Pat Metheny smacks down Kenny G

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Mar 102005
 

Like a lot of people, I don’t take much notice of someone like Kenny G. His stuff is just so bland and he’s such an easy target, it hardly seems worth bothering with him.

Well, apparently, he covered Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” and used at least the original vocal track in his version of it on a recent album. This caused Pat Metheny to notice him and not in a good way.

I’m not a big Pat Metheny fan either. I’m of the opinion that not much decent has come out of jazz since Bitches Brew, but it’s always funny to see one celebrity take another one down a notch. Not that it’ll bother Mr. G one bit.

 Posted by on March 10, 2005 at 11:48 pm

It's that time

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Mar 102005
 

Tomorrow (or I guess tonight) begins the annual deluge of SXSW participants to our fair city. The weather seems to have cleared up just in time.

I’m going to try and attend a few of the events and will post what I can over the next couple of weeks. I almost went blind trying to read the band listings in the Chronicle at lunch today. I have the same problem that I have every year. It’s not worth seeing any local bands during the festival because you can see them for cheaper and in a less crowded venue any other time of the year. There’re usually a couple of out of town bands that catch my eye, but nothing jumps out this year. Perennial attendees Laika and the Cosmonauts are always fun to see and I don’t think they come any other time of year. They’re playing the Continental on the 15th and The Drink on the 16th.

I’d come up with advice for the out-of-towners, but a few locals have already done so. David welcomes the “furners” in his characteristically friendly way and Wiley had a few bits of advice before last year’s festival.

Feel free to add your own advice in the comments.

 Posted by on March 10, 2005 at 3:19 pm