Stickist/Bassist Tony Levin & Ron Baggerman(photo by Ron)
Next Review & Photo's by Stickist/Singer Frank Leurs :
Concert Tony Levin Band May 9th 2006 in De Kade in Zaandam/Holland
Tony Levin (photo by Frank)
Larry Fast (photo by Frank)
Still shaking....i met one of my biggest idols in the business: Tony Levin.
Jerry Marotta (photo by Frank)
He was playing nearly in my garden...(and one of the venues where the dutch stick seminars take place..what a coincidence))
We were invited for the soundcheck, although tony didn't remember, hmmm....
it gave us the possibility to meet everybody in private. and that was cool.
Choir (photo by Frank)
during the soundcheck i found out the sound was great; my wife thought it sounded too heavy, but i liked it!
we went out to eat something and accidentilly ran into the whole crew; we ate together and had a good time.
Tony (photo by Frank)
we had a small reunion of dutch stickers, rob, don, gert and yannick from paris, who was sitting in my office wich i didn't know..a nice surprise to see him again.
the show was great and big fun to see so many musicians who influenced me in my musical steps.
Tom Griesgraber (photo by Frank)
tom griesgraber did a very good job as the support and seller of cd's and shirts! very nice guy,good musician.
Tom (photo by Frank)
what can i say about tony/ just what i expected; good show; good craftmanship and control!
Jess (photo by Frank)
check out tony's site for pictures(road diary)
pete levin's site Take it From the Head has great pictures and more detailed stories.
Pete Levin (photo by Frank)
bliss, Frank Leurs
Review by Ron Baggerman :
Tony & Ron (photo by Ron)
Yannick Lepetit (photo by Ron)
Tony,Frank & Gert (photo by Ron)
Yannick(photo by Ron)
Attentive audience (photo by Ron)
Tom Griesgraber(photo by Ron)
Tom in action(photo by Ron)
Tom & Jerry Marotta(photo by Ron)
Tom (photo by Ron)
Tom(photo by Ron)
Don-Frank-Tony
Don Verstraten (photo by Ron)
More photos by Ron Baggerman
Photo's Diary Tony
Photo's Concert by Willem Klopper
Promo Video on youtube.com
Concert Tony Levin Band May 9- 2006 Zaandam- Holland Venue: De Kade
Review by Stickist "Gert van Santen" :
On Tuesday night, May 9th, a couple of Dutch Stickists (Frank Leurs, Stef van Buuren, Don Verstraten, Moreno Caponi, Rob van der Loo, Ron Baggerman mfrench Stickist Yannick Lepetit) and me gathered together at "De Kade" in Zaandam (NL) for a concert of famous bass & Stickplayer Tony Levin and his band.
To me, Tony Levin's name is inextricably connected to Emmett Chapman's
"Chapman Stick", the incredible bass and melody instrument I
"discovered" in the eighties. Listening to the albums of King Crimson (e.g.
"Discipline") and Peter Gabriel ("Plays Live"), I wondered where the low, filtered,
percussive sounds and the weird, compressed guitar-like tones were
coming from.
Until I saw both King Crimson and Peter Gabriel's band live. I
was totally impressed by Levin's strange looking instrument, and even more
by the way he played it.
The 9th of May finally gave me the chance to meet the man in person,
shake hands, have a quick chat, and see him play in a small, intimate venue
instead of a stadium. Stickists Ron Baggerman, Frank Leurs and me were
allowed to sit in on the sound check, which was very nice. Being a
musician myself, I know how annoying it can be to have strange people around
when you are trying to get your sound right for the gig.
And that gig was excellent!
I'm usually not very fond of support acts, but this one - stick player
Tom Griesgraber and drummer Jerry Marotta, presenting their new album
"Waking the Day" - was exactly what was needed to warm up the audience.
The Tony Levin band consists of Tony Levin himself on basses and stick,
keyboard player Larry "Synergy" Fast, drummer Jerry Marotta, guitarist
Jesse Gress and keyboard player Pete Levin (yes, Tony's brother).
Of course they played some new material from their new album
"Resonator" - which was, sadly, not yet available at the time. The band's double
album "Double Espresso" does give a good impression of the rest of the set. Some
"oldies" were included, too, like Peter Gabriel's "On the Air", Back in N.Y.C.
and some Crimson stuff, like "Elephant Talk."
Jerry Marotta and Tony Levin did all of the singing - and they did it
very well. Although Marotta is certainly no Gabriel, and Tony does not have
the "weirdness" of , e.g., Adrian Belew, they knew how to give those songs
the right atmosphere. As an introduction of their band they even did a
"Barber Shop" quartet - very funny!
All in all I enjoyed this evening immensely, not in the least because I
met some wonderful people, and Frank Leurs let me sleep in his office, so I
didn't have to leave early. Thanks guys!
Gert :-)
Click here for Gert van Santen's site Waveworld.TV
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