Smoke On The Water!

You're all familiar with the Deep Purple tune, right? Something in this video seems a bit off, doesn't it?



Back in my High School teachin' days at Tokiwagi*, I used to mime SotW on a Shimasen much to the amusement of my teaching partner and bewilderment from the students. These guys do it right!



It kind of reminds me of these guys who I haven't seen play in sometime. I ran into the bass player just after the quake and he was off to play a solo gig, so I guess they're still getting work.

*Click HERE for a cool blog written by ex-co-worker Alex for a bird's eye view of an All girl's High with a handful of guys thrown in.

I Am Curious Purple.

Since my internet is working for the moment, I plan to do a lot of blogging catch-up. I don't know when next my online will go offline.

So last Thursday, I went to see a live performance by a Deep Purple tribute band, Ritchie Blackmore 誕生日, led by Naobao and it was pretty good. It wasn't worth the 2500 that I paid, but I still managed to have fun. I loved the fact that I was amongst the youngest people there. I didn't know there were any other old farts in on the music scene of Sendai.



Most curious was the lead singer's unfamiliarity with the material. He needed cue cards for all the songs! (Now, I'm one to talk, for I can't sing in Japanese without cue cards either.)


My thanks to Mariko (who manages a restaurant in Tagajo= くいしん坊 宮城県多賀城市中央3丁目1-26 電話 022-364-9491) and Rocking Rob for inviting me.




Their best tune was, of course, Smoke on the Water and they liked it so much, they sang it twice! If you want to find out more about the drummer and bass player, click away.