Rehearsals !!
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Kestrel wrote:
Maccaroni1974 wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
So we're about four weeks away from the beginning of the US tour....and Paul is still sunny himself on St Barts. Its a far cry from the three months of sold rehersals for the Wings 75/76 world tour. Paul must be confident that he and the band will be up to speed with a new show in time,otherwise he's leaving things a bit late.
They will rehearse 10-14 days giver or take. As others have mentioned, there will be a few tweaks, but pretty much the same routine as the last several years.
That is certainly cutting it fine even if the band are familiar enough with the set. Three years of not playing together, it will only take one of them to fall ill during that fortnight and they could end up sounded pretty ragged.
Kestrel's comment about one of them falling ill during the rehearsal weeks reminds me of a question I have had before but is perhaps more pertinent now with Covid: does Paul bring along "understudies" to substiture in case a member of the band gets sick on the day of a show? In particular, imagine if Abe got sick. An entire show without drums would be a quite different experience than usual. Anyone know the answer?
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Brian Sullivan wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
Maccaroni1974 wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
So we're about four weeks away from the beginning of the US tour....and Paul is still sunny himself on St Barts. Its a far cry from the three months of sold rehersals for the Wings 75/76 world tour. Paul must be confident that he and the band will be up to speed with a new show in time,otherwise he's leaving things a bit late.
They will rehearse 10-14 days giver or take. As others have mentioned, there will be a few tweaks, but pretty much the same routine as the last several years.
That is certainly cutting it fine even if the band are familiar enough with the set. Three years of not playing together, it will only take one of them to fall ill during that fortnight and they could end up sounded pretty ragged.
Kestrel's comment about one of them falling ill during the rehearsal weeks reminds me of a question I have had before but is perhaps more pertinent now with Covid: does Paul bring along "understudies" to substiture in case a member of the band gets sick on the day of a show? In particular, imagine if Abe got sick. An entire show without drums would be a quite different experience than usual. Anyone know the answer?
I don't think so, I believe that understudies are more a theater thing (Broadway/West End). I can't imagine Paul paying somebody every night of the tour not to perform -lol. If that happened, tour dates would probably be canceled and rescheduled when they could get replacement.
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
I can't imagine Paul paying somebody every night of the tour not to perform -lol.
Crumbs no, his wallet would have to go into rehab if that were to happen.
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Recent photo of The Man on St Bart's showed him smoking, the last thing his vice needs and here a bunch of us have shelled out money for tickets. And I had been thinking he probably was going to some medical specialist to help him with the vocals. If so, maybe the smoking is a test!
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John Mackintosh wrote:
Recent photo of The Man on St Bart's showed him smoking, the last thing his vice needs and here a bunch of us have shelled out money for tickets. And I had been thinking he probably was going to some medical specialist to help him with the vocals. If so, maybe the smoking is a test!
The man who preaches to us about not eating meat for our health is doing one of the worst things you can do to yourself -lol. I guess he figures he is already 79 so not worried about lung cancer. I will be quite surprised if his voice is decent, hope he proves me wrong.
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John Mackintosh wrote:
Recent photo of The Man on St Bart's showed him smoking, the last thing his vice needs and here a bunch of us have shelled out money for tickets. And I had been thinking he probably was going to some medical specialist to help him with the vocals. If so, maybe the smoking is a test!
It was a joint, not a cigarette and maybe he only had the one. I don't blame him for needing a joint in these stressful times!
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Kestrel wrote:
Maccaroni1974 wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
So we're about four weeks away from the beginning of the US tour....and Paul is still sunny himself on St Barts. Its a far cry from the three months of sold rehersals for the Wings 75/76 world tour. Paul must be confident that he and the band will be up to speed with a new show in time,otherwise he's leaving things a bit late.
They will rehearse 10-14 days giver or take. As others have mentioned, there will be a few tweaks, but pretty much the same routine as the last several years.
That is certainly cutting it fine even if the band are familiar enough with the set. Three years of not playing together, it will only take one of them to fall ill during that fortnight and they could end up sounded pretty ragged.
There were several instances on The Flower Power cruise, where because of Covid, for example, Bob, the original drummer for Jefferson Starship, couldn't play (he sent a video message from his cabin and later they took him to hospital on St. Martaan) so with 2 days notice a guy filled him for him (get this: the guy's day job is a blacksmith!)
The Zombies had THREE members come down with Covid so Rod & Colin (both original members) carried on and did an acoustic show with Rod on keyboards. They did a good job and told some funny stories (you know these Brits - they have hilarious stories/memories!)
I'm sure if any one of Paul's band got Covid they might be able to find a replacement, but Paul might decide to cancel and reschedule until the member was out of quarantine and not contagious anymore.
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Yankeefan2 wrote:
oobu24 wrote:
Maybe it's the same show as before & rehearsals aren't too necessary?
I always wondered how much rehearsal somebody like Paul needs with a band he has toured with for over 20 years. Like you said you can safely assume it is probably the same show with a little tweaking. Maybe 2-3 songs from "McCartney III" and different Beatle song as an opener. In other words, they can do this show basically in their sleep. I would guess they don't need more than a couple of weeks to run through this show. Not sure what lighting entails for his shows but doubt it changes much tour to tour.
Anyone who's performed (I did theater in my younger days) knows you get rusty after even a week off. Even if the set list is 90% stuff they've performed before -- a pretty safe bet -- they need to get up to speed again. I'm sure they will. It's not like anyone involved is new to this.
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Bruce M. wrote:
Yankeefan2 wrote:
oobu24 wrote:
Maybe it's the same show as before & rehearsals aren't too necessary?
