging BullwinkleMon Aug 17 1992 23:514
    His first post-Genesis solo was something called "The Voyage of the
    Acolyte".  I only heard it once - about 1978.
    
    - Dave
287.4HNDMTH::TUTAKInductee (1992): Hall of FoamMon Aug 24 1992 19:047
    
    There's an old Hackett note (1814) including a discography in
    KDX200::GUITAR.
    
    His voice always was embarassing. Great player, though.
    
    
287.5Get your axe and Hackett up.TROOA::NYULThu Aug 27 1992 13:217
    
    Thanks much to those who replied.  The info will be quite helpful.
    
    Thought I'd reply now, since I depart tomorrow. 
    
    Frank.
    
287.6New album?SSDEVO::KRAUSEFri Oct 30 1992 02:005
In the Noteworthy Music Holiday Issue 1992 catalog I have noticed that there is
a new CD from Steve Hackett listed.  It is called Time Lapse (Live, greatest
hits).  Has anyone bought this CD, and if so what is on it and how does is
sound?  Could this be a result of the preveously mentioned concertes that Steve
was doing earlier this year?
287.7OTOOA::ELLACOTTQuick Snarf bring my AxeWed May 05 1993 17:077
    	Re: Time Lapse
    
    	It is good half very old solo and half newer.
    
    
    FJE
    
287.8OTOOA::ESKICIOGLUMy other piano is a SteinwayThu May 06 1993 16:3614
    Fred,
    
    Did you see Steve when he played at the Penguin ? 
    Before the Penguin show, the last time I saw him it was only him and
    his acoustic guitar. A very mild, pleasant show. Thinking that it would
    be similar, I went to the Penguin without ear plugs. I was very close
    to the stage for the first 10 minutes then I had to move back to the
    pool table area ;-) He literally deafened me.
    
    BTW, you will have to sell me that pin one of these years. Either you
    sell it or I steal it off your chest when you and I are alone in the
    elevator one day ;-)
    
    Lale