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Topic: James Intveld |
Dave White
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Fullerton, California USA
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Posted 1 Jan 2007 1:14 am |
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Saw him tonight in concert here in Fullerton. In a town not known for country music venues, he drew quite an appreciative crowd. He does rockabilly and traditional country, and he does it well. My only complaint was his board operator, who seemed to think that if an instrument or a voice wasn't loud enough, why hell, he'd just boost up everything, until it was deafening at times. Intveld had a great pedal steel player, didn't catch his name, I think it was Rick. If he is a member of this forum, my hat's off to him. Half the time you couldn't hear him well, though, because that board operator just kept kicking up every one else's volume until the poor guy was drowned out. At one point, James even complained to the sound guy that the monitor mix was screwed up--right on stage in the middle of a set. When are these sound guys gonna learn that louder isn't better. I think a lot of them are burned out with fried ears, because they can't hear the obvious problems. I was a sound mixer, both studio and live, quite a few years ago, and I learned that if a vocal or an instrument isn't "out front" enough, it's better to pull everyone else down a little than boost that one instrument up, because pretty soon you fall into the trap of having everything too damn loud. Sorry about the venting, but the soundman on this gig screwed up what would have, and should have been, a really great performance.
Last edited by Dave White on 1 Jan 2007 11:47 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Skip Edwards
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LA,CA
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Posted 1 Jan 2007 1:56 am
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| My guess would be that it was Rick Shea. |
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Ian Dyer
From:
Los Angeles, California
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Posted 3 Jan 2008 1:22 pm
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http://www.rickshea.com/
Rick plays out quite a bit, check out his website. Great player and a heck of a nice guy. I took a few lessons from him when I was first getting going on the steel. |
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Jussi Huhtakangas
From:
Helsinki, Finland
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Posted 4 Jan 2008 12:33 am
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| James is great, I love what he does!! He also did a soundtrack for the Johnny Depp/John Waters movie Cry Baby!! |
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Jason Odd
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Stawell, Victoria, Australia
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Posted 4 Jan 2008 5:59 am
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Jussi, yeah, that made me a fan when it came out, what a great John Waters flick, really nailed the rock 'n' roll threat to the youth of Aemerica paranoia that swept in right after rock and roll swept through.. although in true Waters style, it is over the top and totally crazed.
James is the man. |
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Steve Pacholl
From:
Minneapolis
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Posted 4 Jan 2008 6:28 am
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| James has a lot of talent. He's also a film director. He directed Dale Watson's Justice For All video (which I think is a wonderful video) and James directed a full-length western film staring David Caradine. Don't recall the name of it right now, but it's on Jame's website. I bought the DVD. Good family film if you like westerns. |
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Janice Brooks
From:
Pleasant Gap Pa
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Posted 6 Jan 2008 5:40 am
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James and Dale Watson are best friends from way back.
You can see James and Dale in the band of the movie
"The Thing Called Love"
James' brother was killed with Rick Nelson.
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Alvin Blaine
From:
Picture Rocks, Arizona, USA
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Posted 6 Jan 2008 6:25 am
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James brother was killed with Rick Nelson. |
Do I remember that week.
I was on many of the same shows as James back then, doing the Art Fein Rockabilly Wednesdays shows and Ronnie Mack shows.
The band I was playing with ended up getting some of James's spots after that crash.
His brother was also his drummer, and they were close. Also the bass player for his band, Pat Woodward, was killed on that flight.
Just a little earlier that year('85) the LA Times had a story that James was going to be the next big thing from LA. Then that plane crash took away his band, and his brother, and about destroyed him.
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