[kj] Tour drummer will be Ben Calvert: FYI

[Rheinhold Squeegee]

My $.02:
 
I saw Atkins with KJ back in 1991 and while he may be a swell guy, he was a one-note basher who made every song sound exactly the same. I saw Parsons multiple times during the 2004 US tour and this guy struggled with anything even remotely up-tempo. Watching him wrestle with "Seeing Red" live was painful. I saw Dugmore 6 times during the '94 tour and he was a perfectly serviceable journeyman with no personality whatsoever. I have not seen Ben Calvert live but the 2005 reunion vid indicates that he is an able replacement on both the old and new material. It also makes more sense since he already knows the back catalogue.
 
 

> From: planetary at socal.rr.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:23:17 -0700

> Subject: Re: [kj] Tour drummer will be Ben Calvert: FYI

> 

> fatpotanga wrote:

> 

> > I was very impressed by Benny.

> > for me throughout the bpf-less years he was the drummer who came closest to filling that void.

> 

> +++++++++++++++++++++

> 

> He's perfectly suited to much of the band's more grandiose, Led Zeppelin-esque material, especially from Pandemonium, Hosannas and probably even much of the mid-tempo stuff from the newest album, but I find he lacks a certain "snap" or punch on the tunes from the first few albums.

> 

> T.B.

> 

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