(TV) Re: TV Digest V1 #351

["Emilie Hsu" <ehsu@mindspring.com>]

I find your speculation kinda sweet, actually, but that's because (maybe
unlike most people on this list) I am a big fan of Richard's and not such a
big fan of Tom's.  However, are people saying that Tom didn't play well or
that Richard played very well (and by comparison only did Tom's playing
seems "lackluster")?  Richard's playing has gotten really fierce and
gutsy -- and it looks like Richard has spent a lot of time thinking through
the technical and intellectual aspects of the instrument.

So, can the people who went to ATP clarify whether they thought Tom didn't
play well or they just thought that Tom was fine but Richard's playing was
more memorable?

Also, if people are trying to decide whether to go see the Chicago show --
come on, three of four playing great music isn't bad...

----- Original Message -----
>
> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 15:25:34 -0400
> From: Jim Kauffman <jkauff@earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: (TV) Michael Carlucci's Gloom/Doom
> Maybe Tom was hanging back because he wasn't comfortable playing in the
> band at this point in the reunion. I don't know how much he practices or
> plays these days beyond the Patti Smith gigs, but presumably he doesn't
> play as much as Richard, who has a working band. I only saw one of the RL
> Band shows at Manitoba's, which Chris Butler said was the worst show
they'd
> ever played, but even so Richard's passion was obvious. He's also improved
> as a player, IMO--his solos weren't as wild as in the old days, but they
> were musically more inventive and sophisticated (CB: "At some rehearsals
he
> sounds like Coltrane.").
>
> This is only speculation, but Tom might have been surprised by how much
> Richard's improved musically since they last played together, and how
> together his act is. Maybe Tom felt his playing would suffer by
comparison,
> or maybe he simply wasn't confident that he could complement Richard's
> playing until they'd gotten to know each other again musically.
>
>


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