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Thread #121451   Message #2666884
Posted By: SharonA
29-Jun-09 - 03:12 AM
Thread Name: Tanglefoot @ Faldingworth Sat June 27th
Subject: RE: Tanglefoot @ Faldingworth Sat June 27th
Les, I'm so glad you posted the pictures. What a nice hall. Looks like a fine time was had by all. I'm surprised to see that Robert Graham was at the keyboard; I guess that Rob Ritchie is not touring the UK with the band?

It's interesting to see how the band adapts to each stage setup. You have quite a different venue from the one where I saw Tanglefoot in the US! Here they played at a coffeehouse where the stage is in the middle of the shop; the stage faces the coffee counter, with very little in the way of audience seating between counter and stage, and most of the seating is to the left and to the right of the stage so that most folks view the band at a 45-degree to 90-degree angle. No neat rows of seats as in your photos; the coffeehouse is a jumble of chairs, tables and a sofa, and some of the seating at the rear is as high as the stage. Of course there were people everywhere that night and it was difficult to move around the room. As you can imagine, all of this presents difficulties for the sound engineer when dealing with most acts (in trying to have them heard by the whole room)... but not with Tanglefoot! Their only difficulty was that there wasn't enough room on stage for the keyboard; Rob Ritchie had to sit at audience level off-stage to the band's left.

Anyway, good work in putting on all those shows, and best of luck to you and your venue in future.

Sharon