John McLaughlin.
Last night we went to Town Hall
to attend Mr.John McLaughlin`s first
electric fusion concert in ten years.
His recent touring band is the same one as on his latest release
"Industrial Zen" and it`s called the 4th Dimension.
It`s a quartet with John on the guitar along with three amazing musicians.
Mr.Gary Husband on the keyboards
and on jungle drums,since John is a master of a counterpoint
thing happening in which there are often two melodies
and a superimposed time signature,
Mr. Hadrien Feraud a 23 years old musical phenomenon
on Bass and one of the most astonishing drummers Mr.Mark Mondesir.
John McLaughlin`s 70`s album has had a huge impact on me
as a musician.
I was totally blown away when i first heard version two
of the Mahavishnu Orchestra ,
on "Visions of the Emerald Beyond,1974", which
my sister brought me as a gift from her first trip to London.
His playing was like nothing i had experienced before and
command of the instrument short of amazing.
I later bought "The Inner Mountain Flame,1971","Birds of Fire,1972"
and a live recording, "Between Nothingness and Eternity,1973" featuring
the first version Mahavishnu Orchestra, one of the greatest bands ever!
Later on i got into his acoustic albums "My Goal`s Beyond,1970"
with side one being one of the first world-music experiments,
as the two pieces resolved around a drone,and side two
was dedicated to the guitar exclusively,
either solo or multitracked.
Fascinated by his acoustic guitar work
i`ve got me two more albums
with an Indian group of musicians called "Shakti",
the first one "Natural Elements,1975" and the later
"A Handful of Beauty,1976" both of them i treasure deeply.
His command of the acoustic guitar ans his picking
technique is simply astounding.
The concert last night left me and kathleen in a trance
and I believe most of the people in the audience felt
the same way.
What an inspiration he has been and he continues to be
now at his 65 years of age with a physique of a 20 year old,
and that`s due to Meditation
and to dedicated Vegetarianism.
He is a living legend and an example to us all.
to attend Mr.John McLaughlin`s first
electric fusion concert in ten years.
His recent touring band is the same one as on his latest release
"Industrial Zen" and it`s called the 4th Dimension.
It`s a quartet with John on the guitar along with three amazing musicians.
Mr.Gary Husband on the keyboards
and on jungle drums,since John is a master of a counterpoint
thing happening in which there are often two melodies
and a superimposed time signature,
Mr. Hadrien Feraud a 23 years old musical phenomenon
on Bass and one of the most astonishing drummers Mr.Mark Mondesir.
John McLaughlin`s 70`s album has had a huge impact on me
as a musician.
I was totally blown away when i first heard version two
of the Mahavishnu Orchestra ,
on "Visions of the Emerald Beyond,1974", which
my sister brought me as a gift from her first trip to London.
His playing was like nothing i had experienced before and
command of the instrument short of amazing.
I later bought "The Inner Mountain Flame,1971","Birds of Fire,1972"
and a live recording, "Between Nothingness and Eternity,1973" featuring
the first version Mahavishnu Orchestra, one of the greatest bands ever!
Later on i got into his acoustic albums "My Goal`s Beyond,1970"
with side one being one of the first world-music experiments,
as the two pieces resolved around a drone,and side two
was dedicated to the guitar exclusively,
either solo or multitracked.
Fascinated by his acoustic guitar work
i`ve got me two more albums
with an Indian group of musicians called "Shakti",
the first one "Natural Elements,1975" and the later
"A Handful of Beauty,1976" both of them i treasure deeply.
His command of the acoustic guitar ans his picking
technique is simply astounding.
The concert last night left me and kathleen in a trance
and I believe most of the people in the audience felt
the same way.
What an inspiration he has been and he continues to be
now at his 65 years of age with a physique of a 20 year old,
and that`s due to Meditation
and to dedicated Vegetarianism.
He is a living legend and an example to us all.
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