BOC 2012

[mike coleman]

TAKE ME AWAY

On 7/11/12, Jason C. Hillenburg <j.hillenburg at comcast.net> wrote:
> 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
>>
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