Truly amazing performance by these guys named Alice in chains...

Kashmir is simple amazing. Great to hear the guys playing Led Zep. I think they're ready to record the new songs. I hope to see Jerry, Sean, Mike and my friend William in Italy very soon or check out the new album asap.

 I hope to see the guys doing a very special acoustic concert at Ancient Ostia (like Sonic youth did).

PunkyLunky:

Damn what a performance........

Alice in Chains perform Kashmir at Benaroya

Wow, that was great!  Thanks for posting that link! 

If I remember correctly, Kashmir was the only Zep song Page and Plant played when I saw them tour together sometime around 1995.

PunkyLunky:

Damn what a performance........

Alice in Chains perform Kashmir at Benaroya

Thanks for posting this! I hadn't even thought of searching YouTube yet.

I don't think I'll be following the rules about cameras & etc. at concerts anymore either. :) 

thereyouare:

PunkyLunky:

Damn what a performance........

Alice in Chains perform Kashmir at Benaroya

Wow, that was great!  Thanks for posting that link! 

If I remember correctly, Kashmir was the only Zep song Page and Plant played when I saw them tour together sometime around 1995.

Really? That's too bad. They would have been possibly touring off of "No Quarter" around then and they usually play a quite a few Zep tunes.

PunkyLunky:

Alice in Chains perform Kashmir at Benaroya

 ::jaw drops::

HOLY CRAP!!!

That was AMAZING!

Good job boys.
 

KashmirKim:

thereyouare:

PunkyLunky:

Damn what a performance........

Alice in Chains perform Kashmir at Benaroya

Wow, that was great!  Thanks for posting that link! 

If I remember correctly, Kashmir was the only Zep song Page and Plant played when I saw them tour together sometime around 1995.

Really? That's too bad. They would have been possibly touring off of "No Quarter" around then and they usually play a quite a few Zep tunes.

Unfortunately not.

PunkyLunky:

Damn what a performance........

Alice in Chains perform Kashmir at Benaroya

*turn up the vocals* Turn up the vocals not loud enuff* 

They keep giving William all the hard songs to sing, and he nails every single one of them  

naturegirl:

They keep giving William all the hard songs to sing, and he nails every single one of them  

 

~ My goodness that was a bigass stage  

Redsand187:

Oh and all the guys were talking about the album.  They are very serious and plan to take a little bit of a breather after this tour but will be hitting the studio, probably after the holidays.  William also said he hopes to get CWTF back in the studio for 2008.

And yeah, don't count CWTF out just yet   ......being in two bands is the newest fad

Ooooh Man, they completely nailed it 

writerinchains:

I loved the show. I sat in the front row, just off-center in the Founder's Tier (first tier, directly opposite the stage)  -- the sound was amazing, and it didn't seem as far away from the stage as I'd thought by looking at the seating chart. The guy with Brown Paper Tickets was right -- much better seat than the mid-Orchestra ticket I almost bought.  It wasn't easy to stay sitting, so I settled for a standing-O for every song to be respectful of the people behind me (who weren't exactly the rock-show crowd). It would've been great if the Alice & the Wilsons had played together, but still, I'm so glad I made the trip up from Portland. I don't think I'll miss another show in either OR or WA if I can help it!

I ended up sitting next to a cool couple from Bremerton, & we were surprised to hear "Sickman" -- how cool is that? With the full orchestra & all those sweet young ladies singing back-up, it was really cool. (I talked to a few after the show to tell them how wonderful they sounded, they really were sweethearts and as excited as I was to get autographs. :)) The performance was flawless from where I sat. Even though this was my 3rd time seeing Alice in the past 2 years, I was blown away like the first time by the finale -- "Kashmir." 

