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Carl
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Ireland
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Posted - 12/16/2006 :  10:30:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The Martinis, featuring Dave Lovering on drums, are playing a benefit concert at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California on Wednesday, Jan 31, 07 for musician Wally Ingram, who is recovering from cancer. More details:

http://www.guacfund.org/beatitwally/

http://www.alextheatre.org/events/07_0131.html

Daisy Girl
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Belize
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Wow, that is going to be a cool show. LA folks, you're lucky to be able to catch it!

Edited by - Daisy Girl on 12/16/2006 14:57:37
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stymie
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How far is this from Huntington Beach?
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floop
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Glendale is basically LA. it would probably take you about an hour and a half. .



at least that's what your mom said
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Carl
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Ireland
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http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=26034

Musicians The Pixies' Dave Lovering, Bonnie Raitt and Joey
Santiago
are also scheduled to appear.





http://www.albumvote.co.uk/news/article/1914.htm

Garbage are to end their 18 month hiatus by performing an acoustic set at the Alex Theatre in
Glendale, California on January 31. The show is a benefit concert for musician Wally Ingram who is
recovering from cancer and will also feature The Martinis with Joey Santiago, David Lovering of The
Pixies
, Bonnie Raitt, Keb'Mo, Victoria Williams, Tom Freund, and Freedy Johnston.





http://www.clickmusic.com/articles/3255.html

The band are to appear at the Alex Theatre at Glendale to play a benefit gig for
musician Wally Ingram, who is recovering from cancer. Other artists playing
include The Pixies' Dave Lovering, Bonnie Raitt and Joey Santiago.





http://www.therockradio.com/2006/12/garbage-reuniting-for-benefit.html

Garbage will make its first live appearance in a year and a half next month in
California, according to Gigwise.com. The group will reunite and perform
acoustically at a benefit in Glendale for musician Wally Ingram, who is recovering
from cancer. Other artists slated to appear include Dave Lovering and Joey
Santiago of the Pixies, along with Bonnie Raitt. This will be the first appearance
together by the members of Garbage since the band went on "indefinite" hiatus
last year after touring in support of its fourth album, Bleed Like Me.





Blog report:

http://kofis-hat.blogspot.com/2006/12/garbage-among-headliners-at-january.html




http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,39471.shtml

Beat It Wally! A Benefit Concert for Wally 'Llama' Ingram
Posted on : Tue, 02 Jan 2007 19:20:01 GMT | Author : The Guacamole
Fund
News Category : PressRelease


GLENDALE, Calif., Jan. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- GARBAGE, the MARTINIS with
JOEY SANTIAGO & DAVID LOVERING of the PIXIES, BONNIE RAITT, KEB'MO',
VICTORIA WILLIAMS & TOM FREUND, the SECTION QUARTET, FREEDY
JOHNSTON, and the KNOW-IT-ALL BOYFRIENDS, will appear in a special
Musicians Banding Together to Fight Cancer benefit for Wally 'Llama'
Ingram, with various artists and surprise guests, January 31 at 7:00 PM at
the Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA.

Wally 'Llama' Ingram is a drummer
extraordinaire who has performed
with Sheryl Crow, Jackson Browne,
David Lindley, Keb'Mo', Bonnie Raitt,
and Eric Burdon and the Animals,
among others. Musicians Banding
Together to Fight Cancer was
organized by Butch Vig and other
friends of Wally to help him beat
throat cancer.

The Alex Theatre is located at 216
North Brand Blvd. in Glendale, CA.
The show will start promptly at 7:00
PM, and is produced in association
with the Guacamole Fund.

For Information please contact: Tom Campbell 310 994 7732 Scott
Dudelson 818 384 4727

The Guacamole Fund


Copyright © 2006 PR Newswire. All rights reserved.





http://www.nme.com/news/25692

Garbage, Pixies members to play
benefit concert for drummer


Wally Ingram's friends aid him in fight against
throat cancer

Garbage
, The Martinis (featuring Pixies members
Joey Santiago and David Lovering), Bonnie Raitt
and Keb' Mo' are among the artists who will join
together in a benefit concert in aid of drummer Wally
Ingram
.

