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Green Lady
I was rather shocked to see it ALREADY on the Brazilian site and ALREADY translated into Portuguese... this Internet takes a bit of getting used to.
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Green Lady
Just come in - sorry I missed your post, Stargroves, I'd have liked to meet up.
First show great - a great buildup
- introduction by Ian Rankin,
- Ben Waters solo
- duet with Axel Zwingenberger
- adding Charlie and Dave Green
- then the saxophonists from Rocket 88 and "Hamish from Bridport" who despite appearances is a great vocalist - I've been told he often sings with Ben Waters
- then Bill
- then Jools Holland and Mick Hucknall
- then Mick Taylor and Ronnie
- and even Shakin' Stevens plus guitarist
- and everybody flying to Charlie's beat, Charlie obviously thoroughly enjoying himself just sitting there as the centre and heart of this great ten/twelve/thirteen-piece band.
Mick Taylor looked well and happy and made a great partnership with Ronnie...
It was over all too quickly - about an hour and a half.
Second show even better. Mostly the same setlist as the first show, but Ben Waters started with a different boogie-woogie number and Axel Zwingenberger played an extra one (Suitcase Blues). And finally there was a great version of Little Queenie, and a final encore jam of Can I Get A Witness / High-Heel Sneakers. Crowd on its feet yelling for more, but all the performers line up for their final bow. Charlie goes to the back of the stage to make sure Bill gets included in the line-up, and then gets so absorbed in chatting to Mick Taylor that he suddenly realises that everybody else but them has left the stage!
Highlights for me: You Never Can Tell and Little Queenie.
Something that was great to me was the effect of hearing some of the very early Stones numbers like Can I Get A Witness, Down The Road Apiece, Don't Lie To Me etc. with an excellent boogie-woogie piano (or two) as an strong and essential part of the mix - probably something like how the band really sounded in the early days before Andrew Loog Oldham started editing Stu out. I also wonder how big a part Stu had in selecting the songs they covered.
Not a glimmer of the Glimmers, but I think I agree with Doxa on this one - musically and emotionally the band was probably better off without them, whatever the "political" arguments for them putting in an appearance. No copies of that nice poster with Charlie's drawing of Stu on sale, either. But who cares - what a wonderful evening. Now I'm off to watch the videos - keeping my fingers crossed that there's going to be a CD or DVD of this at a price mere mortals can afford in a format that mere mortals can play...
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mtaylor
Just missing Mick Jagger and we will have the the next Stones tour line-up.
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WorriedAboutYou
Sorry but Hucknall sounds horrible in those clips.
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WorriedAboutYou
Sorry but Hucknall sounds horrible in those clips.
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WorriedAboutYou
Sorry but Hucknall sounds horrible in those clips.
Do you think bad? Ok, he isn´t Mick Jagger or Rod Stewart but looks good for me. Not amazing but good. It was a surprise for me because I hate Simple Red.
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Manofwealthandtaste
Two great shows last night, the Ambassadors Theatre is turning into one of London's most enjoyable rock venues! Interesting to see Kenny Jones there, although not performing of course. Cool to meet up with other IORR fans, a reminiscent atmosphere to those heady Bigger Bang days..... I will post some photos later on this evening.
Good to see you Silver D, must send you an email!
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marcovandereijk
Thanks Stones Planet Brazil, for those glorious clips.
I love the worried live blues with Ronnie. It's good to see the joy they had playing together.
A pity that the sound of those clips is not doing justice to the beauty of the songs.
It seems to me this show deserves an official document, either on DVD or CD.
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Lady Jayne
I thought the presence of Ben Water's son kind of typified the evening which felt as if it was all about people from different backgrounds (incredibly talented people!) sharing their joy in the music, corny as it sounds. I loved the way the excitement built up as different performers joined the mix; seeing Charlie centre stage for once and looking as if he enjoyed it; the mythic (to me as I've never seen him live) Taylor really hitting it from time to time with Ronnie; Mick Hucknell giving fantastic vocals which really suited the mood of the evening; and seeing those pianos really jump. Green Lady - your photos are great. I was a row in front and mine are horrible but the memories are great.
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gwen
Ben told me that his son plays on the Dylan cover on the album - which means that at age 10, he is credited on a song where 5 Rolling Stones play...
He looked a bit shy but happy before the show, and though he was petrified during at the beginning (who wouldn't, really), he was able to blow his sax later.