Guitar, Hero
May. 14th, 2007 10:54 amI've been a fan of Marc Ribot's guitar playing since Tom Waits' Rain Dogs in 1985.
He's played with many great people over the years - John Zorn, Elvis Costello, Marianne Faithfull, among others - and his distinctive playing just seemed to get richer and more capable.
I got to see him on tour with Costello (for Spike) - a great show - and once was lucky enough to share a beer and a few words with him at Bar Bob on Eldridge Street when that was still an "art bar."
Mr. Ribot was recently arrested as he closed down the club Tonic, refusing to leave the stage during the eviction until the cops took him (and Rebecca Moore) away in cuffs (they ended with, depending on which account you read, either "Bread and Roses" or "The Nearness of You," either one oddly appropriate).
HERE he gives an interview about the state of NYC culture - particularly about music, but it applies in many other areas as well. Nothing that I didn't know - nor maybe nothing new to most of you - but extremely well-put and thoughtful.
More of interest can be found at Ribot and Moore's Take It To The Bridge forums.
Here's Ribot playing with his group, Ceramic Dog, last year -- a low-quality clip, and I thought I'd shut it off after 15 seconds, but now I just keep playing it . . .
(huh . . . just checked a discography for Mr. Ribot - didn't even realize he played on Stan Ridgway's Mosquitos - one of my favorite albums - and Cibo Matto's Stereo Type A - one of Berit's favorite albums . . .)
He's played with many great people over the years - John Zorn, Elvis Costello, Marianne Faithfull, among others - and his distinctive playing just seemed to get richer and more capable.
I got to see him on tour with Costello (for Spike) - a great show - and once was lucky enough to share a beer and a few words with him at Bar Bob on Eldridge Street when that was still an "art bar."
Mr. Ribot was recently arrested as he closed down the club Tonic, refusing to leave the stage during the eviction until the cops took him (and Rebecca Moore) away in cuffs (they ended with, depending on which account you read, either "Bread and Roses" or "The Nearness of You," either one oddly appropriate).
HERE he gives an interview about the state of NYC culture - particularly about music, but it applies in many other areas as well. Nothing that I didn't know - nor maybe nothing new to most of you - but extremely well-put and thoughtful.
More of interest can be found at Ribot and Moore's Take It To The Bridge forums.
Here's Ribot playing with his group, Ceramic Dog, last year -- a low-quality clip, and I thought I'd shut it off after 15 seconds, but now I just keep playing it . . .
(huh . . . just checked a discography for Mr. Ribot - didn't even realize he played on Stan Ridgway's Mosquitos - one of my favorite albums - and Cibo Matto's Stereo Type A - one of Berit's favorite albums . . .)