in the presence of...

Last week was above and beyond the usual. I had the opportunity to be around or interact with two inspiring artists.

saw sting and his killer band from the fourth row. dominic miller is such a killer guitarist, and josh freese proves again that having a big hitter on the kit is always a good thing.

as for sting -- what can you say? i was so glad to see him in the stripped down form. no keyboards, no shmaltzy lounge versions of his better songs. i've witnessed this guy screw up more of his own music than other people have so i truly appreciated a back to basics approach. he sounded great and was obviously having a good time.

i also got to witness saul williams in the creative space vs the performance space. hanging out in the studio with saul while he put his stamp on a stuart davis song was a lot of fun...especially when several lines of lyrical beauty were delivered where they hadn't appeared moments earlier.

thanks for the opportunity to be there, guys.

and stu's new record is going to be really cool. stay tuned. btw...he hit a 39 on the back nine last thursday -- from the ladies' tees.

posted by tripp on April 18, 2005 12:21 PM | in Blogs