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Drive Blind will be taking a hiatus, probably, until this weekend. We'll be off in Colorado here, throwing ourselves down the side of a slippery mountain. I hate flights before 8 a.m, but everything else about the trip will be great. I'm sure that I'll come back with lots of pictures.
Last night I went to see the Pogues at the Orpheum. I only knew a few of the songs ("A Pair of Brown Eyes," "Fairy Tale For New York," and a couple off of Hell's Ditch), but it was a great high-energy show. Impressively, Shane was able to stay standing for the whole thing, although we certainly didn't understand a word that he said in between songs. The rest of the band wisely chose the setlist so that he got a break every few songs and could go backstage to drink or shoot up or fall over. A big pbbth goes out to the drunk oaf standing behind us who was upset that someone in the sold-out theater would have the nerve to stand in front of him. Fortunately, his friends dragged him out early, but certainly not early enough.
Finally, if anyone knows of an Irish string instrument that's larger than a mandolin but smaller than a guitar, let me know. I wasn't able to see how many strings it had. The guy on the left of the stage played one a lot, but I didn't recognize it. I'll try to find a picture of it later.
Jerad posted this in Nuttin Much | Comments (1)
Jerad,
It could have been a bouzouki or an octave mandolin. Check out this site: http://www.celticmusic.com/steve/
Have a great trip!
Posted by: christopher at March 15, 2006 11:30 AM
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