Every good thing we've ever heard about Alice In Chains is true. These guys are the coolest, they stuck around after the show for a meet & greet with 30 rabid fans -- er, charitable folks who bought a boatload of raffle tickets to support uncompensated care at Seattle Children's Hospital. It was beyond great to meet them. I was toward the front of the line, so I got to watch Jerry posing for pix with his family before they let us in. It was beyond awesome, even though I couldn't help gushing like a silly fan-girl when I met Jerry. But, how many chances will I get to meet my favorite living musician? Probably not many. (I'm charitable, but I'm still a wage-slave.)  I've been clean & sober since the early '90s & have to give credit where it's due; music has propped me up more times than I can remember -- AIC, Mad Season, and Jerry's solo albums fill up my mp3 player and are as much a part of my life as oxygen. I never thought I'd be able to hear any of those songs live, let alone shake their hands and say thanks for the music.

Don't take this wrong, but I laughed out loud when I read the post up-thread about dressing appropriately. I thought my Alice concert shirt was completely appropriate, and very few people looked down their noses at it –  unexpected, since this wasn't my first symphony. It's how you treat people, not what you wear, kids.  :)

Hey there, "Writer," I'm the one who posted about dressing appropriately, and you were absolutely right to have laughed at that pretentious, dumb ass comment!  I am a native Seattleite who has apparently been away for far too long.  I absolutely LOVED how eclectic and diverse the crowd was, and how accepting everyone was of everyone else, and I definitely sold my hometown short in that regard.  I haven't had so much fun in a long, long time, both because of the performances and because of the unique, collective energy that resulted from such a diverse crowd.  Seriously, how lucky were we to get to hear the boys cover the greatest Zep song in history, backed by such an extraordinary group of musicians and vocalists?  It's was maybe the greatest 10 minutes of my life!

naturegirl:

PunkyLunky:

Damn what a performance........

Alice in Chains perform Kashmir at Benaroya

 

*turn up the vocals* Turn up the vocals not loud enuff* 

 

They keep giving William all the hard songs to sing, and he nails every single one of them  

 

 

Jaysus that man is amazing. Listen to that voice!!! That was AMAZING. And I LOVE the drums in this song and Sean was perfect...I love this band

ManoloGirl:

writerinchains:

Don't take this wrong, but I laughed out loud when I read the post up-thread about dressing appropriately. I thought my Alice concert shirt was completely appropriate, and very few people looked down their noses at it –  unexpected, since this wasn't my first symphony. It's how you treat people, not what you wear, kids.  :)

Hey there, "Writer," I'm the one who posted about dressing appropriately, and you were absolutely right to have laughed at that pretentious, dumb ass comment!  I am a native Seattleite who has apparently been away for far too long.  I absolutely LOVED how eclectic and diverse the crowd was, and how accepting everyone was of everyone else, and I definitely sold my hometown short in that regard.  I haven't had so much fun in a long, long time, both because of the performances and because of the unique, collective energy that resulted from such a diverse crowd.  Seriously, how lucky were we to get to hear the boys cover the greatest Zep song in history, backed by such an extraordinary group of musicians and vocalists?  It's was maybe the greatest 10 minutes of my life!

Hiya MG,

I'm glad you weren't offended by what I said. It was a blast, wasn't it? Did you end up going to the dinner? I'd love to hear about that -- if anyone went.

 
Peace

~WiC
 

writerinchains:

Thanks for posting this! I hadn't even thought of searching YouTube yet.

I don't think I'll be following the rules about cameras & etc. at concerts anymore either. :) 

I didn't bring my digicam, so I was stuck with my cell phone camera.  I think there was some kind of 'dampening field' in place, because most of my pictures were not captured, and my video ability was also rendered useless

This was by far one of the most interesting events I've ever attended.  I knew that AIC were slated to play only 3-4 songs, so I was not as disappointed with the performance length .  The sound quality of the concert in whole was excellent, but I wasn't impressed with Jerry's vocals  , and his guitar seemed a bit off.  William sounded awesome as usual.  Kashmir totally kicked it!!

So glad we were able to be there...Matt did a fantastic job putting it all together.   Such a diverse mix of performances and audience members...surreal.