Pro Nashville musicians play Outlandos (video)

Pro Nashville musicians play Outlandos (video)

Postby Divemistress of the Dark on 05 Apr 2010 17:25

Hey folks, a little backstory: As you may know, Nashville, where I live, is full of professional musicians. Session types, singer songwriters, etc. Anyway, you see some fun little side projects sometimes. One of them is called Long Players, which is a bunch of guys and gals who get together and learn a new album to perform at the Mercy Lounge once a month. (They've been doing it for years; past albums include the likes of 'Some Girls', 'Blonde on Blonde,' 'Revolver,' 'Back in Black,' 'London Calling' etc.) They do charge a cover, but the money's given to a different charity every time - this one was Doctors without Borders.

The fun thing is you really never know who you're gonna get. Guests could be the guy from Tommy Tutone, or Southside Johnny, or Adrian Belew. One of the regulars is Gary Tallent from the E Street Band; Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick, etc. I do love their standing drummer, Steve Ebe (http://www.myspace.com/steveebe) and guitarist Bill Lloyd is, like, the nicest guy on earth.

Another cool aspect of this is how good these guys are: they can play these albums very nearly note perfect, making it look easy. After they finish playing each album, they do 'the hits' by each artist. They usually mix up the lead singers, getting different people to do every song. Here are some bios of them...http://www.thelongplayers.com/bios.html

So I got some video. It's crappy, b/c I screwed up and set my camera on low resolution, and I only got a few seconds of every song (there was a cameraman there and I was trying not to get into his shots). Anyway, thought some of you might enjoy this. I gotta admit: Seeing 'Masako' and then 'Dead End Job' live really rocked. Not quite as good as the real thing, but it beat nothing by quite a bit. Plus, it was great to see 'Message' and some of the classics again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1UqFMlYa-I

ETA: Yes, that is a flight suit David Mead is wearing while singing 'Truth Hits'...dunno why he left his big brown sunglasses at home...;)
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Re: Pro Nashville musicians play Outlandos (video)

Postby plutonic on 05 Apr 2010 18:14

HOLY FUCK! DIVE! That was cool.
The Jam on MASOKO TANGA....

I am Krypton green with envy.
That looks like one hella fun gig.

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Re: Pro Nashville musicians play Outlandos (video)

Postby moonstone on 05 Apr 2010 19:12

That looks like a bloody good fun night out to me!
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Postby DirtyMartini on 06 Apr 2010 13:41

What fun! Thanks for grabbing bits to share, Dive.
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Re: Pro Nashville musicians play Outlandos (video)

Postby dontboxmein on 06 Apr 2010 14:12

Can't take this town..lol

For every one good gig like this ...their is like 15 crappy country gigs...and what town does not have a jazz scene...you guessed it Nashville...LMOA.

True story, I was hired to put together an all-star band for a club in "Nashvegas well the posh side of town Franklin" ...we lasted a month and they hired a mariachi band.

We were doing tunes like Mingus/Monk/Beatles/The Police/Gershwin/Jobim/Hendrix/The Who...just tunes from all over the map ....and to be fired for a mariachi band is a freaking slap in the face...and don't get me started on the promoters in this town....LOL.

Nashville is a joke for music ...for the most part...I mean we don't even have an Ampitheater...and we are "music city USA!!!

I talked with Chester Thompson...about this town...he plays for Phil Collins and Genesis...this is considered the "armpit of touring"...and he is oh so right.

Luckily for me I only gig in this town when I want to...truly a weird town....Production is where it is at.
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Re: Pro Nashville musicians play Outlandos (video)

Postby ltwoman on 06 Apr 2010 14:54

Now THAT was interesting! The guy doing 'Dead End Job' looks like William Peterson/Gil Grisson (CSI). I miss Nashville.
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Re: Pro Nashville musicians play Outlandos (video)

Postby Divemistress of the Dark on 06 Apr 2010 15:14

Come hang out any time, lt! I like to play tourguide ;)

The Dead End Job (and Sally) guy was Steve Shearsby - who's mostly a sound editor, but we were told 'played in a punk band in London in the '70s,' tho I didn't catch which one.

(Ha. forgot to mention Siobhan Kennedy publicly thanked Uncle Miles from the stage for catching her a husband...? Apparently she was managed by him at some point)

More notes: Daniel Tashian leads up a great band called The Silver Seas and is the son of Barry Tashian, whose band The Remains opened for the Beatles on their last tour...

Looks like they just updated the website:
THE POLICE Outlandos d'Amour
THE MERCY LOUNGE • Nashville • April 3, 2010
THE LONG PLAYERS • Steve Allen • John Deaderick • Steve Ebe • Brad Jones • Bill Lloyd
with Randy Leago (Shelby Lynne / Aqua Velvet) - Sax
FEATURED GUESTS
Next To You • Jonathan Bright (Swing)
So Lonely • Lisa Gray
Roxanne • Dez Dickerson (Prince & the Revolution)
Hole In My Life • Daniel Tashian
Peanuts • Pete Mroz
Can't Stand Losing You • Siobhan Kennedy
Truth Hits Everybody • David Mead (elle Macho)
Born In The 50's • Saul Zonana
Be My Girl • Steve Shearsby
Masoko Tanga • Shari Saba
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Re: Pro Nashville musicians play Outlandos (video)

Postby smax on 18 Apr 2010 23:33

that was great..that was all great........ peanuts live >sigh<
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Re: Pro Nashville musicians play Outlandos (video)

Postby The Pullet Surprise on 19 May 2010 02:14

Professional vid -

Outlandos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_2tGOk7Zd0

Encore (lots of B-side singles from Synchronicity, but does include footage from "Dead End Job"):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_FX0xEA2Ao

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