Privateering Tour about to begin - Rehearsals starting in London

[Love Expresso]

As Guy will probably bring up a new diary entry and as it is only 2 1/2 weeks until Tour start, I thought I open this thread to fuel the anticipation.

John McCusker has twittered this nice line this morning...
 
  I'm listening to Mark Knopfler & Dire Straits on my way to London! Hope all good with you. Best. John

So what was he listening to? The first album, to learn "Lions" - well, that's my guess...

 

LE

[Pottel]

interesting choice of music...
maybe they received suggestions?

[sweetsurrender]

As Guy will probably bring up a new diary entry and as it is only 2 1/2 weeks until Tour start, I thought I open this thread to fuel the anticipation.

John McCusker has twittered this nice line this morning...
 
  I'm listening to Mark Knopfler & Dire Straits on my way to London! Hope all good with you. Best. John

So what was he listening to? The first album, to learn "Lions" - well, that's my guess...

 

LE

LOL    Or " Once Upon a Time In the West" ??  May be we might get good "NEWS"

[dustyvalentino]

Hoping for a kick ass cittern/flute combo on Industrial Disease.

[CarrionSpy]

John uploaded the first picture of the tour http://pics.lockerz.com/s/289153475 . It seems they have configured the in-ear system according to his tweet!

[dmg]

John uploaded the first picture of the tour http://pics.lockerz.com/s/289153475 . It seems they have configured the in-ear system according to his tweet!

And more importantly (seemingly increasingly) configured the route to the pub.  

[schmonka]

Hey - these 1st days can be very taxing!!

[CarrionSpy]

Just another photo from John's twitter...

http://pics.lockerz.com/s/289331530

[holaknopfler]

Just another photo from John's twitter...

http://pics.lockerz.com/s/289331530

At least there is a song with a bass guitar, two violins and a piano 

[tunnel85]

Fiddles are the most important instruments of the tour. We need them on Border Reiver, YTC and Marbletown.
I saw two fiddles on the picture, it made my day and I bought two tickets today. 

[Love Expresso]

Talking about fiddles - John McCusker is already driving home from rehearsals. Quite short. Or do you think he will return on Monday? 

LE

[tunnel85]

Talking about fiddles - John McCusker is already driving home from rehearsals. Quite short. Or do you think he will return on Monday? 

LE

Probably forgot his telecaster. 2nd most important instrument of the tour. 
 He will bring it back monday. 

[dmg]

Didn't see his trusty cittern.  I think that's actually attached to him and that's why.  I'll lay odds he sleeps with that old thing!

[tunnel85]

Indeed no need to see the cittern. It is there. 

[Jarle]

Some lines from RB's newsletter from 11-Apr:

I suppose this is sort of a middle ground up-date, definitely not a Note From Nashville but not really on tour yet either. The first week of rehearsals are going great.  Many of the tunes we've not played since 2010, some we recorded on the Privateering album but not played since then and others have not been played before by Ian Thomas our drummer or Jim Cox our keyboard player.  I'll not give anything away here, but we've been working our way through a lot of tunes and I think there will be some surprises for everyone.

http://richard-bennett.com/notes-from-nashville/470-london-rehearsals