From: tim@kudzu.viewlogic.com (Tim Foster)
Subject: Re: REVIEW: Steven Curtis Chapman's Great Adventure Tour
Originator: tim@kudzu
Organization: Viewlogic Systems, Inc.
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 13:35:31 GMT


In article <Bw4xoD.F1D@vcd.hp.com>, robertt@vcd.hp.com (Bob Taylor) writes:
|> Mary Ries (mcr@meaddata.com) wrote:
|> : In article <1992Oct13.145349.12419@viewlogic.com>, tim@kudzu.viewlogic.com (Tim Foster) writes:
|> : |> 
|> : |> Out of the Grey - A very short set of only 4 songs, 3 off of their
|> : |> first album (Wishes, Write My Life, and He Is Not Silent), and one
|> : |> off their new album (yay!) which is due out after Christmas.  They
|> : |> did all their songs with only Scott Dente on the guitar.  He is an
|> : |> excellent player, but it just isn't as effective as with a band.
|> : |> Her voice is excellent, but it suffered from the mic problems.  The
|> : |> best song (IMHO) was He Is Not Silent, which has a really powerful
|> : |> message.  It is really unfortunate that they did not get to play
|> : |> with a full band.
|> : 
|> : Awww, really??  My husband and I LOVED hearing them without the band!
|> : We thought it was the most awesome and powerful performance we've ever
|> : seen out of two people with one instrument!! (no tapes or background)
|> : 
|> : We saw them with SCC on last year's tour, and we never heard Out of
|> : the Grey except for "Wishes" on the radio.  We loved them right away
|> : and Matt was actually disappointed when we bought the tape and they
|> : had a band playing with them!  I'm serious!  The way that Scott banged
|> : (I mean BANGED!) on his guitar while strumming to provide the strong
|> : beat was just riveting!!
|> : 
|> : I'm glad they are playing that way again because its was unusual,
|> : especially to have such a powerful performance from a single
|> : guitarist...  that Scott must have some kind of energy!
|> 
|> I'll have to agree - I saw them open for Charlie Peacock and now am
|> dissapointed when I listen to the album.  The guitar stuff he does
|> live is a lot more impressive than what's on the album (but then
|> I'm an easily impressed guitar player).  If you're interested, they
|> did a couple of songs on Charlie Peacock's "Coram Deo" project that
|> are a little more like what they do in concert (although not nearly
|> as intense).
|> 
|> : 
|> : I can't wait to see them again!
|> 
|> Me too - and I hope the new album is more like their live performances.
|> 

I think this is true in alot of cases where someone's preference
of a song's version is the first version they hear.  I can't stand
some of the remakes that artists do of older tunes.  This is a 
similar case in that their performance was not the same as what I 
have grown accustomed to hearing (I bought their tape without ever
seeing them live).  Another reason I would have preferred to hear
the full band was that the speakers and/or microphones just didn't
work well for those of us in the balcony at this concert.  If this
were a "coffee house" setting, I'm sure I would have loved the 
acoustic only stuff, but I just couldn't hear it that well.

|> : 
|> : _______________________________________________________________________
|> : Mary Ries            | Die, v.:                     | Software Engineer
|> : mcr@meaddata.com     |    To stop sinning suddenly. | Mead Data Central
|> : ..uunet!meaddata!mcr |           -- Elbert Hubbard  | Dayton, Ohio
|> : 
|> 
|> Bob Taylor
|> HP Vancouver
|> : 
|> : 
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Tim Foster 
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