A Barking Dog

Here in Oviedo, home of World Champ Fernando Alonso. Looking for a chance to shop for some great Fernando swag tomarrow after desayuno and prior to load in and siesta. Thomas Albenburger from the LAB stopped by Burgarena in Finkinstein and spent the afternoon and show. Always good to meet folks from the LAB and was a pleasure hanging with Thomas. We got three more dates in Spain before we head back stateside. Prior to going on the Euro leg I was offered and did accept a slot for a house gig at one of the big time production shows on the Strip. It’s at what at this point is the swankiest place on the Strip. During our break I’ll do my training and orientation then finish my extended commitment with the jazz singer. I was asked to extend my stay for the US shed run with guitar player that sits, promoting the record they just did together, inspired by our co gig at the Russian wedding earlier this year. In what may very well be my last full scale tour (thanks to Steve and John at the swanky place…) we’ll be in Philly, DC, Westbury/NYC, JVC Jazz, Hollywood and Clearwater, FL, Detriot, Chicago, Denver, Albuquerque (Bueller if we don’t use your stacks you better stop at the gig and say hi… ) San Diego, Pala, Vegas and finishing in LA and the Hollywood Bowl. Ping me if you want to stop by the gig and say hey or because it’s 14 dates in about a month (we’re old, we can’t work that hard) I’ll buy the rounds if you come by on a night off.

Gear Notes Rotterdam, NL

Venue, North Sea Jazz. Big ass room, still sounds like a hanger. They moved the gig this year from it’s long time haunt in Den Hague but didn’t fix the rooms or traffic managment issues at the festivals. With Montreux and perhaps Montreal, this is one of the ass slappin’ daddys of jazz fests.

FOH
console: 2 x Digico D5 56 FMX w/ Optocore snakes.
speakers: Martin W8L with Martin controllers and amps. Synco/Ampco front fills and subs, with the subs in an end fired config. End fired subs are all the rage over here this year. Ampco, while one of the lowest key sound companies, is also one of the best in the world. A real pleasure to work with them.

MON
console: 2 x Digico D5 56 FMX w/ Optocore snakes.
wedges: Synco/Ampco 152 and 112 with Crest 7301 power and Synco controllers. Sides and drum Synco/Ampco three way.

Wuppertal, DE

Venue: Waldbuhne Hart, capacity 2000, sold out, open air in park.

FOH
console: Yamaha PM3500
speakers: Nexo Alpha M and B with CD subs. Powered by Camco controlled by Nexo NX241.

MON
console: Midas Legend ( I hate the gig already)
wedges: EAW SM 84 with BSS Minidrives and a variety of amps. Nice guys, but they had to hire some of the stuff and weren’t quite up to operating at this level. Nothing in the mon rig matched and it was clear these guys, as nice as they were, didn’t do gigs at this level that often.

Finkenstein, AT

Venue: Burgarena (castle on hill) capacity 1150, sold out.

FOH
console: Midas XL200
speakers: JBL Lil Vertec with JBL 2 x18 subs, powered by Crown I-Techs with HiQnet software and onboard DSP.

MON
console: Yamaha PM5D
wedges and fills: Nexo PS15 w/ Nexo controllers and EV 3000 amps. The guys had a hard time last year with the gig and hacked it together, but this year revamped the mon rig and really brought an “A” game. So far the award winner for most improved. And were great guys as well.

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