Went to see Teddy Thompson last night. Top notch and great to hear him with a full band rather than the previous acoustic tour.
The support was Tift Merrit ( http://tiftmerritt.com ) who was rather excellent too.
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Went to see Teddy Thompson last night. Top notch and great to hear him with a full band rather than the previous acoustic tour.
The support was Tift Merrit ( http://tiftmerritt.com ) who was rather excellent too.
Jackie Leven at The Greys, Brighton...
Absolutely wonderful, I haven't seen him in three or more years and needed a fix - this guy is brilliant live, interspersing virtuoso guitar playing with a marvellous voice and stories as funny as any standup... check out the man's work if you've never heard him...
Jason
Last concert I went to was Jason Mraz/We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things.
He and the band were very good live.
Status Quo at the Cambridge Corn Exchange a few weeks back. Great show. Shame about the lame ending. Why do they always end with that f***ing Anniversary Waltz??? At least we managed to get the early train back by leaving the show early. The rest of the setlist was great, mind.
Yesterday
Aylesbury Symphony Orchestra
Overture to Lohengrin . Wagner
Concerto for Double Bass & Orchestra .Koussevitzky
Soloist: LEON BOSCH
Symphony No. 2 in E minor Op. 27 ………Rachmaninov
VENUE: St. Mary’s Church Aylesbury 3.30 pm
The Concerto for Double Bass was fantastic:)
http://www.aosweb.f9.co.uk/index.htm
Saturday: The LSO with Pappato conducting at the Barbican
Rachmaninov 3rd Piano Concerto with Leif Ove Andsnes
Tchaikovsky 6th Symphony
Both absolutely superb with Andsnes magnificent on the piano.
Hi Guys
Off to see Jools Holland tonight in Middlesbrough.
Andy - SDDW
Hi Guys
Went to see Jools Holland Last night. What a great gig it was. Never seen Jools live before and really enjoyed it.
Took my mate who needs a wheel chair to get around. The nice thing about Middlesbrough Town Hall is my mate paid for his ticket and I got in free as a carer.
Dave Edmonds was one of the guest artists, along with Ruby Turner. Dave Edmonds a bit so so. Ruby Turner was something else altogether. What a voice she has, blooming fantastic. Well worth the gig just for her.
Andy - SDDW
Blast from the past guitar fans where are you?!
Off tomorrow to see - Castel San Pietro Blues here in Italy between Bologna and Imola - Nine Below Zero, featuring of course ex long-time Rory Gallagher (God bless you mate, we miss you) sidekicks Gerry McAvoy, Brendan O'Neill and Mark Feltham followed by bill-toppers The Fabulous Thunderbirds, no longer featuring Jimmy Vaughan little 'bro of the more famous Stevie Ray.
In a lovely big open-air piazza.
And it's free...
Nine Below Zero are a sunny lot with few musical pretensions - think sub-Dr Feelgood r'n'b.
But Mark Feltham is a world-class harmonica player and gets all the important solos.
Fab Thunderbirds are in a higher league alltogether, only Kim Wilson, frontman, remaining from original line-up, but polish and passion in equal proportion.
And what a frontman! Bags of charisma, and harmonica to equal anybody - more rhythmic as opposed to Feltham's melodic virtuosity and huge power.
For my money, both outshone Eddie Kirkland - old time black Blues harmonica specialist - during the usual final number free-for-all. White boys most certainly can...
So no big guitar showcase, but a pile of good tunes and some harmonica sounds which I seriously doubt can be bettered anywhere, good show.