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Foucaults Dog
- FB Fan -
Ireland
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 Posted - 01/13/2006 : 07:06:46
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| PS: Solo Veloura that night blew my mind |
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lonely persuader
= Cult of Ray =
Ireland
488 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2006 : 07:13:22
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of the 5 times ive seen frank...
It has to be the vicar street gig supporting SMYT...
The whole gig was amazing...
Think it was that gig that they came out played "Dirty old town" and then walked off (as if it was the end), only to come back and play an amazing set, best gig ive ever been to. |
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Foucaults Dog
- FB Fan -
Ireland
124 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2006 : 10:57:51
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| The Vicar St. SMYT's gig caused a very big argument in our house. My other half made the fatal mistake of saying it could've been better and I threw a strop...in hindsight I could see where she was coming from as she's been with me at every gig since solo in Sunstroke...perhaps the minor cock-ups on drums that night or just the fact that the Catholics were minus one had something to do with it, or that the crowd at that stage were shouting a little too much for Pixies tunes. Still a great gig, but not quite the best in my book. |
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matto
= Cult of Ray =
USA
954 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2006 : 21:50:16
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(sorry in advance) too many fave moments:
1st solo tour, 1993, pearl street, northampton mass: I stood with pal Helder outside hours earlier and watched FB rehearse. the show that night was 1 big slamdance. was neato!
opening for tmbgs, 199?, smith college, also northampton: fb slung all his guitars over himself. then tmbgs led the entire venue in a conga line. was really neato!
sometime in s. california... pamona maybe? dave lovering opened with magic show. then the catholic's drummer couldn't make it so dave filled in. holy f*%&ing rock fest. and pixies songs. i drank to that.
playing with r. zimmerman, mccabe's, santa monica, ca: they had a song-duel thing going on. 2 songs at once. funny as hell. was really really neato!
opening for gordon gano, troubadour, l.a.: during gano's set, fb came out and did "run" with him, screaming and rolling all over the floor in a pool of sweat. floop probably got wet. uber neato!
not weeks later again at pearl street, 2002: again with Helder, really drunk, blabbing with stoned dave lovering and those bennies guys. Helder in a drunken stupor gets up on stage and knocks fb's amp over. Helder is a rock star at last. super uber neato!
pixies show at landgraff music fest, the netherlands, 2004: so psyched to see pixies again. drove across e. europe from macedonia with fellow peace corps chums just for the event. raining on everybody and drinking watery heinekin. very angry germans pissing on everyone's tents. rock and roll. was. the. best. show. ever. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 01/30/2006 : 23:58:49
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Matto, those are some wild, wild memories! Frank screaming and rolling in a pool of sweat? My goodness!!
 pas de dutchie! |
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MikeW
- FB Fan -
USA
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Posted - 03/10/2006 : 10:24:26
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| during the cult of ray tour he did this "rocking version" of Sir Rockaby.... does anyone know what I am talking about? |
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fbforever
- FB Fan -
USA
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Posted - 03/13/2006 : 20:36:00
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Dec. 1994 St Pete FL, FB solo opening for TMBGiants.
Frank plays about 11 songs that night in about 25 minutes. 2-3 times in the set Frank grabs another guitar, slides the one he just played to the side and puts the next one on and plays that. By the end of the set Frank has 3-4 guitars on him with at least one an acoustic he used for Duke Of Earl. During the set he also kept looking at his wristwatch very animated, I took it as him joking around to see if his time was up for this very short set. After his set my wife noticed The Man heading to the bar that was seperate from the venue
so we followed and said hello and a handshake. |
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