'Beat It Wally' takes place on January 31 at Los
Angeles' Alex Theatre
, and the proceeds will go to
aid Ingram in his fight against throat cancer. The
benefit will also feature Victoria Williams and
Freedy Johnston among others.

A few "surprise guests" are also slated for the bill,
and may include some of the renowned artists the
Los Angeles-based percussionist has played with,
such as Jackson Browne and Sheryl Crow.

Tickets for the benefit show can be purchased at the
Alex Theatre website Alextheatre.org.

--By our Los Angeles staff.





http://www.pr-inside.com/garbage-and-raitt-to-play-benefit-r38080.htm

GARBAGE AND RAITT TO PLAY BENEFIT GIG
FOR DRUMMER

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment
News Network (
www.wenn.com)

2007-01-09 08:54:13 -

GARBAGE and BONNIE RAITT are among the stars teaming up to perform a benefit
concert for drummer WALLY INGRAM, who is suffering from throat cancer.
The Beat It Wally event is being held at the Alex Theatre in Los Angeles on 31 January
(07) to raise funds for Ingram's medical bills, and will feature some "surprise guests".
Other acts confirmed to perform include THE MARTINIS, who include PIXIES
members JOEY SANTIAGO and DAVE LOVERING, VICTORIA WILLIAMS, KEB' MO' and
FREEDY JOHNSTON.





Same story here:

http://www.postchronicle.com/news/entertainment/tittletattle/article_21259013.shtml




GypsyDeath posted this elsewhere first, to give credit where it's due!:

http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=26558

Pixies Members and Garbage
For Benefit Gig

For a drummer with throat cancer...

byScott Colothan on 09/01/2007

Garbage, Bonnie Raitt and The Martinis – featuring Pixies
guitarist Joey Santiago and drummer David Lovering – are
amongst the acts playing a benefit concert for drummer Wally
‘Llama’ Ingram.


The gig takes place at the Los Angeles Alex Theatre on January 31 at
7pm.

Ingram, who has worked with the likes of The Animals, Bonnie Raitt and
Sheryl Crow, is suffering from throat cancer. All proceeds from the event
will go towards his fight against the disease.

Also playing the event are Keb ‘Mo’, Freedy Johnson and Victoria
Williams and more special guests to be announced.

Tickets for the show are available now.





http://music.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1241580.php/Garbage_Bonnie_Raitt_and_others_sign_on_for_Wally_Llama_Ingram_benefit_concert_

Garbage, Bonnie Raitt and others sign on for Wally 'Llama'
Ingram benefit concert


By Jonathan Cohen Jan 10, 2007, 0:56 GMT

Garbage, Bonnie Raitt,
the Martinis (Joey
Santiago and David
Lovering of the Pixies),
Keb` Mo`, Victoria
Williams and Tom
Freund, Freedy Johnston
and the Section Quartet
have signed on for a
benefit concert for
veteran drummer Wally
'Llama' Ingram, who is
suffering from throat cancer.

The event will be held
Jan. 31 in Glendale, Calif., and was organized by Garbage`s Butch Vig, who
has known Ingram for more than 20 years. The pair cut their rock`n`roll
teeth in Madison, Wisc., and an album by Ingram`s band, Sometimes Y, was
the first Vig produced at his Smart Studios complex. Ingram has gone on to
play with Raitt, Sheryl Crow, Tracy Chapman and Eric Burdon, among others.

"He just found out about this throat cancer about four months ago, and
he`s going through really hardcore chemo and radiation," Vig tells
Billboard.com. "Doctors have given him a pretty good prognosis, but he has
taken a beating from the treatment. He`s only in his early 40s. A lot of
people in this country don`t have adequate health care, so we`re trying to
raise some money to help cover his bills."

Vig expects the evening will begin "semi-acoustic" and "become more
electric by the end, with a lot of collaborating going on." Garbage, which has
been on hiatus for the past year, is planning to play "an unusual set;
something atypical, and two or three songs with a string quartet."

