Gigs

[Tangled up in Blue]

Saw Ron Carter at BARTS last night.Wonderful concert.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Saw John Scofield and Jon Cleary last night at Barts.Wonderul fusion of new Orleans R and B (JC) and jazz electric guitar (JS).

 

[Another Surrey Shrimper]

Bjork at o2 Arena was immense - like Her Dark Materials.

 

[maninasuitcase]

Martin Stephenson & The Daintees - Gorilla, Manchester

Their Boat to Bolivia album spent a lot of time on my turntable back in the late 80s. I was very pleased to catch them at the Wardrobe in Leeds a couple of years ago in what turned out to be probably my favourite gig of 2017.

Apparently, the guitarist and drummer from that line up, a married couple by the way, had left the band just before the start of this tour leaving them scratching around for very late replacements. This was a very good gig, but perhaps was just not quite as good as at the Wardrobe, and maybe that was the reason.

That said, they mixed the set up from last time, I think only three songs were performed up both gigs. They did do Little Red Bottle this time, one of my favourites, and even opened with a mad Surfin' instrumental.

At £20 to get in, this was a bargain.

 

[AndyT]

Steve Hackett - Cliffs Pavilion

This year's tour features the entire album 'Selling England By the Pound' and it didn't disappoint. A standing ovation at the end and at times during the show, being richly deserved.

It's the second time I've seen them and also saw Genesis back in the day. They were on stage for 2 and 1/2 hours and everything was as tight as ever.

Stand out tracks being 'Firth of Fifth' and 'Los Endos' at the very end, but so much was just excellent about the whole evening.

Also, a hats off to the staff at the Cliffs Pavilion. My B-I-L is wheelchair bound and they couldn't have been more helpful and accommodating. The younger staff there particularly.

An all round top night.

 

[maninasuitcase]

Steve Hackett - Cliffs Pavilion

This year's tour features the entire album 'Selling England By the Pound' and it didn't disappoint. A standing ovation at the end and at times during the show, being richly deserved.

It's the second time I've seen them and also saw Genesis back in the day. They were on stage for 2 and 1/2 hours and everything was as tight as ever.

Stand out tracks being 'Firth of Fifth' and 'Los Endos' at the very end, but so much was just excellent about the whole evening.

Also, a hats off to the staff at the Cliffs Pavilion. My B-I-L is wheelchair bound and they couldn't have been more helpful and accommodating. The younger staff there particularly.

An all round top night.

Excellent, does he still have a bass player using a double necked 4 and 6 string bass in the group AndyT?

 

[AndyT]

He does @maninasuitcase

A fella called Jonas Reingold :-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Reingold

 

[maninasuitcase]

He does @maninasuitcase

A fella called Jonas Reingold :-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Reingold

Thanks AndyT

The man in action. Taken at Minehead's Giants of Rock 2017 festival.

 

[Rob Noxious]

I won't have to go the whole wide world to see this fab geezer … just about half a mile.

 

[Blueronron]

Very jealous RN, one of my all time favourite songs

Is he doing just a small tour or UK

**No worries just looked at web site no tour

 

[Rob Noxious]

Very jealous RN, one of my all time favourite songs

Is he doing just a small tour or UK

**No worries just looked at web site no tour

Just a mini-tour to make it worth his while coming all the way down here from north Norfolk. His latter stuff's pretty good too, Blueronron - he's released three decent albums in the last 5 years as well as all the touring.

 

[maninasuitcase]

Just a mini-tour to make it worth his while coming all the way down here from north Norfolk. His latter stuff's pretty good too, Blueronron - he's released three decent albums in the last 5 years as well as all the touring.

Will definitely try to see him again.

 

[Another Surrey Shrimper]

I just saw The Who play a 50 minute set in a nightclub in Kingston.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

I just saw The Who play a 50 minute set in a nightclub in Kingston.

Not Kingston Jamaica I imagine?

 

[Another Surrey Shrimper]

Not Kingston Jamaica I imagine?

I’ve never left Europe in my life! Banquet Records in Kingston Surrey have been putting on ever more improbable gigs and bands seem to be queuing up to play them.

 

[maninasuitcase]

I just saw The Who play a 50 minute set in a nightclub in Kingston.

Oh bad luck old chap!

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Oh bad luck old chap!

On the contrary, I saw them play an excellent gig for Kampuchea (with RobNoxious) some years ago.Was sorry that they pulled out of a major gig here a little more recently (which I had tickets for).

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Should have been seeing Benmont Tench (used to be keyboard player for Tom Petty's Heartbreakers) ) in Badalona on Saturday.Festival's been cancelled but no money back yet.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Saw Brad Medhlau's Trio at Séte's Teatre de la Mer last night.Excellent gig.Probably the best open-air venue I know.

 

[jackj13]

Saw Brad Medhlau's Trio at Séte's Teatre de la Mer last night.Excellent gig.Probably the best open-air venue I know.

Just had a google. That place looks fantastic!