Last Gig You Went To...

[Tim]

Here you go Dave, a great video from last week - boy do I wish it was tomorrow night not last week!

[MartinT]

I'm at the Bryan Ferry gig at the Albert Hall tonight.

[Wakefield Turntables]

The Cult @ Nottingham. WOW!

[MartinT]

I'm at the Bryan Ferry gig at the Albert Hall tonight.

A truly fab gig last night at the Albert Hall, although I did worry at the beginning that it was going to be all 1920s jazz style! An immensely skilled band (and I really mean every member was quite outstanding) accompanied Bryan in many of his, and Roxy's, greatest hits and got the whole Albert Hall dancing by the end. I never thought I would hear him singing classics like Smoke Gets in your Eyes, A Song for Europe, Let's Stick Together, Street Life and Jealous Guy performed live as well as many other hits.

A special accolade for the trumpet player (Enrico Tomasso) who was quite the most amazing exponent of the instrument I have ever heard.

[Bazil]

I saw Steve Hackett last week on his Genesis Revisited II tour, the best gig I have ever been to, music from my favourite period of Genesis played note perfect.
Musicians can of course recreate with instruments the exact songs but singers obviously cannot, nevertheless Nad Sylvan did a tremendous job taking on Gabriel's and Collins' vocals, The Musical Box and Suppers Ready alone were enough to undo any singer but he nailed it.
Fabulous night, here is a vid from youtube of the show I went to.

[The Grand Wazoo]

Just back from an excellent, excellent gig by Mark Lanegan at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.
Last time I went to see him (with Isobel Campbell) the gig was cut short due to a visit from the fire brigade attending to a smoking toaster somewhere in the building! This time, we got the pleasure of seeing the full gig.
The 2 support slots were members of the band doing their own solo things and the main event was an interesting set up with a guitarist, bassist, cellist, violin player and someone switching between soprano sax and second guitar. No drums!
The whole family Wazoo were in attendance and we all enjoyed it immensely.

[Clothears]

I'm off to the Picturedrome in Holmfirth later for a full day and evenings rocking blues at the Holmfirth Blues Splash, featuring Walter Trout and four other bands. While me and my mates are rocking out (well as much as a 57 yo can "rock out"), the wives will be having a pub crawl! The good news is that we will be staying overnight in the hotel next door, so just a 50 yard crawl/stumble back to bed at the end of the night

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[Lionheart]

The Pretty Things, last night in Putney, London

[The Grand Wazoo]

We went to see Chris Smither last night. I've never heard anything by him until Thursday, when I found an album in a charity shop for a £1. Despite the huge financial risk, I bought it and happily, lived not to regret it.
So lo & behold, I discovered that he was playing the Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal just two days later - serendipity!

What a fantastic guitarist this guy is, and he writes some superb songs. He's been at it for forty years and his music has been covered by Bonnie Raitt and Emmylou Harris among others, though I wouldn't call his style either blues or country.
Excellent & highly recommended.

You Tube clip from another show - when he played this last night, he seemed relieved to be able to talk about it sensibly without fear of being accosted later by creationists!

[Clothears]

I'm off to the Picturedrome in Holmfirth later for a full day and evenings rocking blues at the Holmfirth Blues Splash, featuring Walter Trout and four other bands. While me and my mates are rocking out (well as much as a 57 yo can "rock out"), the wives will be having a pub crawl! The good news is that we will be staying overnight in the hotel next door, so just a 50 yard crawl/stumble back to bed at the end of the night

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An enjoyable evening. The artistes in order of appearance were The Mitch Laddie Band, Federal Charm, Ben Poole, Virgil and the Accelerators, and finally the venerable Walter Trout Band.

A good nights rocking, packed house, decent beer, and all for £20. I was bloody knackered at the end mind having been stood up for 6 hours, my old legs were creaking at the end

Before the show there had been rumours that Walter Trout had cancelled due to ill health, but this was not the case as he arrived on stage at 9.30pm . However, there was a collective gasp as he walked out on stage. The man is a shell of his old self, it was a shock to behold, the man looked about 80. He spent most of the 90 mins sat down, but my god could he still play! He informed the crowd that he had liver damage, and had been in and out of hospital in LA for the last 2 months. He called himself Nosferatu, and said not only was he glad to be back in Holmfirth, he was glad to be back anywhere! I've been watching Walter Trout since 1993 and I sincerely hope this wasn't the last time. Considering all this WT and the boys (possibly the least photogenic band I've ever seen) put on a terrific show. Nice one Walt!

PS: Ben Poole is worth watching if you get a chance.

PPS: I love the Picturedrome.It was my first visit, but wont be the last.

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