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Looks like it may be from the Regent show?
They're here in town tonight at the Iron Horse but I'm working so cannot attend. We saw the CPB up in Montreal a few years back, good show but prompted my wife to bemoan the absence of both keys and vocals.
It's odd that he is the one most opposed to reforming ELP but also the one who relies on their legacy for his solo career the most by far!
C'mon where's 2PM??
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Why was the band name changed from The Carl Palmer Band to Carl Palmer's Legacy Band?
Where's the legacy? Not my band obviously, but isn't this a living project rather than a legacy?
To a certain extent this is about nostalgia, but I think it's also a move forward.
Thoughts?
I don't see it that way, sorry. It's just not working for me. The music needs the fullness of the keys. (Not to mention vocals). Also, Carl is playing everything almost exactly how he played it in 1972. Now, if they added a guitar along with some keys and new keyboard sounds and gave everything a fresh slant, (maybe some vocal harmonies) that'd be very cool. But this comes off like a weak cover, in spite of the fact that all the guys are obviously very good players.
I don't see how he's moving things forward by playing sets comprised entirely of 70's material.
I think he's got a pretty good little power trio there, they should try and write some, I dunno, fusiony type stuff that shows off Carl's drumming better than doing Tank or whatever while taking his shirt off.
Gawd, I hope he doesn't do that now. For decades, CP has kept himself in great shape, but the Hands of Time (or the hands on the fork and spoon) are finally catching up to him. I always love CP, but I am getting the nagging feeling that he is pretty much singing for his supper, like most other nostalgic acts from the 1970s, rather than being an artist and creating new things. Grranted, that isn't what the fans come to hear, but i would like to see him move the art forward as Bruford did rather than just playing the same setlist he played for decades. Surely he must be getting bored with all that by now.
Even his playing tends to bore me now, as he is becoming more of a slugger than a player.
Oh, okay, so farther back than the 70s.
I bet that riff is fun to play on guitar -- lots of fourths and fifths...
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I have to agree. Carl sounds like one of the few musicians (especially drummers) whose playing seems to have gotten less subtle & sophisticated with age. Maybe it has something to do with playing with a younger guitar shredder (with a harsh *metallic* tone). Could it be a good time to unveil the 'Carl Palmer Jazz Trio'!?!
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That I would love, but if he did that, he probably would be playing to what Bruford called,"three drunks and a dog." I think the difference is that while both drummers love the music they are playing, Bruford consistently wanted to explore new sounds and new surroundings, while palmer prefers to play that which made him famous. Based on what people have said about CP through countless barbs (mostly by Emo and Greg) is that Carl still has the first nickel he ever earned. I gather he is a tightwad...
While I kind of agree that not much has changed for him drumming-wise, I think the other two freshen things up quite a bit and keep the musical spirit alive. It would be nice if he added a new arrangement or two as well.
I'd be all for the Jazz trio idea, but I he seems not to want to venture much farther from his comfort zone than what he's doing now. They did a version of Carmina Burana a few years back that I really loved.
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