PART 11 John McLaughlin book launch - You Know, You Know Part 11 of 16. On November 21 2013 Red Box Studios, Belfast, hosted a multi-faceted live event before an invited audience to promote Colin Harpers then-forthcoming book Bathed In Lightning: John McLaughlin, the 60s and the Emerald Beyond (Jawbone Press, March 1 2014). BBC Radio Ulster personality Linley Hamilton compered and was among 10 of Northern Irelands finest musicians - from the worlds of jazz, blues, pop/rock, bluegrass and traditional music - tackling music associated with John McLaughlin: three pieces originally recorded by the Mahavishnu Orchestra in 1971 and four songs co-written with British R&B legend Duffy Power in 1966. A joyous rampage through Sonny Rollins Tenor Madness concluded the two and a half hour event. The musicians involved were as follows: * in the Mahavishnu unit:Pat Gribben (guitar), Linley Hamilton (trumpet), Scott Flqanigan (piano), Ali McKenzie (bass), Sean Randle (drums) * in the R&B unit: Ronnie Greer (guitar/vocal), Ali McKenzie (bass), Scott Flanigan (piano), Sean Randle (drums) plus Tina/Tiona McSherry (vocal) and Triona Carville (vocal). * performing as a duo: Janet Holmes (vocal/guitar) and Colin Henry (dobro) Author Colin Harper took part in sections of discussion about the book with Linley and Horslips legend and RTE Radio personality Jim Lockhart gave four readings adapted from the book. The event was filmed, vision-mixed and sound-mixed by Cormac OKane of Red Box Studios - truly, a wizard of sound and vision - with help from studio partner Donal OConnor and a splendid team of volunteer camera people. An audio version of the videocast is also available (split into a mere five sections) at SoundCloud. We hope you like it...
Posted on: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 13:09:08 +0000
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