Oh wow, your piece has cleared something up after 27+ years. I saw Dave Alvin, Joni and Bob in College Park, MD, at the beginning of November 1998. Dave came on, played, and then we all…waited…waited…waited…for Joni. I vividly remember saying to my then-gf “this is a very long break between acts”. Now I know—thanks to Chris Botti—that she was stuck in traffic coming from The White House!
Seems like a spur of the moment pick up here but following on the interview Chris proceeds to illustrate just what pissed Joni off...Sting less so, but still, "alright, Chris" 🤣 Nice tone, though. Bob really was pretty lazy about it with Paul, and I bet the perfectionist felt a bit cheated since that was the only time it was going to happen. Enjoyable, as always.
Paul looks like he's remembering how they were all in the same scene way back in the early days, and yeah, there's a reason they never really got together on stuff. They work differently. Doesn't mean they can't have respect for one another, but they don't really look super chummy. I could be wrong. Did Paul ever do a "call-in" to Theme Time?
Paul feels dissed by Bob some he's pretty sensitive about it. Never rehearsing could be an example, but you're only going to get as much as he's going to give. It was more playful in the early days and there truly is a unique cut on Self Portrait, with double-tracked Bob instead of Artie and Paul on The Boxer 😂
Oh wow, your piece has cleared something up after 27+ years. I saw Dave Alvin, Joni and Bob in College Park, MD, at the beginning of November 1998. Dave came on, played, and then we all…waited…waited…waited…for Joni. I vividly remember saying to my then-gf “this is a very long break between acts”. Now I know—thanks to Chris Botti—that she was stuck in traffic coming from The White House!
Seems like a spur of the moment pick up here but following on the interview Chris proceeds to illustrate just what pissed Joni off...Sting less so, but still, "alright, Chris" 🤣 Nice tone, though. Bob really was pretty lazy about it with Paul, and I bet the perfectionist felt a bit cheated since that was the only time it was going to happen. Enjoyable, as always.
Paul looks like he's remembering how they were all in the same scene way back in the early days, and yeah, there's a reason they never really got together on stuff. They work differently. Doesn't mean they can't have respect for one another, but they don't really look super chummy. I could be wrong. Did Paul ever do a "call-in" to Theme Time?
Bet not.
Paul feels dissed by Bob some he's pretty sensitive about it. Never rehearsing could be an example, but you're only going to get as much as he's going to give. It was more playful in the early days and there truly is a unique cut on Self Portrait, with double-tracked Bob instead of Artie and Paul on The Boxer 😂
I forgot about that track on SP.