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Wow - very exciting.  Now That's a show to catch.

Smokin, huh?

Awesome stuff.

I hope they have the foresite to record a few dates! 

My ex-gf called a couple of weeks ago all excited to tell me that she'd scored two primo tickets for the RTF show in Dallas on June 1, and asked me to go with her.  I can't wait to see it.

It's good to remain friends sometimes.

Ive been a Lenny fan since Astral Pirates. All the COOL stuff is ALWAYS so far from me . I'll be in line for a CD/DVD of these guys. I was excited to hear of this reunion in the latest Traps magazine with Dr. Lenny on the cover. Go! Lenny Go! .

cool beans, paul! now I'm all worked up.

2 lenny things:

--I heard through that he is nursing an injury, so it's exciting to hear that his solo is still hot

--lenny recounts a funny story on the rtf website. there's a vid where he reminisces about the band's visit to patrick moraz's [ex-sometime-yes keys guy] house years back. steve howe's wife was there, too. lenny played her stuff from rtf. she said, 'wow, that's amazing! must've taken a long time to record.' he said, 'yes, 11 days.' she said, '11 days? these guys take 11 months to get a snare sound!'   

I thought it was very funny, as I've heard many stories about that band's [yes's] sonic retentivity.

anyhow, gotta consider getting tkts. but first, a mortgage, as VIP guest packages are going for $500 a pop! regular seats ain't so cheap, either.


I needs me a sugar daddy!

Got tickets for the June 21 show in Detroit.  I saw them back in the 70's in Wash. D.C..  I too was changed by their music.  I guess you could say that myself and a couple of other guys I played with were considered freaks.  As teenagers we were going to see RTF instead of KISS.  The show I went to was at Lisner Auditorium, check this out, it was RTF, they opened for John McGlaughlin and the Mahaveishnu(?) Ochestra, and Jean Luc Ponty was the violinist for John then.  I will never forget when John was doing a rippin solo he broke a string, well he walks off stage to either get another guitar or replace the string.  Anyway you could see him standing backstage signaling Jean Luc to just keep going with his solo, he did what seemed like a 10 minute solo, never seen anything like it since.  I also saw Stanley, Jean Luc and Bela Fleck at an outdoor acoustic gig a couple of years ago, and yeah, to see Stanley do his upright solo is phenominal.  Better than sex, I'll deny I ever said it....

Going tomorrow! Can't wait - just saw the promo again here on DC-TV and it got all excited again.

Saw them twice back when - and both times was just stunning. A club gig in LA right after Al joining and then later during the Romantic Warrior tour at LA's big symphony hall (the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion). For me, so much of this music has held up so well compositionally with the passing of time. So even if they just re-visit old material, it will be a kick for me.

Like I said - can't wait!!

David