Official Virgil Donati thread

[Morgenthaler]

Happy Birthday buddy! Thanks for staying an incredible inspiration.

Here's to the Virg!

[MichelBelanger]

HB Virg!
Cool to see him playing some DW's on his euro current tour.
https://www.facebook.com/AndreNieriOffi ... =1&theater

[Morgenthaler]

Virgil is really in the zone with his current live band. The fact that these guys can play the material
from 'In This Life' live is pretty amazing. Covering classic Holdsworth material too.

[sjj123]

Holy crap....that's just not right...amazing stuff

[gretsch-o-rama]

The music and playing is good all around...but those drums. UGH. No warmth or depth or tone coming from them. Eesh.

[Morgenthaler]

The music and playing is good all around...but those drums. UGH. No warmth or depth or tone coming from them. Eesh.

While I agree with the general observation, I also think the toms are very low in the mix as such, which makes them hard to detect.
Historically I haven't been convinced by DWs. The snare seems to be doing the job and the bd, although low in the mix too, likewise.

[percusski]

The music and playing is good all around...but those drums. UGH. No warmth or depth or tone coming from them. Eesh.

Just the sound Virgil's been going for for years
Anyway Crawford is absolutely kicking ass as a bassist, he's right there rhythmically but of course dealing with the harmonic element too!

[Morgenthaler]

Virgil and the boys are really knocking everyone's socks off, pretty much across the board these days:

[Morgenthaler]

Yet another set of highlights from the Paris clinic:

[gretsch-o-rama]

^I can really dig that...Great stuff!