Re: (TV) New Q & A from Richard

["Rex Broome" <rexbroome@gmail.com>]

On Feb 5, 2008 9:18 AM, andy fekete <andy.fekete@gmail.com> wrote:

> Keith, this is an extremely cool letter from Richard.
>
> I've often heard that Verlaine and Lloyd eschewed effects on MM, and
> Lloyd apparently continues in kind on Sufi Monkey.  But I wonder
> whether or not they might have experimented with effects on stage.
> I've often detected what sounds to me like bit of reverb, and possibly
> even some overdrive, especially in Verlaine's live recordings from the
> 80s (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtZYdVNflsA);  then again,
> what I am hearing could just as easily be the result of hall acoustics
> and scorching tubes.
>
> Are there any interviews wherein Lloyd or Verlaine discuss the setups they
> use?
>
Tom had about four pedals onstage on the last solo tour--  I didn't get a
good look at them.  He deployed them throughout the set, sometimes whole
bunches at a time, but never seemed to lose his signature sound.

-Rex
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