The best live fusion act I've ever seen. Liked Al's sound so well so well, I built up an ES-295 with the same hardware (DiMarzio pick-ups) as he played. Had an Alimbic bass, but the pre-amp was 18 volts and the battery life was less than 2 hours. Believe it or not, they used to make a direct wired power source you plugged into the wall...awkward!

After the concert (their last, in 1975-6-Lexington, Ky Memorial Hall, they showed up at the after hours place I played for breakfast. I remember one of the guys asking about Vince DiMartino, who was at UK, running the brass department. He is a world-class educator and touring player.

Saw Chick 10 years later in a whole different venue-at the Singletary Center. Everything was acoustic and much more experimental.

One of my all-time favorites.


Russ