Yeah,
They had a nice run at the Alligator
Lounge. By the time I was hip to it, living in the Bay Area at the time,
G.E. Stinson had taken over booking the joint. Unfortunately, I think
attendance went way down once Nels stopped playing the last sets of the
evening. Not long after I played there with Bobby Bradford and Ken Rosser
(fine looping guitarist), they had to move to another venue, which only lasted
a short time, then Monday nights were gone…..
Nels and I were band mates in Charlie Haden’s
Liberation Orchestra back in ’83-’84, and had played on a Vinny
Golia septet gig around that time as well. I packed up my car and headed
for NYC in January of ’85 in the hope of doing such music full-time (and of
course, that’s when the LMO West Coast Unit actually became busy!).
If you ever get a gig like that, don’t give it up is all I can say –
even if they are only playing once every few months…..
Best, TH
From: tEd ®
kiLLiAn [mailto:tedkillian@charter.net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 8:26
AM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: Nels Cline, guitarist
occasionally looping
Per,
Earlier, I had seen him play many many times too. He (Nels) used to organize
the "New Music Mondays" down at the old Alligator Lounge in Santa Monica, California
during the early '90s. Great place, but I'm pretty sure it's no longer there
though. His trio was always the closing act (going on stage about midnight or
so) at these gigs. I saw him there several times. I've also played there
myself. So has Jeff Kaiser (I think).
On May 2, 2007, at 2:13 AM, Per Boysen wrote:
Anyone been to gigs with him?
