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Old 07-16-2012, 08:09 PM
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Mahavishnu Orchestra - Full ABC Concert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqfjM...eature=related

Does it get better than this?

Billy Cobham!
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Old 07-16-2012, 08:39 PM
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That was just what the doctor ordered. Thanks for sharing that!
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Old 07-16-2012, 11:11 PM
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Interesting, John was playing with two Sunn amps instead of a Marshall, and sounded more distorted than usual.
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Old 07-17-2012, 12:14 AM
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It would be WAY better without Jan Hammer.
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Old 07-17-2012, 02:30 AM
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It would be WAY better without Jan Hammer.


Hammer was a HUGE part of the MO sound, and a kick ass player
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Old 07-17-2012, 06:56 AM
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Hammer was a HUGE part of the MO sound
Yes, in two significant ways, his ensemble playing enhanced, but his soloing detracted. I can't stand his wimpish noodling, it simply kills the whole effect the band had going dead in it's tracks. My goal in respects to the original MO is to find a recorded show that he didn't participate in.
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Old 07-17-2012, 03:28 AM
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Listening to this for any length of time drives me totally insane, much too busy for me, BUT - DAMN, Bill Cobham grooves like a mofo!
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Old 07-17-2012, 11:27 AM
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The band I was with went and saw The Mahavishnu Orchestra in Phoenix. It was so intense that there were people falling asleep during the concert and I don't think it was from being loaded. Live it was SO intense.
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Old 07-17-2012, 01:59 PM
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Love mahavishnu, but the extended noodling sometimes detracts from the brilliant heads/composed sections.
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Old 07-17-2012, 02:01 PM
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[QUOTE=Jaimoe;13505760]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqfjM...eature=related



Watch 6:35 and forward.

Billy Cobham's solo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I mean...does it get anymore monstrous than that?
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Old 07-18-2012, 07:05 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqfjM...eature=related



Watch 6:35 and forward.

Billy Cobham's solo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I mean...does it get anymore monstrous than that?

Watch his feet on the double bass drums.
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Old 07-17-2012, 04:26 PM
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In an interview where they pointed out how his playing was markedly restrained, the bass player (Rick Laird) said, "well, someone's got to play the one." lol

If you like that stuff, you might like this simpler but quite powerful take on it with early Journey, 'kohutek'- Aynsley Dunbar on drums.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKpP55H4mKY
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Old 07-17-2012, 04:44 PM
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Does it get better than this?

Billy Cobham!
Hell yeah! Mahavishnu was HUGE for me during the mid to late 70s.
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