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Hey guys- I'd like to resign my spot in the BFT lineage (29). I feel the time constraints and financial responsibilites with a new baby on the way would not allow to participate as a compiler - a bummer for me, but a necessary sacrifice. So I don't know if everyone moves up who is after me, or I can give my spot to someone. Whatever the case is fine with me. Thanks for understanding. Jeff

Being that Lyle is from WI, he was the 'man of the night' so to speak, receiving a few thunderous ovations as "Wisconsin's own Lyle Mays - WI's most important export other than the Packers" (Pat quote)

Yes - they do the whole tune (!) - this is why there were so many instrument changes - and though I haven't listened enough to the CD to say this for sure, I believe (according to some other folks) that they remain as true to the recorded work as possible - I think this is why they added Lauria to the touring ensemble - it was too much for 6 guys to reproduce (without sampling a bunch of it). I overheard Pat saying the Milwaukee show was the first time the tune really 'gelled' and they are starting to have fun with it. Again, just an incredible show.

Hi guys- Looking for Still Life (Talking) and Letter From Home by Pat Metheny Group on CD. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have few cds to trade or would purchase these. THANKS!

Went and saw PMG on Monday night - it was the first time I had ever seen them live, and to be honest, it changed me somehow. I have never seen a better display of pure musicianship than at this concert. I knew Pat was a good player, but he just blew me away - the tastefulness, speed, cleanliness, and grace in his playing were nothing short of amazing. Lyle Mays was awe-inspiring - not only by his playing and compostions. but by his ability to control 10 different keyboards and a laptop at once, all with one foot, while never leaving the piano. Of course, the tunes were fantastic compositions as well - especially "The Way Up', their new 68:00 minute masterpiece. I knew very little about Antonio Sanchez - WOW! He's a monster - but with taste and finesse. The backline of Gregoire Manet (harmonica), Cuong Vu (trumpet), and guest Nando Lauria (guitar) were nothing short of amazing - not only did they play their principle instruments, they each played marimba, various percussion, guitar, vocals, and Lauria even played some trumpet. Steve Rodby - awesome - played upright and electric fretless - it is always great to see someone fly on the upright. They opened with "The Way Up" in its entirety - by the time the tune was done, each member of the group (including Mays and Sanchez) had played either guitar or bass. Simply amazing. Then they went into some classic PMG material including James, Minuano and First Circle. To top it off, we got to hang out with them at a private party afterward - got to talk to Lyle, Steve, Antonio, and Pat (very briefly, as a bunch of his family were there) - what a bunch of class acts and really cool guys. If you have the opportunity to go see them in your town - do it - I'll never miss a PMG show again. and I'm kicking myself for all the times I could have gone to see them live but didn't.

Wow . . . I just found out about Jimmy's passing - a sad time for sure.

Good to see she's starting to feel a lil better

Well, this will save me some cash. That was the only RVG I was gonna get this week.

Keeg at the mouth of the tunnel.

Keeg and me in the locker room.

KGB, Keeg, and me.

Keegan at Brett's locker.

Hi guys- It's been a while, so I thought I'd start back up by telling you what my son and I got to do over Winter break - tour Lambeau Field (and I mean players' facilities). We saw the locker room, the offices, training facilites, x-ray room (!), and we even got to walk through the players' tunnel out on to the snow covered field itself. 2 things that happened to note- 1. We were walking aroung with Pepper Burress, the head trainer. We were in the locker room when he said to my son Keegan "Hey, you're gonna want to get your picture taken here." He then points to Brett Favre's locker, and then says, "Let's make it a bit more special". He reaches in to the locker, grabs Brett's helmet, and hands it to Keegan for the photo. I thought that was pretty cool - how many kids have their picture taken in front of Brett Favre's locker holding his helmet? 2. We hung out with Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila a bit and he obliged a photo op (not my idea ) - he's a cool guy - I've done some video work with him in the past. We also saw William Henderson and Robert Ferguson. I think I managed to get through it without looking too much like a wide-eyed-geeky-34-yr-old, but I wiil say, it was pretty darn cool. Photos below.

Happy Holidays! and God bless us . . . everyone.

You could manually fix the gaps with some editing software such as sound forge. You'd have to transfer the files to .wav first. Then most likely you'd have to trim off the silence from the front or end of the track, then burn it with software that allows you to control track locations and splits, such as nero.

This may have been posted before, but I think it's cool - seems like some good stuff there, including this one Here's the link to the list - Verve Vault - Out Of Print Albums

here's a little edit of the first post pic

How about this one . . .

hbd!

Wow - shocked to hear this. As a fan of the harder music, it is a loss. RIP I wonder which other band member was killed? Shaun - nice King's X avatar.

Hey Jim- Just read this thread - my thoughts and prayers are with you guys.

Thanks for the regargs, folks. Got a gift cert to the local brick and mortar, so it's off to buy some Conns . . . Sam Rivers here I come . . . .

There was one video I saw back in the 80's where Jon Anderson had like a 1 inch blue strip across his eyes - interesting.

One . . . . last . . . . . . t-t-try . . . .

me too - nice photoshop work