Is Sprout still in band?
― calstars, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:40 (six years ago) link
They were indeed good at Empty Bottle! I was at that same show! No Sprout isn't in band - but that's ok Bobby Bare Jr is a nice foil for Doug Gillard and the band all around smokes. Kevin March is an excellent drummer for them!
― BlackIronPrison, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:51 (six years ago) link
Yeah not ideal but anyway I'm not reading for some kind of takedown
Did you read Jim Greer's book on GBV? All those tedious tales of Bob and his boring boozing buddies yukking it up down in Bob's basement? I'm not expecting a takedown but, if you're going to write a book on Pollard, a little distance would be preferable because the guy seems to have surrounded himself with boosters and cheerleaders and enablers - no women though, of course.
― Whiney Houston (Tom D.), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 22:54 (six years ago) link
Ugh Doug Gillard sucks
― calstars, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 23:00 (six years ago) link
I guess he’s the best steady Bob could get But damn he’s got no soul man
― calstars, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 23:01 (six years ago) link
This is a Bob thread, I get it, but he shouldn’t be advertising GBV without his club dudes
― calstars, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 23:03 (six years ago) link
Yes, I think he's a good foil but I don't really like his guitar playing.
― Whiney Houston (Tom D.), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 23:04 (six years ago) link
It’s too exact
― calstars, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 23:05 (six years ago) link
too orthodox
i not only read the jim greer book, but attended a book tour event, which was my first (and only) time meeting bob p
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 10 January 2018 23:50 (six years ago) link
I read the Greer book, it was whatever. I'm definitely not interested in an analysis of why there are no women in the band. I would be very up for nerding out on his process (beyond Rolling Rock), song germination, takes on his peers and other musicians/artists etc.
― Hadrian VIII, Thursday, 11 January 2018 00:10 (six years ago) link
I appreciate Gillard for his versatility. He never sounds like he's really bleeding for it like Mitch Mitchell did, but there's a lot of mid- and later-period Pollard stuff that calls for greater range
― Hadrian VIII, Thursday, 11 January 2018 00:12 (six years ago) link