Just saw an awesome @AnnieLennox soundcheck
I’m at TEDGlobal 2011 in Oxford which starts tomorrow. I just witnessed an awesome Annie Lennox soundcheck in the intimacy of the Playhouse Theatre, where she will be performing solo with piano tomorrow afternoon. She ripped through a selection of recent material as well as a few classic hits. For my part I’ll be playing the ‘Amerikana’ EP in its entirety, joined by pretty much the same band as played at Maverick last week, with the substitution of Rachelle Garniez in place of BJ Cole.
The theatre where TED is held is right across the road from the Ashmolean Museum where my father had his office for most of my childhood when he wasn’t traveling. So it feels a bit like a homecoming to play here. How strange then to songs about crime and suicide in the wild western USA, and halucinogenic reptiles in the Welsh mountains!
BTW if you haven’t already seen it, here’s a series of cool video clips that went up on YouTube today of me on the Nutmeg dissecting the first of the EP tracks ‘Road To Reno.’
It is such a pleasure to witness the genesis (with Peter Gabriel, of course) of my fav on the 3-part. It’s neat to see behind the curtain.
Very cool. Thanks Thomas.
btw, having that engine telegraph in the background set to stbd engine full astern would drive me crazy. Your yacht is hypothetically doing donuts. Try moving the port control to full ahead. Then you at least will be spinning on a dime.
how was her perferomance last night?
First, Annie Lennox is a goddess, and I hope to hear her perform live at least once in this lifetime.
Second, is that a Blue Snowball mic behind you in the Nutmeg? I need a mic for home to do some simple recordings for my radio producer to listen to, and that’s the guy I’ve been pondering.
Yes, that’s the beast. It’s pretty good. I also have an AudioTechnica USB mic I gave Harper, and that’s good too.
Just heard Blinded Me on a Swiffer Wet Jet commercial. Caught me by surprise.
Just a little picky thing, but toads are amphibians, not reptiles.