Rhys Chatham (1 of 8) 200 Electric Guitars

Lincoln Center Out of Doors in New York City, Saturday, August 8, 2009. No one yelled for Freebird.
Per New York Times:
★ RHYS CHATHAM: A CRIMSON GRAIL FOR 200 ELECTRIC GUITARS (Saturday) This isnt the first time the minimalist composer Rhys Chatham has tried to corral 200 electric guitars and a troop of electric basses into performing his original piece A Crimson Grail: last year the concert was thwarted by rain. (To date it has been performed only once, with 400 guitars in Paris in 2005.) The event, which Lincoln Center estimates may draw as many as 10,000 observers, has taken on a near-miraculous air — it just might be the cant-miss concert of the summer. (Its a tough act to precede, but the New York band Liquid Liquid will — bravely — open.) At 7:30 p.m., Damrosch Park, Columbus Avenue at 62nd Street, Lincoln Center, (212) 875-5766, lincolncenter.org; free. (Petrusich)

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[Coyoteboy12]

Michael Goldman

Soprano 2 Section 3

Thanks for posting

[lonelycubicle]

No problem. Did you all go out for a drink afterwards?

[jennyflex8]

thank you so much for posting this!

it was sublime.

i was there, at the cd/record table.

[lonelycubicle]

I'll definitely remember it and has been playing in my head all day.

[markmaloof]

Mark Maloof, Tenor 2, Section 1, a million thanks for posting this!!!

[lonelycubicle]

So glad I was able to.

[spncrgrn]

This show was awesome and Liquid Liquid killed it directly afterward. yeaaahhhhhhhh

[TheStrangeSound]

This happened on my b-day.

[TomBandfield]

WOW

[lonelycubicle]

My pleasure, was great to witness.

[lonelycubicle]

No problem, it's was great to be there.

[lonelycubicle]

Thanks for playing!