Luthiery Laboratories

Doing Things Wrong

August 13, 2022

Depeche Toi, Depeche Toi, Attends

August 13, 2022

7/7/1979 - Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ

The sound quality is not the best, but a great performance. For the kids: that's Debbie Harry and Blondie.

Slinky. Does that outfit qualify as a dress? I'm not sure there's enough of it.

It's really great to see these in HD!

Jersey Girl

I recently finished reading her autobiography, it was very interesting. I don't normally expect much intelligence from musicians, she is disappointingly bright ...

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September 18, 2020

Still Great - Mark Knopfler

September 18, 2020

but where is Emmylou Harris?

Many years ago I saw Eric Clapton at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan. All through the show, I kept hearing Dire Straits. Finally, I grabbed someone's binoculars, and sure enough, there was Mark Knopfler! Since then I found out they are great buddies, and tour together a lot. Clapton was so cool, he let his tour guitarist have the final encore, this:

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