Comments on: Tour Grosses http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/07/18/872/ First in Music Analysis Tue, 22 May 2012 02:08:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Vivian Campbell http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/07/18/872/#comment-92149 Vivian Campbell Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:10:03 +0000 http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/07/18/872/#comment-92149 You're right, of course, Bob, we're touring (for the first time in the band's nearly 30 year career) without a new record. On top of that, this is our 3rd summer in a row touring the U.S. We are indeed just about overstaying our welcome - a fact that's not lost upon us. Maybe next summer we'll just send Mutt out to do the business instead (perhaps he'll bring his wife along to do a turn, too!). I'm sure the fans won't be disappointed! Seriously, however, the summer concert business seems to be about catalogue more than all else. Even if we had a new record out no one would care, apparently! That being the case, why shouldn't we benefit from our deep catalogue of hits, performed without assistance of backing tapes? In an era when most others mime, we deliver the goods in real time. We're very proud of our ability to reproduce our hits in a live environment and we believe that there's a market for live music - now more than ever! But perhaps that's a foolish notion..... That being the case, disregard this email. You’re right, of course, Bob, we’re touring (for the first time in the band’s nearly 30 year career) without a new record. On top of that, this is our 3rd summer in a row touring the U.S. We are indeed just about overstaying our welcome – a fact that’s not lost upon us. Maybe next summer we’ll just send Mutt out to do the business instead (perhaps he’ll bring his wife along to do a turn, too!). I’m sure the fans won’t be disappointed!

Seriously, however, the summer concert business seems to be about catalogue more than all else. Even if we had a new record out no one would care, apparently! That being the case, why shouldn’t we benefit from our deep catalogue of hits, performed without assistance of backing tapes? In an era when most others mime, we deliver the goods in real time.

We’re very proud of our ability to reproduce our hits in a live environment and we believe that there’s a market for live music – now more than ever! But perhaps that’s a foolish notion…..

That being the case, disregard this email.

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