Colin Hay/Bongo Man (Cliff Hugo) NJ Review

[Moondog]

Moondog - We'll need a NJ review!

adelucia, as requested . . .

Fellow forumite and new pal Cliff Hugo invited my wife & I to come a little early and hang out before the show. Cliff took us up on stage and showed us his set-up, which included a beautiful buttercream BongoHH and a graphite black BongoHH with “sting-thru” design!! (more on that another time). We talked MusicMan for quite a bit while my wife smiled & nodded her head like we were talking another language.

Cliff hooked us up with some great seats and the show began when Colin came out alone and addressed the audience for almost 20 minutes. It was very good “stand-up”, entertaining and funny (also found out that he is Scottish, not Australian). Colin then grabbed 6 and 12 string acoustic guitars and played several “unplugged” songs before the band joined in (Cliff, a guitarist, keyboardist, drummer, and very energetic back-round vocalist). Colin’s vocals were stronger than ever, no problem at all hitting the high notes that were prevalent in many of his songs from the 80’s.

Cliff played his Bongo flawlessly and made thunder that would make all of you proud, and that buttercream looked so tasty. Cliff played that beautiful bass the entire performance through a “borrowed” bass rig (small head through a 2 x 12 + 1 x 8 cab – forgot the make).

The band sounded great: nicely mixed, strong vocals, and most importantly, solid bass. Songs were a nice combination of new and old and most the M@W songs were saved for later. After the show, Colin stayed to meet folks and sign CD’s.

My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the show and if the pics come out ok – I’ll be sure to post them here (I broke our digital).

NJ/NY Folks: They will be at Maxwells, Washington Street, in Hoboken this Wednesday night (8/24) so do try to see them.

On a personal note, I’d like to say thanks to Cliff again . . not only are you an A+ player, you’re a class act and we appreciated the fact that you took time to hang with us both before and after the show. Good luck with the rest of the tour and don’t forget the fresh mozz @ Fiore’s

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

I have a copy of CH's "Man at Work" CD and love it. Did Cliff play on that session or is he only touring with CH? I somehow seem to remember that LA Bassist Lynne Davis was on that session but I could be wrong.

 

[Moondog]

Cliff was sitting in for a friend - he did not record the CD.

 

[bongo man]

thanks for the kind words----
it's great to make new friends and talk MM
moondog and his wife are very cool people and soon will be welcoming a new addition to the family;-)
thanks for coming
take care
cliff

 

[bovinehost]

We're sure going to miss you at SLO, Cliff.

 

[bongo man]

We're sure going to miss you at SLO, Cliff.

wish I could be there

 

[tkarter]

wish I could be there

As will I. I am just not sure I am missing for such a good reason.


tk

 

[Big Poppa]

CLIFF HUGO IS A CLASS ACT!

Cliffie thanks so much for being you. Are you guys starting to get that the family at eb is real? How many bassist's on the road would go out of their way to met and get to know someone on a forum?

THanks again and thanks for the post moondog

 

[bovinehost]

Are you guys starting to get that the family at eb is real?

*raising hand*

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

Can I be the unshaven, chain smoking, porno obessed, drunken uncle in pee stained shorts???

 

[kbaim]

Can I be the unshaven, chain smoking, porno obessed, drunken uncle in pee stained shorts???

Maybe at least shave.

 

[tkarter]

Family with execptions I agree. Steve we gotta get ya potty trained. And fast.

JK.

Here is home to me and here is family to me.

tk

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

Ok, ok, I'll shave and give an extra "shake" or two but it's good to know that you'll accept me as far as the rest goes. (chain smoking, porno obessed & drunk)

 

[bovinehost]

it's good to know that you'll accept me as far as the rest goes. (chain smoking, porno obessed & drunk)

You sound like me, and look, they like me here, mostly.

the there's hope for you yet,
JW

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

the there's hope for you yet

Yes, but I am yet unshaven and just dribbled a bit.

All joking aside, it's very cool to have someone like Cliff Hugo posting here!!

Do you have a website?

 

[0557]

Cliffs string thru Bongo HH

Moondog mentioned that Cliff owns a string through bongo 5, I wonder how it compares to the current models?

 

[bongo man]

Moondog mentioned that Cliff owns a string through bongo 5, I wonder how it compares to the current models?

The bass that moondog saw is an early proto-type. The string through openings are not being used. Dudley was trying different options. I think it has different op amps--I'm not sure. I brought it out as a backup. And being that i've never had any problems with any MM bass in 16 years ( maybe more) I'll probably never need to use it.
You should have seen moondogs face when he saw the string through holes on the back.
;-))

 

[tkarter]

Thanks Cliff that tells us all we don't need a string through Bongo.

tk

 

[0557]

Thanks again Cliff for the info on that.

 

[Moondog]

You should have seen moondogs face when he saw the string through holes on the back. ;-))

I looked like this:
Could hardly wait to get a pic w/that thing.
Now I have some hope that there are some
trans-finish Bongos out there . . .
with birdseye necks