BOC 2012

[Jason C. Hillenburg]

Musically good enough? Sure. Buck's voice is holding up well and his guitar playing is still top shelf. Eric's voice, however, 
is a shadow of what it once was. There are flashes of the old Eric, particularly on this recent European jaunt, but those 
flashes are growing increasingly dim. Allen Lanier though? I don't know. I've heard health concerns forced him off the 
road, but who knows? Who knows if it is the whole story? 

Is the motivation to ramp up their game still there? Albert on board would mean no more coasting. I get the feeling that 
the gigs are more or less a hobby now; there's really no greater rhyme or reason to them, no greater direction. 



----- Original Message -----
From: "mike coleman" <insect.brain at GMAIL.COM> 
To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET 
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 11:12:14 AM 
Subject: Re: BOC 2012 

To me it seems like the band is cursed. 
Are these guys capable of "being good enough" if hell froze over and 
Albert were asked back again? 

I'm insane enough to think John might have been hinting at the 
possible future with "the moody blues". of course "blue" containing 
that d-word, that is not exactly umlauts.... 
How about Albert shooting to ever greater heights and taking a piss 

wonders if somebody contacted him.....he did play some classic ancient 
Tull that night 
hmmmmm 


On 7/11/12, Eric Falk <des at efalkmedia.com> wrote: 
> This has been my experience the past several times over a decade or so 
> that I have seen them as well. 
> Last time I saw them was 4 years ago and nothing was right, the sound 
> was bad, mistakes were made, same old song selection, etc. 
> We thought the bad sound was the venue they were at but when the next 
> band came on (Foghat, I believe) their sound was awesome. 
> 
> Hard to watch a band you love disintegrate. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 7/11/2012 6:05 AM, SHLL (Scott Heller) wrote: 
>> Hej 
>> 
>> I just saw BOC at the Sweden rock festival with the new bass player. They 
>> played 3-4 years ago and had the same 2nd guitar player but also a 
>> different drummer than today. Anyway, I have to say that I was quite 
>> disappointed in BOC. It was 80% of the same songs they played last time. A 
>> couple of different ones like Harvest Moon but they really just come 
>> across as totally going through the motions, very little passion. I had 
>> the same experience with Lynryrd Skynryd. If these bands did not have 
>> great songs, they would totally be done for..... 
>> 
>> All the best 
>> 
>> Scott 
>> 
>> http://writingaboutmusic.blogspot.com 
>> 
>> 
> 
> -- 
> "It's strange how the simple things in life go on 
> while we become more difficult." --Richard Brautigan 
>