Junior's comparison is fair enough; I have no doubt Gill was more
impressive, but did either Old 97's or Whiskeytown play anything
remotely country sounding? I remember both bands being just rock bands
for the ACL broadcast. Hardly a throw down between alt and standard
country since two bands were handicapped by just playing rock n roll <g>
and sloppy at that.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ph. Barnard [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, February 01, 1999 10:13 AM
> To: passenger side
> Subject: Re: Vince Gill
>
> Yeah, as Neal points out, the "request" format was a bit awkward,
> since the guitar tech was anticipating each "request" (!), but I
> thought that was a minor drawback. Overall, especially since the
> performance was live, I thought it was a pretty impressive-sounding
> set.... Can you imagine what he could do in a club, with dancers,
> etc?
>
> --junior
>
