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Post by Brian on Sept 13, 2017 12:10:27 GMT -8
Here is one from last night's show at the Teragram Ballroom. Nice to meet you. How do i share or post a photo here? What is the code? Well, the photo has to be in a JPG or PNG format, and hosted somewhere. Anni and I just paid Photobucket $400 for a year so we can continue to share photos on the message board. Yeah, the photo sharing sites are starting to monetize what used to be a free service.
Stevo just sent Anni one of the greatest concert photos I've ever seen of any band. It's even more amazing because he had to deal with the lights overhead. Wow!
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Post by anni on Sept 13, 2017 12:22:19 GMT -8
As promised, Best Picture, ever:
(Left to right) Ian Hunter, Paul Page, James Mastro. Photo by Stevo Rood
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Post by Brian on Sept 14, 2017 1:45:40 GMT -8
Another great clip from Tuesday's show: most of "Sweet Jane" with Johnny Depp.
And now it's Thursday, so late after the drive from the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano to our Verdugo Hills that I'll keep this short and babble about both evenings with Ian Hunter and the Rant Band in subsequent posts, after this incredible high starts to ebb.
The setlist at the Coach House did not vary much from the Teragram Ballroom's. Gone was "(Give Me Back My) Wings" but we got two more songs -- "Roll Away The Stone" and "Standing In My Light."
Ian introduced Johnny Depp on Tuesday by saying that Depp wrote the introduction to the forthcoming new edition of Ian's 1974 book, "Diary of a Rock 'N' Roll Star," and ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Johnny Depp. He appeared a minute later with a big lit hand rolled cigarette stuck in his mouth. Admittedly, that was not the first time in my long life that I was envious of the dude. On Wednesday, the ticket taker at the Coach House told us he heard a rumor that Depp was going to play. He seemed surprised to get the song list from me. Depp was on time and obviously a lot more comfortable tonight. By the way, I've never seen so many sexagenerians pointing cellphones.
Anni and I want to thank our friend and Orange County ambassador Maria, and give a shout out to Marco, a wonderful L.A. County companion, who's also posted in a previous Ian Hunter thread on this, the Montrose Peace Vigil message board.
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Post by anni on Sept 16, 2017 18:22:11 GMT -8
Although these Coach House photos lack technical proficiency, they capture the spirit of the evening.
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Post by Brian on Sept 17, 2017 0:16:42 GMT -8
I couldn't be there, but thankfully someone posted a video on You Tube. That's Chuck Prophet with Ian Hunter and the Rant Band plus Scott McCaughey closing the show at the Fillmore on Friday in San Francisco with "Roll Away the Stone," "Life," "All the Young Dudes" and "Goodnight, Irene."
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Post by Brian on Sept 19, 2017 23:00:40 GMT -8
At the Coach House: "The Truth, The Whole Truth, Nuthin' But The Truth," a song from 1975.
I was 16 when I went to my first concert: Mott the Hoople, on what would turn out to be their final American tour, in May 1974. I was already a huge fan of Ian Hunter's singing and songwriting, but didn't know what a kind and generous showman he is onstage. Until that autumn, no live Mott albums were available. The next year, Ian collaborated with guitarist and producer Mick Ronson to create one of the best solo debut albums ever, but they did not tour here. In 1979, however, I saw Ian and Mick four times. A decade later, they made another LP together and played the Palace in Hollywood twice, but soon Mick died from cancer. A dozen years passed before Ian released another record in the U.S. With his new producer and guitarist Andy York, Ian performed an acoustic set at the just opened Amoeba Records on Sunset Boulevard to promote his album "Rant." Since then, Anni and I have seen Ian Hunter and the Rant Band every time and every place they've appeared in Southern California while recording five brilliant albums in a row.
I still haven't come down after the Teragram Ballroom and Coach House gigs last week. My words cannot convey that feeling -- or the glories of seeing and hearing Ian Hunter and the Rant Band again -- but I hope that the mp3's and concert clips I've posted here give a glimmer, at least.
The hundreds of fans who attend their concerts share that buzz. I talk to a lot of concertgoers -- many of whom are men attending by themselves because their wives and friends aren't interested in Ian Hunter -- and while our love for him is unspoken, we sometimes wonder out loud why Ian isn't booked for four nights at the Forum like Eric Clapton, the Hollywood Bowl like Neil Young and Crazy Horse or Dodger Stadium like Billy Joel. We're in a weird but very happy cult. Welcome to the club, indeed.
Ian ditched "Saturday Gigs," Mott the Hoople's farewell single which used to precede the show closer, "All the Young Dudes." Instead, he sings "Life," from his 2012 album "When I'm President."
I hope you had a good time Hope your time was as good as mine My you're such a beautiful sight I can't believe after all of these years You're still here and I'm still here Laugh because it's only life
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Post by Brian on Sept 21, 2017 23:00:28 GMT -8
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Post by Brian on Sept 24, 2017 0:14:55 GMT -8
Upside down cellphone photo of Boschy's setlist on the Teragram's stage floor.
Compare that to the actual list of songs they played in order: montrosepeacevigil.proboards.com/post/6584/thread
Anni and I learned from our experiences during the last California trip by Ian Hunter and the Rant Band in 2015 and we were able to get upfront and personal this time. It's kind of weird to see my bobble head next to Anni's beautiful hair in many of the concert videos posted on You Tube, but clearly there we were, in front of the cameras again.
The Teragram Ballroom packs 600 people between the bar and the stage, and no seat except a toilet exists in the house. We lined up at 6 p.m., a hour before the doors opened and two hours before opening act Scott McCaughey, behind only two guys. So we picked our spot between Mark Bosch and Ian Hunter -- with James Mastro ten feet away -- and clear sightlines to Steve Holley, Paul Page and Dennis DiBrizzi. The stage is about three feet high, good for leaning on. But as soon as the lights went down, we forgot that we had been standing for three hours.
The couple behind us in line outside of the Teragram, who came from Orange County, told us about their recent visits to the Coach House, where Ian and company were playing the next night. Much has changed. Back in 2015, Anni and I were among the very first to buy tickets and make dinner reservations, yet we wound up in the second tier of tables for dinner. Now, for a $10 cash surcharge per ticket, you can buy your way into the first tier. Thanks to our friend Maria, who lives in Lake Forest and got there first, we sat only five chairs from James Mastro's guitar and Ian's keyboard. Some of our table mates did not buy the previously required dinners, and the two drink minimum no longer applies.
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Post by anni on Oct 8, 2017 17:29:49 GMT -8
Brian found these on YouTube last night. Both recordings from Dortmund, Germany, on October 5th, 2017. By Marleen Huis in t veld (she filmed "Fingers Crossed.) Both phenomenal!Bastard:
Fingers Crossed:
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Post by Brian on Jul 9, 2020 23:00:41 GMT -8
After writing about the last appearances of Ian Hunter and the Rant Band in L.A. and posting those videos and photos three years ago, I started another thread about the reunion of the 1974 line up of Mott the Hoople -- Ian Hunter, Ariel Bender and Morgan Fisher -- who played three festivals in Europe in 2018, then toured the U.K. and the eastern half of the U.S. in April last year with the Rant Band: montrosepeacevigil.proboards.com/thread/800/reunion-1974-mott-hoopleIan was working on a new album before he had to cancel Mott the Hoople '74's tour last November because of severe tinnitus. Ian still writes his Horse's Mouth column on Ian Hunter Dot Com, which he started in 2000, answering every question from fans about anything. In the June edition, he acknowledges wishes for his 81st birthday and talks about a four-hour Zoom meeting with the Ranters: ianhunter.com/main/hm-210.shtml
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