Alan Bidmade
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Newcastle upon Tyne UK
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Posted 11 Nov 2019 10:39 am |
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I was lucky enough to find on cable tv here in the UK a film of Joni Mitchell's 75th birthday celebration and concert. There was an assembly of the great and the good singing her songs, but what stood out was the quality of the backing band, where Greg Leisz stood head and shoulders above them all.
Perfect touch, absolute command of volume, huge degrees of musicality and playing complex music without a glitch.
He was playing an Infinity ?12 string? with 5 pedals but no clue as to levers. The sound was gorgeous!
I know we have any number of masters of pedal steel, but Greg has to be right up there!
I will pick my jaw up from the floor on Tuesday.
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First name Alan, but known as Nick |
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