I always wondered how much rehearsal somebody like Paul needs with a band he has toured with for over 20 years. Like you said you can safely assume it is probably the same show with a little tweaking. Maybe 2-3 songs from "McCartney III" and different Beatle song as an opener. In other words, they can do this show basically in their sleep. I would guess they don't need more than a couple of weeks to run through this show. Not sure what lighting entails for his shows but doubt it changes much tour to tour.
Anyone who's performed (I did theater in my younger days) knows you get rusty after even a week off. Even if the set list is 90% stuff they've performed before -- a pretty safe bet -- they need to get up to speed again. I'm sure they will. It's not like anyone involved is new to this.
I was in a band that played bars on LI when I was 19-24 and we were constantly trying to learn new cover songs to add to our sets. There were times we did not have a "gig" for a few weeks and did not play together for a bit because we had 9-5 jobs also and never got rusty. Yes, obviously we were young but we were not a rock icon with a band that has played together for 20 years. It is kind of hard for me to imagine them really needing to get up to speed wtih songs they have played together hundreds of times. What do I know? -lol
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"There were several instances on The Flower Power cruise, where because of Covid, for example, Bob, the original drummer for Jefferson Starship, couldn't play (he sent a video message from his cabin and later they took him to hospital on St. Martaan) so with 2 days notice a guy filled him for him (get this: the guy's day job is a blacksmith!)"
A funny story. One time I ran into a guy in the bar of RC ship that was part of the RC orchestra. After talking for a few minutes, he told me the entire orchestra had never played or seen each other before boarding the ship. They had a quick 1 hour rehersal and they were set to go play for 7 day cruise.
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Even John Lennon said that when The Beatles got together after a break; it took a few days to get feel, timing and such back.
in this case the band is not writing and learning new songs and running through them.Even small time bands - you can practice a lot on your own and still need some jamming or some run through songs ... it happens quicker at their level ... a few days and they will likely be ready- as they know 90% or more of the shows and just have to work on the surprises. Some of those may have been worked on previous and may come out from hiding.
Usually you still want to do songs as a group to hear the whole band together.
I could be wrong and just remembering how I felt when I played in a very small time band. -
NJR wrote:
John Mackintosh wrote:
Recent photo of The Man on St Bart's showed him smoking, the last thing his vice needs and here a bunch of us have shelled out money for tickets. And I had been thinking he probably was going to some medical specialist to help him with the vocals. If so, maybe the smoking is a test!
It was a joint, not a cigarette and maybe he only had the one. I don't blame him for needing a joint in these stressful times!
Seeing those photos was very disappointing. Not what his voice needs right now. If he needed that joint, there are lots of edible products these days that he could enjoy, instead of smoking.
As to rehearsals, after 20 years of playing together, they probably don't need a ton of them and I am not expecting a drastically different set list or staging. And Paul uses teleprompters, so no need to worry about remembering lyrics.
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thenightfish wrote:
NJR wrote:
John Mackintosh wrote:
Recent photo of The Man on St Bart's showed him smoking, the last thing his vice needs and here a bunch of us have shelled out money for tickets. And I had been thinking he probably was going to some medical specialist to help him with the vocals. If so, maybe the smoking is a test!
It was a joint, not a cigarette and maybe he only had the one. I don't blame him for needing a joint in these stressful times!
Seeing those photos was very disappointing. Not what his voice needs right now. If he needed that joint, there are lots of edible products these days that he could enjoy, instead of smoking.
As to rehearsals, after 20 years of playing together, they probably don't need a ton of them and I am not expecting a drastically different set list or staging. And Paul uses teleprompters, so no need to worry about remembering lyrics.
I agree - why smoke when edibles exist?
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Edibles have their drawbacks. But you can vape natural cannabis flower and it's much less harmful for your throat and lungs than smoking. Hopefully if Paul is indulging in any, uh, herbs, he's doing it in a way that's not going to hurt his voice. He needs all he's got left.
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Bruce M. wrote:
Edibles have their drawbacks. But you can vape natural cannabis flower and it's much less harmful for your throat and lungs than smoking. Hopefully if Paul is indulging in any, uh, herbs, he's doing it in a way that's not going to hurt his voice. He needs all he's got left.
What are the drawbacks of edibles?
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NJR wrote:
Bruce M. wrote:
Edibles have their drawbacks. But you can vape natural cannabis flower and it's much less harmful for your throat and lungs than smoking. Hopefully if Paul is indulging in any, uh, herbs, he's doing it in a way that's not going to hurt his voice. He needs all he's got left.
What are the drawbacks of edibles?
On the voice, absolutely nothing. If you ingest too much, though, it could be an uncomfortable delirious experience.
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mosthigh wrote:
NJR wrote:
Bruce M. wrote:
Edibles have their drawbacks. But you can vape natural cannabis flower and it's much less harmful for your throat and lungs than smoking. Hopefully if Paul is indulging in any, uh, herbs, he's doing it in a way that's not going to hurt his voice. He needs all he's got left.
What are the drawbacks of edibles?
On the voice, absolutely nothing. If you ingest too much, though, it could be an uncomfortable delirious experience.
I'm sure that Paul has had quite a few "Unbelievable Experiences".
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oobu24 wrote:
mosthigh wrote:
NJR wrote:
Bruce M. wrote:
Edibles have their drawbacks. But you can vape natural cannabis flower and it's much less harmful for your throat and lungs than smoking. Hopefully if Paul is indulging in any, uh, herbs, he's doing it in a way that's not going to hurt his voice. He needs all he's got left.
What are the drawbacks of edibles?
On the voice, absolutely nothing. If you ingest too much, though, it could be an uncomfortable delirious experience.
I'm sure that Paul has had quite a few "Unbelievable Experiences".
ROTFLMAO!
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Rehearsals have begun!
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thenightfish wrote:
Rehearsals have begun!
See the 3 dots on Abe's drumhead? McCartney III.