thelanes wrote:
How did this go? Sounds an interesting week. What happened to the recent
Open Air Festival in Kelso?
Jan Lane
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.
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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