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Parrot Head · 02-14-2006, 05:00 PM

He just announced that he'll playing Moscow in early March. If you like the music and you like concerts, his is worth hitting. He's a great live performer and a musical talent you don't see often.

fusnik11 · 02-14-2006, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Parrot Head

He just announced that he'll playing Moscow in early March. If you like the music and you like concerts, his is worth hitting. He's a great live performer and a musical talent you don't see often.

i love ben folds...

moscow, early march, sounds like a lot of fun.

mpfunk · 02-14-2006, 06:37 PM

Also another bit of advice Dirty Hippie, University of Idaho puts on the Lionel Hampton Jazz festival every year. It is February 22-25. The only artist there this year that I'm really aware of is Roy Hargrove. He is actually very good. I used to know the types at these festivals better, but I have really gone away from the type of jazz that is typically presented at jazz festivals.

DirtyHippieUTE · 02-14-2006, 06:39 PM

Damn! It's on a Sunday!

He's playing the Kibbie Dome too, not the usual hole called "John's Alley."

Somehow I doubt I'm going to be able to talk Mrs. Hippie into this but I'll have to try...

Thanks for the heads up.

DirtyHippieUTE · 02-14-2006, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by mpfunk

Also another bit of advice Dirty Hippie, University of Idaho puts on the Lionel Hampton Jazz festival every year.

That's pretty much all anybody in town is talking about at the moment. Mrs. Hippie & Co. have already picked out the acts they want to see...

SteelBlue · 02-14-2006, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Parrot Head

He just announced that he'll playing Moscow in early March. If you like the music and you like concerts, his is worth hitting. He's a great live performer and a musical talent you don't see often.

Is he solo now or is he in a band? I heard a song a few months back and would have bet a lot of money that he was doing the vocals. However, it was a band I'd never heard of. I thought maybe he had some new gig going.

RockyBalboa · 02-14-2006, 10:16 PM

Ben Folds is one of my favorites.

I wish he'd come to Utah. I heard he had a bad experience or something last time he was here and vowed never to come back, which I selfishly hope isn't true cause I'd love to watch him perform.

Parrot Head · 02-14-2006, 10:41 PM

Ben Folds is doing it all solo now, but he's doing a good volume (with quality). He just released a DVD in December of a concert he did in Perth with the Western Australia Symphony Orchestra and it's awesome. He didn't do the arrangements -- he let locals choose a song and have their way with it -- but you can tell he knows a lot about theory and can really adjust his music and playing to a variety of styles.

As for the Utah thing, I saw him a few years ago in SF at the Fillmore and he said he had just been playing in SLC and Idaho and I think he just bored by the areas. He sang a song about how much Idaho sucked, but that it didn't suck more than Utah. I don't remember any specifics as to the reason for the suckiness but he didn't mention church stuff at all.

il Padrino Ute · 02-15-2006, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by RockyBalboa

I wish he'd come to Utah. I heard he had a bad experience or something last time he was here and vowed never to come back, which I selfishly hope isn't true cause I'd love to watch him perform.

U2 also had a bad experience in Utah way back in about '79 or so and vowed to never come back.

If a celebrity doesn't want to come to Utah, I am ok with it. I'd rather keep this place to myself anyway.

SoCalCoug · 02-15-2006, 05:00 AM

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U2 also had a bad experience in Utah way back in about '79 or so and vowed to never come back.

I thought it was in about '85 or '86 - I seem to remember hearing that they had played an old club called "Plastique" not long before Joshua Tree came out and they really hit it big. My freshman year was '86, and I thought it was right around that time.

02-14-2006, 05:00 PM	#1
Parrot Head Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 763	Hey, Dirty, are you a Ben Folds guy? He just announced that he'll playing Moscow in early March. If you like the music and you like concerts, his is worth hitting. He's a great live performer and a musical talent you don't see often.

02-14-2006, 06:37 PM	#3
mpfunk Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,619	Also another bit of advice Dirty Hippie, University of Idaho puts on the Lionel Hampton Jazz festival every year. It is February 22-25. The only artist there this year that I'm really aware of is Roy Hargrove. He is actually very good. I used to know the types at these festivals better, but I have really gone away from the type of jazz that is typically presented at jazz festivals.

02-14-2006, 06:39 PM	#4
DirtyHippieUTE Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Moscow, ID Posts: 1,151	Damn! It's on a Sunday! He's playing the Kibbie Dome too, not the usual hole called "John's Alley." Somehow I doubt I'm going to be able to talk Mrs. Hippie into this but I'll have to try... Thanks for the heads up.

02-14-2006, 10:16 PM	#7
RockyBalboa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 7,297	Ben Folds is one of my favorites. I wish he'd come to Utah. I heard he had a bad experience or something last time he was here and vowed never to come back, which I selfishly hope isn't true cause I'd love to watch him perform.

02-14-2006, 10:41 PM	#8
Parrot Head Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 763	Ben Folds is doing it all solo now, but he's doing a good volume (with quality). He just released a DVD in December of a concert he did in Perth with the Western Australia Symphony Orchestra and it's awesome. He didn't do the arrangements -- he let locals choose a song and have their way with it -- but you can tell he knows a lot about theory and can really adjust his music and playing to a variety of styles. As for the Utah thing, I saw him a few years ago in SF at the Fillmore and he said he had just been playing in SLC and Idaho and I think he just bored by the areas. He sang a song about how much Idaho sucked, but that it didn't suck more than Utah. I don't remember any specifics as to the reason for the suckiness but he didn't mention church stuff at all.