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The Tony Levin Band
Europe 2005
Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, Russia
KINGSTON, NY & BEYOND
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Kingston, NY
Napoli, Italy
Rome, Italy
Prato, Italy
Schio, Italy
Neuchatel, Switzerland
Prateln, Switzerland
Budapest, Hungary
Moscow, Russia
Saint
Petersburg, Russia
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Tony Levin |
Jesse Gress |
Larry Fast |
Pete Levin |
Jerry Marotta |
10/26 End of the tour:For 2 weeks I had been adding stuff to this page, and the download
got uncomfortably long. (Thanks to all for not complaining.)
At our last hotel on the tour, I had a high speed network connection and
took the opportunity to split it up into separate
pages. There are navigator links below and scattered around,
organized by city. Lots of photos within. For more photos and some more great blog,
check out Tony's website - at
http://www.tonylevin.com
Most fun
part of the tour: We opened each show with an a capella, traditional
Barbershop Quartet. With many of the gigs in large, loud rock club
venues, this show opener invariably caught people by surprise. We
had no idea going in how
non-English-speaking audiences would react, but amazingly they pretty
much all got it. Even in Russia, at least 50% of the audience knew
enough English to follow along. They all quickly caught on that
it's a joke, and that we were there to have a good time - especially
when we sang "... you may take photos" whipped out cameras to take
pictures of the crowd.
The concerts were all in 600-1500 seat venues, and near or completely sold out.
The expected technical setup problems were all licked by perseverance
and with help from good local stage and sound crews. The performances had the expected
rough edges, but only the band knows that. The gigs were all
exhilarating and the audiences enthusiastic and passionate. Can't wait to do it at home.
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Tour Diary
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10/01 Not actually on the road yet, but the tour is officially
launched. The
Tony Levin Band did a warm-up concert in Kingston at the Keegan Ales
Brewery, opening for the Jim Weider Band. Lots of new music but
overall it went real well. Physically, Keegan's is not the most
comfortable place to play, but for spirit, good vibes and a generous
welcome from the owner (Tommy Keegan), it tops the list. It's
definitely an 'up close and personal' experience. I've played
there several times, but I don't remember ever seeing the place so full.
We're talkin' crowded, here! I'm sayin' it was packed solid! The
audience had to take turns breathing! Getting out to the men's
room? Forget it! Pee your pants, or wait until Sunday morning. I only
got off one audience shot, but you can see people crammed into every
available spot. Woof!
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Pete, Jerry Marotta, Jesse Gress, Tony
Levin, Larry Fast
Tony Levin Band
Keegan Ales 10/01/05 |
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Where's Waldo? |
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9/15 Getting ready to start rehearsals with the Tony Levin Band.
It's Tony's previous quartet - with Jesse Gress, Larry Fast and Jerry
Marotta - with me added doing piano and organ. We've got a
nice European tour coming up in October, 1-2 weeks of one nighters
mostly in Italy and Switzerland. Really interesting though, the
promoter has just added dates in Moscow and St. Petersburg. (The
real ones, not Idaho and Florida.) That'll be my first time in
Russia. We won't have much free time there, but I'll make good use
of whatever's we get. Do they get snow there in October?
Southern Italy to Red Square in a week; How do you pack clothes
for a trip like that? At least I don't have to bring wine and
vodka.
Just learned we're playing the B2 Club in Moscow. If you need
directions, check out their website! (If you can read any of it,
let me know.)
http://www.b2club.ru/index.html |
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Kingston, NY
Napoli, Italy
Rome, Italy
Prato, Italy
Schio, Italy
Neuchatel, Switzerland
Prateln, Switzerland
Budapest, Hungary
Moscow, Russia
Saint Petersburg, Russia |
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