Despite the layoff, the group has been sharing song ideas via the Internet in
recent months and is hoping to record a few them in March. "We need to sit
down in a room and play them and get them complete," Vig says.

Vig has also written a couple of songs with frontwoman Shirley Manson for
her in-progress solo album, but adds, "she has worked with seven or eight
different people, just to see what the chemistry is like. It took awhile for her
to get up to speed. She hasn`t played me anything yet, but I`ve heard the
songs are great."

© 2007 VNU eMedia. All Rights Reserved





http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article?article_id=3692

News
{Web Exclusive}

2007-01-10

Beat It Wally!

“Beat It Wally”—some long-lost catchphrase of the Beav?

Nah, it’s a star-studded, semi-acoustic benefit concert for drummer
Wally “Llama” Ingram, recently diagnosed with throat and neck
cancer.

Ingram has played and/or recorded with artists such as Sheryl Crow,
Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal. Of late, he was playing
drums in the most recent incarnation of Eric Burdon and the
Animals
.

Raitt, Garbage, The Martinis, (w/Joey Santiago & David Lovering
from the Pixies), among others, will convene at the Alex Theatre in
Glendale, Calif. on January 31 to raise money for Ingram. Also
expected are guest appearances by Crow, Mahal, Los Lobos, Tracy
Chapman
, Keb ‘Mo and the Foo Fighters.

The Guacamole Fund presents the benefit, organized by producer and
Garbage drummer Butch Vig and other friends of Ingram.

Related Links
Wally Ingram’s website
Ticket information through The Guacamole Fund
The Alex Theatre’s website







http://encore.celebrityaccess.com/?encoreId=57&articleId=19827

Garbage, Bonnie Raitt,
Keb’ Mo’, Pixies’
Members Lined Up For
Benefit Gig

Posted: January 9, 2007
LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess
MediaWire) -- Garbage, The
Martinis (featuring Joey Santiago
and David Lovering of the Pixies),
Bonnie Raitt and Keb’ Mo’ are
among the artists lined up for a
benefit concert to aid drummer
Wally Ingram.

“Beat It Wally” is set to take place on January 31st at Los Angeles’ Alex
Theatre, with all proceeds going towards Ingram’s fight against throat
cancer. The benefit will also feature Victoria Williams and Freedy Johnston
among others.

Ingram, who rose to rock prominence for
his work with Timbuk 3, has worked with
many artists throughout his career,
including David Lindley, Sheryl Crow,
Jackson Browne, Crowded House, Art
Garfunkel, Tracy Chapman, Taj Mahal and
Eric Burdon.

A few “surprise guests” are also slated
for the bill, and maybe include some of his
previous collaborators. --by
CelebrityAccess Staff Writers



Wally Ingram




http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003529208

Garbage, Raitt Lead Benefit For Veteran
Drummer


January 08, 2007, 5:00 PM ET

Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.


Garbage, Bonnie Raitt, the Martinis (Joey Santiago
and David Lovering of the Pixies), Keb' Mo',
Victoria Williams and Tom Freund, Freedy Johnston
and the Section Quartet have signed on for a
benefit concert for veteran drummer Wally "Llama"
Ingram, who is suffering from throat cancer.

The event will be held Jan. 31 in Glendale, Calif., and was organized by Garbage's Butch Vig,
who has known Ingram for more than 20 years. The pair cut their rock'n'roll teeth in
Madison, Wisc., and an album by Ingram's band, Sometimes Y, was the first Vig produced at
his Smart Studios complex. Ingram has gone on to play with Raitt, Sheryl Crow, Tracy
Chapman and Eric Burdon, among others.

"He just found out about this throat cancer about four months ago, and he's going through
really hardcore chemo and radiation," Vig tells Billboard.com. "Doctors have given him a
pretty good prognosis, but he has taken a beating from the treatment. He's only in his early
40s. A lot of people in this country don't have adequate health care, so we're trying to raise
some money to help cover his bills."

