[TPIN] Tower of Power in Charlotte last night

[Glenn Bengry]

Dude,
 
    I saw the band live right after the Monster on a Leash recording came out.  It was the best live sound I have ever heard.  That was 91.  Lee Thornburg and Greg Adams will never be duplicated.  Both played oldish Callichio's . You just dont' hear that sound any other place.  I've never heard a sound like that before from any other players.  Every time since then, the mix wasn't as good. Are all rock n roll soundmen deaf?  
 
wht kinda horns are those guys using?  Could you tell?  Or do some of you TOP fans know?  And who out there in the tpt world is playing on old Calicchio's?
 
glenn
 
x> > > TOP was "off the hook" last night at the Neighborhood Theatre. I heard them > in 2002 (on tour supporting Jonny Lang and B.B. King) and they didn't really > sound like the same band to me. (The 2002 tour package sound sort of > crippled them then, through no fault of their own. The horns tended to get covered > up in the mix a lot....)> > Not so last night!> > It was the highest percentage of the classic era band that I've ever seen > live. (Castillo, Kupka, Garibaldi, Conte, Prestia and Garibaldi). Both trumpet > players (Bogart and Acosta) were awesome and supported each other incredibly > well. The entire band was"smokin hot". The lead tenor player (Tom Politzer? > I had a hard time hearing his name) knows his "Pickettisms" stone cold! I > had to feel a little sorry for Mike Bogart when Politzer hit some altissimo > harmonic and I saw him grab his in ear monitor. Those things still seem risky > to me even if there's a full time engineer on the monitor board, which in > itself doesn't happen a lot at my spot on the PA/live music food chain.....)> > The crowd stood for the entire concert and the band played appreciatively. > The customer (audience) is very much the "king" to those guys. If you have > the opportunity to catch them live and haven't seen them lately, by my > reckoning, now's definitely the time!> > Rick Price