Twas the Fear and Loathing in the Midwest tour, meeting RojoStrat and Cdrtree, when I looked at the stage the first night, Erie PA where we sat with the mayor and his wife for dinner, and I saw Cougar up there alone. Sven filled me in on the goings on in drumland.
I think Lobos are the only band I see who will swap out members or just go on without one, looking at you CR! But it works, for the most part. I will say when they brought in the hired gun from NYC to play a Birchmere show b/c DH was out for a grandkid birth that it did not go too well, in my humble opinion. He played well on a technical level, but the show did not flow as well had they just not put anybody on the right side of the stage as one faces the radio dial.
Sorry Steve, got off on a tangent, so I am going back to listen to some old tapes spanning all the various drumming incarnations of Los Lobos. Maybe I'll have more to report after that.