Vig expects the evening will begin "semi-acoustic" and "become more electric by the end,
with a lot of collaborating going on." Garbage, which has been on hiatus for the past year, is
planning to play "an unusual set; something atypical, and two or three songs with a string
quartet."

Despite the layoff, the group has been sharing song ideas via the Internet in recent months
and is hoping to record a few them in March. "We need to sit down in a room and play them
and get them complete," Vig says.

Vig has also written a couple of songs with frontwoman Shirley Manson for her in-progress
solo album, but adds, "she has worked with seven or eight different people, just to see
what the chemistry is like. It took awhile for her to get up to speed. She hasn't played me
anything yet, but I've heard the songs are great."



Garbage




http://www.lacanadaonline.com/articles/2007/01/12/entertainment/lap-walley0111.txt

Updated: Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:16 PM PST

Benefit Concert for Musician

A semi-acoustic benefit concert for Wally "Llama" Ingra as he fights
cancer, will feature various artists including Garbage, The Martinis With
Joey Santiago & David Lovering Of The Pixies, Bonnie Raitt, Keb'mo',
Freedy Johnston, Victoria Williams & Tom Freund.

Wally "Llama" Ingram is a drummer who has performed with many
artists including Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Los Lobos,
and Tracy Chapman.

The Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. Tickets are $85 and
$65. For regular reserved and general admission tickets, go to
http://www.alextheatre.org or call 243-2539.





http://www.madison.com/tct/news/index.php?ntid=114623&ntpid=3

Doug Moe: Stars will shine at cancer benefit

By Doug Moe


WALLY INGRAM has often been in the right place at the right
time. Twenty-plus years ago, he had a band in Madison,
Sometimes Y, that was looking to record an album about the
same time a young producer with a new studio was looking for
someone to record. The producer was Butch Vig, the studio
was Smart and the rest is history. Now, everyone from
Nirvana to Garbage has recorded at Smart, but Ingram was
there first.

In the years since, Ingram has been in the right place at the
right time often enough to become a music industry legend, a
little under the general public's radar perhaps, but talented
enough to have played his extraordinary drums in the service
of Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Tracy
Chapman
, Timbuk 3 and Eric Burdon and the Animals,
among many others.

Thursday morning, Wally Ingram was in the right place again,
the right place for this time in his life. Ingram was in Cedars-
Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

"I'm getting an injection as we speak," Ingram was saying by
cellular phone. "And then I am going to get my very last
radiation treatment."

Since August, when he was diagnosed with head and neck
cancer, Ingram has been receiving a very aggressive series of
treatments that began with six weeks of chemotherapy,
followed by radiation, and is just now winding up. The
treatments are at times debilitating, but they're working. The
tumors, which had spread to his lymph glands below the jaw,
have "pretty much melted away," Ingram said.

His spirits have been further buoyed by the reaction to a
planned benefit concert, being organized by his old pal Vig,
that's scheduled for Jan. 31 at the Alex Theatre in Glendale,
Calif.

Like Ingram, Vig now lives in the Los Angeles area. He has
lined up a dazzling array of talent to benefit Ingram. Unlike
many musicians, Ingram has health insurance, but estimates
he'll miss eight months of work, with the cost of his care
approaching a half million dollars.

The lineup for the "Musicians Banding Together to Fight
Cancer" benefit includes Raitt, the Martinis with Joey
Santiago
& David Lovering of the Pixies, Freedy
Johnston
, Eric McFadden and many more. Perhaps most notably, the night will include a performance by Garbage
(Vig, Duke Erickson, Steve Marker and Shirley Manson), who have been on hiatus for more than a year amid
rumors of a break-up, rumors the band has consistently denied.

Vig told Billboard this week that Garbage is planning to play "an unusual set; something atypical, and two or three
songs with a string quartet." Vig added that the band has been e-mailing song ideas back and forth and may
record again in March. Meanwhile, he has written a couple of songs that Manson may include on her in-progress
solo album.

