Spinaltap Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 This looks interesting, and he will be playing 10 minutes away from me in Norwalk, CT https://www.vrbogrb.com/ Band of Gypsys – Revisited Recorded live at The Fillmore East in New York City N.Y. on December 31st, 1969 & January 1st, 1970, the Band of Gypsys debut recording consisted of six tracks released to the public on March 25th, 1970 – close to fifty years ago. That vinyl record established the template for the Funk & Roll genre. The re-releases, with new tracks & multiple versions of the six tracks from the Fillmore shows, illuminated that Jimi Hendrix, Billy Cox, and Buddy Miles never played a tune the same way twice, breaking away from the “note-by-note” live renditions prevalent in Pop & Rock hit songs at that time. This “breaking away” also highlighting BOG’s use of improvisational interplay within the Pop/Rock song structure, which up to that time, had usually been exercised by Jazz musicians. The Vernon Reid Band of Gypsys Revisited Band (VR-BOG-RB) have known each other since 1985, sharing the stage in bands such as the Screaming Headless Torsos, Yohimbe Brothers, Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber and The Black Rock Coalition Big Band. Thirty-three years later these four riff-loving playas are fusing to groove once again. In the spirit of revisiting, refreshing and further exploring the fun, funk & roll of the “Band of Gypsys Live at The Fillmore East” recording, Vernon Reid, André ‘Dré Glo’ Lassalle, James “Biscuit” Rouse, and Jared Michael Nickerson as VR-BOG-RB look forward to bringing this limited edition performance to your hamlet, city, town, or county fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobB Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Meh. If it was Randy Hansen, that would be something to witness. But, hey, maybe Vern’ll play his Hamers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMERMAN Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 The page shows André 'Dré Glo' Lassalle with a Hamer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamer95USA Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 1 hour ago, HAMERMAN said: The page shows André 'Dré Glo' Lassalle with a Hamer. Did he buy one of Vernon Reid's Hamer guitars or did he have a custom order from the factory? It looks like a 2nd generation Chapparal with SSH pickup configuration/Floyd Rose bridge/custom graphics. Guitar George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimiH Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Very interested in this! machine gun should be interesting 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathman Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Thanks for sharing. Love me some Vernon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMERMAN Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 17 hours ago, Hamer95USA said: Did he buy one of Vernon Reid's Hamer guitars or did he have a custom order from the factory? It looks like a 2nd generation Chapparal with SSH pickup configuration/Floyd Rose bridge/custom graphics. Guitar George I don't recall ever seeing a picture of Vernon with a Hamer that looked like that one but maybe it's the one he kept in the closet because he didn't like how it looked? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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