Bill Berry to Play With REM.....
 

at the Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony. Hooray!

R.E.M. will be inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame on September 16th in Atlanta at the World Congress Center. Bill, Peter, Mike, and Michael will play a short set to celebrate their induction into the state Hall of Fame whose list of past inductees includes such notables as Ray Charles, James Brown, Otis Redding, Gram Parsons and the B-52-s. This promises to be a very special evening as, in addition to R.E.M., Gregg Allman of The Allmann Brothers Band, Jermaine Dupri, and Dallas Austin will be inducted as well. (from their e-mail newsletter)

Check out Bill's Gang of Four shirt;)

he's such a great rock drummer...they sure do miss having him

Bill used to whiz around downtown on his motorized skateboard

rockin' news

they reunited last october for a wedding reception
& played a bowling alley (where the band pic above was taken)
Kingpins Set List, October 8th, Athens, GA:

Sitting Still
(Don't Go Back To) Rockville (w/ Mike Mills handling vocals)
Wolves, Lower
Begin the Begin
The One I Love
Permanent Vacation
Radio Free Europe

Yeah sweet set!!! I still haven't heard Radio Free Europe live.......

Very cool. I miss Bill.

Bill Berry to Play With REM.....


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Awesome. They never should have let him go.

they should have never allowed him to quit...they should have held him hostage & made him play...but seriously, it is unfortunate that they couldn't convince him to stay when he decided to quit.

The man had surgery on his brain if I (rem)ember correctly. I might take some time off too.

That and he just wanted to wind down and live a normal life on his farm....I can respect that.

oh yeah ... the aneurysm on the Monster tour in Switzerland
http://www.thei.aust.com/music2/nov4.html

R.E.M.
The 28th Annual Georgia Music Hall Of Fame Awards Show
Georgia World Congress Center
Atlanta, Georgia
September 16, 2006


t01 Begin The Begin

t02 Losing My Religion

t03 Man On The Moon

t04 Midnight Rider (Gregg Allman backed by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Scott McCaughey)


http://murmurs.com/torrents/torrents-details.php?id=178

Maybe he'll stick around and REM will be good again...

That's sadly probably not possible even if he does stick around, but Berry rejoining would still offer some hope, I guess. It's certainly a nice and apropos sentiment.

The recording I posted the link to is a soundboard which was not notated where I got it from, but it's not a good soundboard really. The person mixing is way too into the drums (especially on "Begin the Begin"), perhaps due to the excitement of Bill playing with them again. Mike & Bill are miked for background vocals & Bill's voice sounds like crap. Also, Pete Buck sounds very rusty and he's a player of the creative variety that needs to have all cylinders firing to be really good like he's capable.

Michael dedicates "Man on the Moon" to Ann Richards, and it tugged at my heart. A few years ago, they did a version for a Reveal radio concert of the song & "I've Been High" as well that surpasses the studio versions.
A truncated "Midnight Rider" with Gregg Allman is the show's highlight, and I'm not even much of an Allman Brothers enthusiast.

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Originally Posted by atari 2600

they reunited last October for a wedding reception
& played a bowling alley (where the band pic krastian posted above was taken)
Kingpins Set List, October 8th, Athens, GA:

Sitting Still
(Don't Go Back To) Rockville (w/ Mike Mills handling vocals)
Wolves, Lower
Begin the Begin
The One I Love
Permanent Vacation
Radio Free Europe


I've got high hopes for this one:
REM2005-10-08 Kingpins Alley, Athens, GA FLAC

that's really cool. they really went downhill after Berry left, but this would have been so great to see live.

It's on YouTube now.

When Bill left REM I scrawled "BILL BERRY COME HOME!" all over my desk... I've seen them live many times since he left and they've always been great. But I still miss Bill. I get so childishly excited every time I hear they've pulled something like this.

The October '05 reunion at the bowling alley wedding reception is a soundboard also. It's better than the Ga Music Hall of Fame performance.

These will both fit onto a single disc.

Sweet news.

And this show is up for download, which is a nice upgrade to the cassette I taped off the radio. I'm not much of a listener to anything more recent of theirs, but this is good. There's a choice "The Great Beyond" on this too.


R.E.M. - 2001-05-07 Studio 105, Paris, FR (FM, Black Session)