This is a tribute to Richard Wrights

This is a tribute to Richard Wrights, died today. Zee was formed in 1983, with Richard Wright and Dave Harris. The band signed a record deal with Atlantic Records and released only one album, Identity. The album flopped terribly and Richard Wright left in 1986 to rejoin Pink Floyd.

Richard Wrights left Pink Floyd very disappointed and felling hurt. He felt, at that time, he was stabbed in the back by his old fellas... and he wrote this song:

CONFUSION - Zee

You know I stand in disbeleif
I find strange consolation in your leaving
Life's so supernatural
Cannot survive without breathing
You can't live without disguise
And understand your mind
You can look me in the eyes
The only thing you'll find is your confusion

The stories that you tell to me
Are figments of your own imagination
People you pretend to be
Will you behold in fascination
'Til you stop to realise
That life is not for fun
When a thoughtless story dies
And standing there alone in your confusion

And where to go you go from there
It's your confusion

Alone inside your fantasy
You "fake" your plastic situation
but still you find it hard to see
that this was meant to be your destination
'Til you can live without disguise
And understand your mind
You can look me in the eyes
The only thing you'll find is your confusion

And where to go you go from there
It's your confusion

'Til you stop to realise
That life is not for fun
When a thoughtless story dies
And standing there alone in your confusion

Where do you go from there
Nowhere
Confusion

I take the chance to make mine his words...

A Satellite of love...

The Tripods opened the night with 4 powerful Thin Lizzy songs. They new what they were doing! Thirty minutes later, we came over with The Supertram and The Groovey Rails! Our set was

• For what its worth (Buffalo Springfield);
• Dead Flowers (Rolling Stones);
• She caught the Katy (Blues Brothers);
• Nobody knows when you are down and out (Eric Clapton's version);
• Satellite of Love (Lou Reed)

Then the harmonic player joined us for

• I'll be your baby tonight, You ain't going nowhere, (Bob Dylan)
• and we finished with Key to the highway.

After The Groovey, the gran finale! The Courtmacsherry Ford Transit Acoustic Band, which had nothing of acoustic but a guitar plugged into an amp. We came across with our classical set of

• Little Feat's Willin;
• Blind Faith's Can’t find my way home;
• Cracker's Take me down to the infirmary and I want everything;
• and finished with Van Morrison's Crazy Love...

While the real photos don't come out, I only have to say that the gig was A success! Crowd of people as we haven't expected! Thanks for the "comers" and for the assistance of some - Steve, don't forget the tape! We need to youtube it!

last but not least...

The Address!

Otherwise you'll be lost...

See you all in Scruffy Murphy's!!!

they're gonna crucify me

That's it! Not only the "legendary" Courtmacsherry Ford Transit, but also The Groovey Rails! One was not enough though! During the last rehearsal yesterday I was told I have to play in the other gig too! Good, once I've not played with the guys for years! "Everything is gonna be alright!" they say...

The only thing I have to say is:

Standing in the deck at Scruffy's,
Trying to get my amp working good
The man in the fuzz said, "You've got to play with us".
You know they didn't even give me a chance.

Christ you know it ain't easy,
You know how hard it can be.
The way things are going
They're gonna crucify me.

Finally made a plan to escape
they should not bother me again.
But Fergus and Grainne called on to say,
"C'mon you can make it O.K.,
and everybody here wants to pay...

Christ you know it ain't easy,
You know how hard it can be.
The way things are going
They're gonna crucify me.

See you all there!

Le grand ménage à plusieurs

Not only from computer music, but the real stuff as well... Some gigs will make me no harm! Although this is in ideological conflict with the em3 project, still doesn't shake the structures of a well-based virtual trio.


For those of you who are local - and don't know yet - Thursday August 28 will be the Greatest Gig in the whole Powers Court-Lower Mount Street! The Tripods will play a support slot for 25 to 30 minutes, then the Groovey Rails, and then the Courtmacsherry Ford Transit! It will be a blues, rock and soul review, plus a jam with everyone at the end.

The Courtmacsherry Ford Transit is the band we palyed in the Guinness Jazz Festival, Cork, 2006... I invite you all to the party! There will be a small admission charge of about €5 with all proceeds to charity.