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Post by alstublieft on Dec 13, 2011 19:42:11 GMT
Dave Arcari played in Pontypool the other night, wish I'd gone now, though I'd have been on best behaviour, not like the idiot on YouTube. Love Dave's energy.
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Post by davey on Dec 14, 2011 23:23:42 GMT
Brilliant ! Dave Arcari handled it really well. I sometimes think Blues gigs are a bit too well behaved anyway, sitting staring the whole set then polite applause - it's a bit wrong innit ?
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Post by growler on Dec 16, 2011 6:42:52 GMT
Dave Arcari did handle it well, as it goes he wasn't a bad drunk, nice dancing.
regards
Growler
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Post by televiking on Dec 16, 2011 15:47:52 GMT
Lots of freaky guys like that on my gigs too.
I try to remember they are having fun, and not hurting anybody. If a musician gets people up and dancing he or she has done her job well.
Although I have to admit sometimes drunks can get a bit scary they usually try to have fun WITH you so it's cool in my book.
Televiking
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Post by bod on Dec 16, 2011 16:33:17 GMT
.... I sometimes think Blues gigs are a bit too well behaved anyway, sitting staring the whole set then polite applause - it's a bit wrong innit ? Thanks, this is something that has often set me wondering: when did people start sitting, watching blues rather than dancing and how / why did it become a spectator sport? My guess: when it came to the attention of folk music preservationists, and because it was experienced as culture from a disappearing world, something to be behold and to witness... but as I say just a guess... |
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Post by profscratchy on Dec 16, 2011 19:04:24 GMT
Just my opinion: it's one thing to dance whilst someone's playing, it's another to take the microphone and take over someone's performance. Now, Dave is a master of punk, anarchic blues, so he's not bothered by a bit of anarchy. Personally I think the guy who got on stage is an arse. I've seen him at a few festivals and really, he is an arse. Probably needy and deserving of sympathy. Or a belt in the gob.
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Post by ianz on Dec 16, 2011 19:21:24 GMT
The guy is called Dennis and he hangs around the Queens Hotel in Colne, disrupting/enjoying the acts at the Colne Blues Festival. Arse or fan, he knows how to enjoy himself, particularly in drink, and if treated right he does make an entertaining part of the festival. Lucy has been on the receiving end of his "humour" and handled it to applause....
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Post by bod on Dec 17, 2011 7:59:02 GMT
Just my opinion: it's one thing to dance whilst someone's playing, it's another to take the microphone and take over someone's performance... Yep, absolutely agree, I didn't mean to imply that the two were the same or that this chap's on stage antics were somehow desirable. Looks to me like a case of what teachers call "challenging behaviour" and that this Dave Acari handled it brilliantly, he probably should be appearing in teacher training manuals... (There are other issues connected with what Davey said about sitting quietly and I was interested in those but I think I was heading off topic, so I'll probably start a different thread.) |
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