Ingram, 44, who is originally from Beloit and moved to Los Angeles after graduating from UW-Madison in 1984, is
grateful both for the outpouring of support from his musician friends as well as the response the benefit concert is
generating. The $250 "Gold" tickets, with preferred seating and a backstage reception with the artists, have
already sold out. There are other tickets and packages available, and more information can be found at Ingram's
Web site, wallyingram.com.

Ingram and his wife, Laurie, have a 15-month-old daughter, Lydia.

"She is my best medicine," Wally Ingram said. ...





http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=the-razz--garbage-set-to-take-the-stage-&method=full&objectid=18470880&siteid=66633-name_page.html

15 January 2007

GARBAGE SET TO TAKE THE STAGE

Beverley Lyons & Showbiz Liz


SCOTS singer Shirley Manson will be back with her band
Garbage soon after a 16-month hiatus.

The band will reform later this month to perform at a benefit
concert for veteran US rock drummer Wally "Llama" Ingram, who
is suffering from throat cancer.

The concert in California on January 31, will feature many acts,
including Bonnie Raitt.

Garbage drummer Butch Vig, who is organising the concert,
says he expects the evening will begin "semiacoustic" and
"become more electric by the end, with a lot of collaborating
going on."

Garbage have been on hiatus since wrapping up a world tour in
Australia in October 2005.

Butch said the group are planning to play "an unusual set.
Something atypical, and two or three songs with a string
quartet."

Meanwhile, the group have been working on song ideas via the
internet in recent months and are hoping to record a few of them
in March.

Butch said: "We need to sit down, play them and get them
complete."

Butch also revealed he has written songs with Shirley for her
debut solo album.

"She has worked with seven or eight different people to see what
the chemistry is like," Butch told Billboard.

Shirley is also said to be working with ex-Smashing Pumpkins
frontman Billy Corgan on the new album.

Edited by - Carl on 01/16/2007 13:13:00
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Crispy Water
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Canada
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Posted - 12/19/2006 :  23:13:52  Show Profile  Visit Crispy Water's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I love how the first and last ones are written in such a way that one might read them and think Bonnie Raitt is in the Pixies.

Nothing is ever something.
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stymie
= Cult of Ray =

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Please someone record it. I love that album. You are the one.
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pixiestu
> Teenager of the Year <

United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/12/2007 :  13:47:11  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I only heard the Martinis album 'Smitten' in the last month or so. It really is brilliant. My favourite is 'Right Behind You'. Do they have any other albums?

"The arc of triumph"
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billgoodman
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Netherlands
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They have a demo-cd


---------------------------
God save the Noisies
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pixie punk
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quote:
Originally posted by billgoodman

They have a demo-cd


---------------------------
God save the Noisies

They had another CD before Smitten an an E.P I believe before Smitten(apart from the Smitten Demos CD that billgoodman mentions).And of course their song Free is featured in the Empire Records movie soundtrack.

PUERTO RICO PIXIE
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fbc
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mrgrieves1971
= Cult of Ray =

USA
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Dave looks like a professor.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
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Posted - 01/29/2007 :  14:45:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Nice epic, Soren.

Where'd you get it?

Edited by - Carl on 01/29/2007 14:46:20
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fbc
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Well, I was walking the dog around the park the other day when who do I stumble upon face to a tree counting "...54...55...56...57..."? Only David Lovering playing "hide and seek", with the Martinis of all people. What are the chances?!! I grouped them together and said "smile" (as you can see, they were having none of that)

and some more snaps for you: http://www.themartinis.com/martinis_echo.htm

Edited by - fbc on 01/30/2007 15:36:13
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
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He he, thanks S!
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ijwthstd
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I was there. It was a good show, about 4 1/2 hours total. Martinis did 3 songs then David, Joey, Paula O'Rourke and Eric McFadden (from the latest incarnation of the Animals) did Gouge Away.
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trixie
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quote:
Originally posted by fbc
and some more snaps for you: http://www.themartinis.com/martinis_echo.htm

Hey, I took those pics! The Echo show was fantastic, btw.


