Vinyl Wednesday: Graham Central Station - Mirror

So the first time we played the music from Royalty For Real wasn't in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, but in Bengaluru and Mumbai, all the way in India in 2023!Here you'll see me play Au Privave, Classy Cats and Royalty For Real, together with Timothy Banchet (piano), Marius Beets (bass) and Sven Rozier (drums).Au Privave is a well-known blues by Charlie Parker which I often like to start with, almost like a soundcheck tune. Although most of the time a soundcheck is done I found out it's a good idea to play a tune everybody of the band knows very well so we all can get used to the sound of the stage, the presence of the audience and it also gives the sound engineer the chance to adjust microphones last minute. During the soundcheck, the sound of the room is significantly different because of the lack of audience. All that flesh and clothes work a little bit like a totally empty room versus a room with furniture and carpets, if you know what I mean :-)Acoustics are so interesting and full of surprises.. Anyways.. hope you like it! - Always fun to listen to music by this bass master and his thumping band.. Larry Graham and Graham Central Station. The man who played with Sly & The Family Stone, developed his very own personal popping slapping style and later also collaborated often with Prince. I saw Larry Graham a few times, the live show is a real show, ageless, timeless, full of energy. Denfinitely recommendable. Check out his website: larrygraham.comThis is the opening track, Mirror.And if you love moogs, this one is veeeeeery funky...definitely for you! Oh yeah! You also might want to read the previous Vinyl Wednesday I did about Graham Central Station. Release yourselfRead more of my scribbles? Go to my weblog.