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whether there was a promotional point or not… the guys obviously enjoyed themselves while playing (and watching their support act, elephant9, they were really groovy!) and thereafter playing a relaxed, though to-the-point-set (bit short, though, damn curfew!) with an 1-hour-in-and-out-jam and a couple of new tunes!
i was amazed! the allman brothers couldn't have done better, and this powertrio thing where everyone is just improvising and playing solo at the same time sometimes reminded me strongly of one of my absolute favourites: cream!
what a long strange trip it's been…..
I'm a UK fan…and didn't know about the band when they last played the UK 8 years ago (it's hard to discover a band who has no UK radio airplay, or TV appearances, or magazine articles, and who's music can't be found in the UK music shops – even if they are the best band in the world!), so for me it was a dream come true to be able to go see the band on my own native shores. I had a 400 mile round trip from Liverpool, but I could never have afforded to travel to Europe to see them.
I thought they were fantastic, and while I would have loved to have seen them play some of my faves from years gone by, like Hey Jane, Neverland, STG, Serpentine, Snafu etc. etc. one think I've learned is they never trot out the greatest hits package over and over again when they tour. And that's one of the things I love about them…musically they never stay still. (And I just knew they would play something I didn't know!).
I just hope the guys don't leave it so long before playing the UK again!
Oh, and don't blame 'the UK' for the 10.30 curfew. This was down to the venue itself..probably due to the fact that it's right in the middle of a built up residential area, or something.
Welcome to the forum Grimr, great effort to make 400 miles for the show! Hope you don't have to wait that long again
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