thelanes wrote:
Excellent concert - odd. Bert had two guitarists in support, both of whom he named, but were not down in writing... so of course, I can't remember anything except that Johnny or Donny, Bert's 12 Bar Club mate with the cowboy suit and extraordinary grimaces, did the second half with him. First thought was, oh poo, supernoodles... but actually, after getting into pace, this guy added some slide guitar and lead playing which worked well.How did this go? Sounds an interesting week. What happened to the recent Open Air Festival in Kelso? Jan Lane
Bert overprocessed his guitar deliberately - phased and chorused and delayed all over the place - and did no Scots material at all - very much blues and jazz-influenced songs. Berd from Norway who came with me said he could not understand a word of Bert's singing, and I had to explain to him that no-one ever could... you have to know the words first! Berd speaks perfect Scots English.
Bert's companion apparently took charge of certain aspects of the gig. I asked the theatre owner Felix to say something about the session after the show - and about the INCORRECT local newspaper report mentioning sessions every night... etc - and he would not. He said there was a total ban on all theatre announcements, CD sales, signing, anything. not at Bert's insistence but at his friend's.
It was a sell out full house. We had a nice small session just a dozen people in the George and Abbotsford afterwards.
David
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