本日ゲットのライブ音源です。 Mountain 2008-10-19 Keswick Theater Glenside, PA
Opening for Joe Satriani 前座なんですが、流石コーキーが太鼓叩くと昔の音になりますねえ。たった10日前なんですが意識して70年代の音を出しているようで、50を過ぎると涙腺が緩いので不覚にも...。 でもアーミングはいけません。堪忍して〜〜なあ! あとライトハンドもイケマセン!! しかし最新のDVDより演奏は好感が持てます。 セットリストでその意気込み感じませんか? 狭い箱で見てみたいなあ。来日を望む!
01 Never In My Life 02 Nantucket Sleighride レスリーが唄います。 03 Theme From Imaginary Western レスリーが唄います。 04 Long Red 05 Blood Of The Sun 06 Why Dontcha 07 Mississippi Queen
Leslie West - guitar, vocals Rev Jones - bass Corky Laing - drums, making faces, and bouncing drumsticks into the crowd
Probably the "loosest" MOUNTAIN show I've ever seen. Leslie was in a really good mood, cracking jokes and talking to the crowd. He even played three songs as requested from people yelling in the crowd. Never saw him do that before. Plus he went over to a kid in the front row and had him strum his guitar while he soloed in a couple songs.
I guess Corky Laing has now inherited the "clown prince of rock drummers" title from Keith Moon - he was absolutely HILARIOUS to watch. Making all kinds of crazy faces, goofing around with both the crowd and his bandmates. Naughtily stroking off his drumsticks. Repeatedly bouncing them off the drums targeting them to carom to specific fans in the audience. Telling Leslie to stand in a certain spot so he could hit him with a drumstick (they did this a bunch of times in one song, think it was MISS QUEEN if I remember right).
Also I thought that new bass player Rev Jones was a huge improvement over Richie Scarlett (recent Mountain bass player).