#67 DTRW TOUR - Aug 28 2019 - Arvest Bank Theatre,Kansas City, MO, US

[Knopflerfan]

I think it's a case of just be very grateful the master is playing 'Live' at all....after all this could well be your lot??!!

[ds1984]

Yes, what a hard life...

Sarcasms.

You truly think that this is easy and enjoyable because he's doing it with luxury condition but truth is that touring for months is very demanding especially when your are not in great shape.

[Robson]

Knopflerfan


ds1984

 

[hunter]

Yes, what a hard life...

Sarcasms.

You truly think that this is easy and enjoyable because he's doing it with luxury condition but truth is that touring for months is very demanding especially when your are not in great shape.

Except for health issues, there is no reason why a wealthy person like Mark should be in poor shape. Before a long tour he ought to spend a few months getting fit. And work on his guitar chops.

[superval99]

Yes, what a hard life...

Sarcasms.

You truly think that this is easy and enjoyable because he's doing it with luxury condition but truth is that touring for months is very demanding especially when your are not in great shape.

Except for health issues, there is no reason why a wealthy person like Mark should be in poor shape. Before a long tour he ought to spend a few months getting fit. And work on his guitar chops.

Obviously he does have health issues and we are not privy to what they are, but maybe what is wrong with him is preventing him getting fit.  I'm sure he would if he could!   Being wealthy doesn't mean you can avoid ill health.

[Jules]

Yes, what a hard life...

Sarcasms.

You truly think that this is easy and enjoyable because he's doing it with luxury condition but truth is that touring for months is very demanding especially when your are not in great shape.

Yes.

It's very hard, like wsking up at 5 in the morning for 11 months per year to work hard during between 8 and 10 hours per day, 5 days per week, often traveling two hours per day just to get to work and back home, until you are 68 years old and can retire, if lucky.

Yes, it's so hard.

[Jules]

I think it's a case of just be very grateful the master is playing 'Live' at all....after all this could well be your lot??!!

With this I agree. He does it because he wants to. But as Yoda said, if you are gonna do it, do it right, don't try.

Lol

[ds1984]

Yes, what a hard life...

Sarcasms.

You truly think that this is easy and enjoyable because he's doing it with luxury condition but truth is that touring for months is very demanding especially when your are not in great shape.

Yes.

It's very hard, like wsking up at 5 in the morning for 11 months per year to work hard during between 8 and 10 hours per day, 5 days per week, often traveling two hours per day just to get to work and back home, until you are 68 years old and can retire, if lucky.

Yes, it's so hard.

I was waiting for that sort of answer.

Just that making life of the exhausted worker better (or worse!) won't change anything in the fact that touring is physically and mentally demanding. They both are each of their own.

[Jules]

All works are demanding on their own. But some of them enjoy so much luxury that demanding has another very different meaning. Much lighter.

[pitx]

the time between sound check and show, Graeme and Tom wandered round the city in search of the grave of Charlie Parker, Tom send me a couple of the pics they took illustrating the city’s devotion to the legacy of that era. It must have been quite a scene back then. Mark wrote a song about it intended for the last album which remains an unreleased gem.
http://guyfletcher.co.uk/28th-august-2019-kansas-city-mo/

[Stiglar]

Touring is hard! I've done tours before and it's exhausting. Granted not in the same luxury as mark, I can only imagine even in luxury conditions, at the age of 70 it would be absolutely draining. Marks (i'm guessing) back problems also would make the shows pretty exhausting. Surely he would be on pain meds not to mention physio therapy? Even doing 3 gigs a week and driving 20 minutes from my house i'm pretty tired by the end of those nights and i'm half the age of mark.

He keeps the setlist static to play to his strengths and keep it predictable. He has to shorten the set sometimes when he's not feeling up to it. I think that's perfectly justified.

[hunter]

Yes, what a hard life...

Sarcasms.

You truly think that this is easy and enjoyable because he's doing it with luxury condition but truth is that touring for months is very demanding especially when your are not in great shape.

Except for health issues, there is no reason why a wealthy person like Mark should be in poor shape. Before a long tour he ought to spend a few months getting fit. And work on his guitar chops.

Obviously he does have health issues and we are not privy to what they are, but maybe what is wrong with him is preventing him getting fit.  I'm sure he would if he could!   Being wealthy doesn't mean you can avoid ill health.

Absolutely, and that's why I said "except for health issues".

[Lis]

... then why say anything?

[skydiver]

Touring is hard! I've done tours before and it's exhausting. Granted not in the same luxury as mark, I can only imagine even in luxury conditions, at the age of 70 it would be absolutely draining. Marks (i'm guessing) back problems also would make the shows pretty exhausting. Surely he would be on pain meds not to mention physio therapy? Even doing 3 gigs a week and driving 20 minutes from my house i'm pretty tired by the end of those nights and i'm half the age of mark.

He keeps the setlist static to play to his strengths and keep it predictable. He has to shorten the set sometimes when he's not feeling up to it. I think that's perfectly justified.

Please don't tell those of the reality of touring who daily hammer their negativity on Mark.
It would severely threaten their illusions of negativity.

[Jules]

the time between sound check and show, Graeme and Tom wandered round the city in search of the grave of Charlie Parker, Tom send me a couple of the pics they took illustrating the city’s devotion to the legacy of that era. It must have been quite a scene back then. Mark wrote a song about it intended for the last album which remains an unreleased gem.
http://guyfletcher.co.uk/28th-august-2019-kansas-city-mo/

Could it be the "Back in the day" famous unreleased song?

I didn't analysed the lyrics of it so I don't know...