Daniel Lanois played on Saturday night October 12th in Halifax and the crowd went wild. Lanois the famous producer behind U2, Dylan and other musical luminaries likes to tour with a smallish band – 4 piece in Halifax – doing his own material.
The capacity crown at the Marquis Club on Gottingen Street in Halifax got their money’s worth and more as Lanois rocked out the night.
After driving versions of songs like The Messenger, Lanois held the crowd in his hand as he sang part of his set solo. He repeated a solo at the end in the uninterrupted 2.5 hour performance.
Lanois can sound cool and detached on his CD’s. Live he is mesmerizing with his black leather look and emotion packed performance.
In the video clip of The Messenger watch him control the guitar, band and audience with his right hand. He is both pulling us into his performance and threatening at once.
I tried to get as much of that hand on the guitar since he has a unique technique to coax and force great sound from his black Les Paul. It’s all in the thumb and fingers: he had a pick but used it rarely.
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In the same song he can be gently, almost acoustically finger pick but push the sound out through the amp to make it sound powerful and raw. Then he will punch or rough the strings up. That’s where the sound comes from – that great hand technique.
I have 90 minutes of tape which I’ve previewed and it looks great. Not only did he allow people to take pictures and videos, the stage crew helped. One of the techs, in a great French boating t-shirt, took my video camera and shot one song from behind the drum kit. He was doing it for others in the audience as well.
I’ll post The Messenger today and the rest as I get time to edit this week.
That afternoon, Lanois held an unscheduled session at the club to discuss his music and music making. The show will be telecast on CBC sometime. Sonic should have text messaged Lanois’s fans. The information was on PEI Locals which is OK if you are at home but useless once you head out.
The night was friendly and loving with a great vibe
The club soundtrack from the camcorder is over-driven and needs fixing. That’s where my time will be spent. The raw tracks are 16-bit with mild compression.
Comments are always appreciated either here or on YouTube. Peace.
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disabilityalert
Cool man, we should have had a beer together afterwards. I was the guy who kept jumping out of his wheelchair much to the chargin of the girl in front of me.
I missed that afternoon chat. Lanois is an awesome musician and musical producer who shares so willingly.
I’m still pinching myself about getting that much access.
disabilityalert
Cool man, we should have had a beer together afterwards. I was the guy who kept jumping out of his wheelchair much to the chargin of the girl in front of me.
I missed that afternoon chat. Lanois is an awesome musician and musical producer who shares so willingly.
I’m still pinching myself about getting that much access.
Doug Taylor
i’m not sure, but i think you are the one who was right in front of me at the front of the stage. i watched a good portion of the show through your view finder and was amazed at the shots you were getting. this show was very moving, as was the afternoon chat – a rare opportunity to get close to a Canadian music legend who has reached so many around the world.
Doug Taylor
i’m not sure, but i think you are the one who was right in front of me at the front of the stage. i watched a good portion of the show through your view finder and was amazed at the shots you were getting. this show was very moving, as was the afternoon chat – a rare opportunity to get close to a Canadian music legend who has reached so many around the world.
lanois_fan
Can’t wait to see THE MAKER again!!!!!
lanois_fan
Can’t wait to see THE MAKER again!!!!!
disabilityalert
so it is written, so shall it be done…I’ll do it next.
disabilityalert
so it is written, so shall it be done…I’ll do it next.
Gabriel
That’s great footage dad. I’d love a copy of whatever you end up with, whenever you get a chance.
Gabriel
That’s great footage dad. I’d love a copy of whatever you end up with, whenever you get a chance.
Kip Bonnell
Great review! Also a great description of Daniel’s “unique technique”…I thought the very same thing. We were treated to a very stripped-down show here in St. John’s. From your video, it looks like we really missed out! Most of his band were stuck in customs that night, for some reason.
Thanks for sharing a taste of what could have been!
Kip Bonnell
Great review! Also a great description of Daniel’s “unique technique”…I thought the very same thing. We were treated to a very stripped-down show here in St. John’s. From your video, it looks like we really missed out! Most of his band were stuck in customs that night, for some reason.
Thanks for sharing a taste of what could have been!
disabilityalert
Did he sing Shine? We got a very cool Sometime that didn’t get captured. Gorgeous song with cool tricky chords on the intro.
disabilityalert
Did he sing Shine? We got a very cool Sometime that didn’t get captured. Gorgeous song with cool tricky chords on the intro.
numbed
hey I was standing right next to you! Im the guy with the red hair you can see at the end of your messenger video…
what an incredible show.. so happy to see you captured this
numbed
hey I was standing right next to you! Im the guy with the red hair you can see at the end of your messenger video…
what an incredible show.. so happy to see you captured this
disabilityalert
You da man! I wondered who it was. I have you over and over again in videos. Sometimes I framed you on the right and Lanois on the left. I hope they look good. I should have been getting some good looking girl!
disabilityalert
You da man! I wondered who it was. I have you over and over again in videos. Sometimes I framed you on the right and Lanois on the left. I hope they look good. I should have been getting some good looking girl!
numbed
haha beautiful women abound and you’re now stuck with my mug in your videos…
numbed
haha beautiful women abound and you’re now stuck with my mug in your videos…