I was at the Alex Theatre last night as well and the Martinis played 4 songs:
BBQ
Out Upon The Road
Big Three Wheeler
You Are The One

Then Joey and Dave returned to play Gouge Away with McFadden and O'Rourke.
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fbc
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No way!! Great pics, trixie.

(ijwthstd or trix) How did 'Gouge' sound minus the Black?
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trixie
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Yeah, way! Thanks, fbc!

I thought Gouge Away sounded pretty damn good. I recorded it, but I need to compress the file... at some point in my spare time... hopefully this weekend.

Edited by - trixie on 02/01/2007 15:32:24
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fbc
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Please say you'll complete this thread with an upload of Gouge Away. You know you want to. Make our day.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
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Hiya trixie!!




http://www.nme.com/news/garbage/26191

Pixies men, Garbage, George
Clinton play benefit show

Stars come out in force to help out a friend

Garbage
, The Martinis (featuring Pixies guitarist
Joey Santiago and drummer David Lovering), and
surprise guests Crowded House as well as funk
legend George Clinton played a sold-out benefit
show for drummer Wally Ingram in Los Angeles
last night (January 31).

Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne,
Victoria Williams and Keb' Mo' also joined in on
the fun, performing brief sets during the four-hour all-
star benefit at the Alex Theatre to raise money for
Ingram's medical bills.

Ingram, a renowned percussionist who has played
with most of the aforementioned artists, has been
battling throat cancer.

Despite his weakened condition, Ingram sat in on
percussion for several artists including Raitt,
Crowded House, and Crow, who dubbed him the
world's most "bad-ass drummer."

The evening was filled with highlights, including a
rousing set by Garbage led by a fiery-haired
Shirley Manson and backed by a string quartet.

Crowded House made their first live appearance in
more than 10 years in front of a stunned audience,
as previously reported.

Clinton, another surprise guest, joined Crow on
stage for a funked-up version of her song 'Every Day
Is A Winding Road'
.

And Raitt, who played guitar for Browne and Crow,
got a standing ovation for belting out her hit 'Thing
Called Love'
.

At the end of the show, the diverse factions came
together for a rendition of Bob Marley's 'No
Woman, No Cry'
- a spectacular grand finale,
despite a few sound problems.

After the show, Santiago told NME.COM that his
Pixies side project, The Martinis, played their first show in six years to help out their friend. "We did it all
for Wally," Santiago said. "It was so good to see Wally up there playing. And it was crazy to see
George Clinton!" he added.

Following nearly three hours of drumming, a sweat-drenched, beaming Ingram told NME.COM, "I feel like
a guy who went through hell, but now I'm in heaven."

Donations for Ingram can be sent to:

Wally Ingram
c/o Mark Brenner
8383 Wilshire Blvd. #232
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
USA

--By our Los Angeles staff.

Filed in the USA 01.Feb.07 9:14pm





NME news item about Crowded House's surprize appearance:

http://www.nme.com/news/crowded-house/26190

Edited by - Carl on 02/02/2007 09:57:27
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Posted - 02/02/2007 :  16:28:49  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I was totally surprised to hear about Crowded House playing since I hadn't even heard about them announcing they would play at Coachella before reading that article just now.


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Thanks for the setlist! Guess it was 4 songs, the whole night was very long and is now a total blur. I recorded the whole thing too, sounds pretty good so far, will probably transfer it over early next week. Gouge sounded okay but the vocals weren't very loud and he wasn't screaming enough.
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Posted - 02/04/2007 :  11:14:03  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Carl

Hiya trixie!!


Hiya Carl!!
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quote:
Originally posted by fbc

Please say you'll complete this thread with an upload of Gouge Away. You know you want to. Make our day.


I'm working it. Sound quality is crappy and camera is too jerky (I was trying to hide the camera from the photo nazis walking up and down the aisle). I hope ijwthstd has a better version.
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Posted - 02/05/2007 :  10:04:11  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
All I got was audio but it sounds very nice.

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