My band Go Van Gogh on West Coast Live

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 14 Jun 2011 12:21 pm

My band Go Van Gogh was asked to do a last minute performance at last Saturday's KALW broadcast of West Coast Live. Below are the three songs we did.

I'm playing a 2001 National Style 1.5 tricone with a Lace UltraSlim pickup through a Fishman Loudbox Mini, using open G tuning.

Cuckoo Clock

Swimming In The East River

Sirens

Eric Ebner · Post by **Eric Ebner** » 14 Jun 2011 12:38 pm

Please come to Austin

Way cool stuff!!! Love the horns... and the beat. Fun sounding band. Kind of makes me wish I had an ale and lime;-)

Eric

Twayn Williams · Post by **Twayn Williams** » 14 Jun 2011 2:03 pm

Fun stuff! And I absolutely love the name, Go Van Gogh

George Piburn · Post by **George Piburn** » 15 Jun 2011 5:07 am

Ya Just Gotta Love It !!

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 15 Jun 2011 6:54 am

Yep ! Neataroonie

Jim Gilliam · Post by **Jim Gilliam** » 15 Jun 2011 8:30 am

Brad! Very cool. Especially liked your tasty chorus on Sirens, both sound and substance. Thanks for sharing. Jim

Rickey Mitchell · Post by **Rickey Mitchell** » 15 Jun 2011 9:30 am

Good flowing sounds, love the horns.

Tom Pettingill · Post by **Tom Pettingill** » 15 Jun 2011 3:50 pm

Cool stuff

Steve Cunningham · Post by **Steve Cunningham** » 15 Jun 2011 8:36 pm

What a great, eclectic sound you guys have - thanks for posting!

Eddie Jaudouin · Post by **Eddie Jaudouin** » 15 Jun 2011 11:06 pm

Very nice music "Original"

Thanks Brad !

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 16 Jun 2011 8:21 am

Thanks for the encouragement, everyone! I'm having a lot of fun playing in this band.

Andrea Tazzini · Post by **Andrea Tazzini** » 17 Jun 2011 2:38 am

I want to buy the

cd!!!

Jeff Strouse · Post by **Jeff Strouse** » 21 Jun 2011 1:00 pm

Nice Brad!

Bob Stone · Post by **Bob Stone** » 22 Jun 2011 4:45 am

Hi Brad,

Very nice! What a great band. Sax and steel are hard to beat!

And thanks for all you do for the Forum.

Best,

Bob

Peter Jacobs · Post by **Peter Jacobs** » 22 Jun 2011 8:15 am

Way cool, Brad -- that's a great sound! Love the rhythms and the arrangements, and your playing is outstanding. Thanks for posting.

Bill Leff · Post by **Bill Leff** » 22 Jun 2011 4:38 pm

Yep, tres cool stuff. Great band and your playing fits like a glove.

More clips please!

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 22 Jun 2011 5:29 pm

Twayn Williams wrote:Fun stuff! And I absolutely love the name, Go Van Gogh

I agree, but I have to point out that Van Gogh was a Dutchman, and his name is pronounced "Van Goff", not "Van Go". (It rhymes with "Cough".)

Twayn Williams · Post by **Twayn Williams** » 23 Jun 2011 11:49 am

Alan Brookes wrote:
Twayn Williams wrote:Fun stuff! And I absolutely love the name, Go Van Gogh

I agree, but I have to point out that Van Gogh was a Dutchman, and his name is pronounced "Van Goff", not "Van Go". (It rhymes with "Cough".)

You might find this interesting:

Pronunciation of Van Gogh

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 23 Jun 2011 3:19 pm

Twayn Williams wrote:...You might find this interesting:
Pronunciation of Van Gogh

Ja, ik versta. Uitstekend.

I didn't know how to write it phœnetically so that an English speaker could pronounce it accurately. The gh is like the ch in Scottish loch, and, in Dutch/Flemish, Gs at the start of words have mutated into a kind of hard H, so Goeden Morgan has come to be pronounced Hooi Morghun.
$:\$
...but it ain't Van Go.

John Bushouse · Post by **John Bushouse** » 24 Jun 2011 10:11 pm

Alan Brookes wrote:
Twayn Williams wrote:...You might find this interesting:
Pronunciation of Van Gogh
Ja, ik versta. Uitstekend.

I didn't know how to write it phœnetically so that an English speaker could pronounce it accurately. The gh is like the ch in Scottish loch, and, in Dutch/Flemish, Gs at the start of words have mutated into a kind of hard H, so Goeden Morgan has come to be pronounced Hooi Morghun.
$:\$
...but it ain't Van Go.

Cough Van Gogh was taken.

James Williamson · Post by **James Williamson** » 25 Jun 2011 1:35 pm

Nice Brad,

I can see how you would have a blast playing with these guys...

james

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My band Go Van Gogh on West Coast Live

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