The Life and Loves of an Air Guitarist - Part 4
The Noughties
12th July 2001 and I saw Living Colour again in London breaking the biggest drought of gigs I’ve had. For this I wore the t-shirt I had bought at the previous Living Colour gig and was walking around the area of London when one of the band members came in the opposite direction, spotted my t-shirt and gave me the thumbs up! My brain immediately went blank and refused to tell me which band member it was so I wasn’t able to stop him and chat!
November 2002 and the start (or re-starting) of something special! Fishbone were back in the UK and on the 17th they were in the Nottingham, on the 18th in Birmingham and finally on the 27th I flew out to Amsterdam to see them. For the full story of this trip see part Three!
30th May 2003 and once again I was at a Fishbone concert this time in London, before seeing Living Colour once more in September.
31st May 2006 and I had a chance to see one of my hero’s; Leslie West of Mountain. He was playing a converted church in Worcester and I just had to see him. I’m glad I did as he is a brilliant guitarist and influenced me greatly when I was playing myself. It was a bit of an odd one as he has played with the same drummer since 1960 but they seemed to argue a bit on stage!
June and once again it was down to London to see Fishbone who were supported by Wolfunkind – a French funk metal band who really impressed me. I got to see Fishbone/Wolfunkind on another two occasions on the 14th and 16th November in Birmingham and London.
Another blast from the past was Saxon who released a new CD in 2006 and toured the UK. So 24 years after I first saw them I was in Wolverhampton (20th May 2007) being deafened once again! The first part of their set was new stuff then they did a greatest hits part which really got the crowd going and showed that they were still a great band.
My next gig was Jan 26th 2008 at the Carling Academy in Birmingham - Seasick Steve! This was a sell out and not surprisingly. Steve is a brilliant blues guitarist and has a huge stage presence even if he looks like a hobo - which he was at one point in his life.
The next gigs I had intended on going to were Black Stone Cherry in December and The Inspector Clouzo - however I don't think i will be able to now due to possibly being made redundant as I write this! (15/10/08)
12th July 2001 and I saw Living Colour again in London breaking the biggest drought of gigs I’ve had. For this I wore the t-shirt I had bought at the previous Living Colour gig and was walking around the area of London when one of the band members came in the opposite direction, spotted my t-shirt and gave me the thumbs up! My brain immediately went blank and refused to tell me which band member it was so I wasn’t able to stop him and chat!
November 2002 and the start (or re-starting) of something special! Fishbone were back in the UK and on the 17th they were in the Nottingham, on the 18th in Birmingham and finally on the 27th I flew out to Amsterdam to see them. For the full story of this trip see part Three!
30th May 2003 and once again I was at a Fishbone concert this time in London, before seeing Living Colour once more in September.
31st May 2006 and I had a chance to see one of my hero’s; Leslie West of Mountain. He was playing a converted church in Worcester and I just had to see him. I’m glad I did as he is a brilliant guitarist and influenced me greatly when I was playing myself. It was a bit of an odd one as he has played with the same drummer since 1960 but they seemed to argue a bit on stage!
June and once again it was down to London to see Fishbone who were supported by Wolfunkind – a French funk metal band who really impressed me. I got to see Fishbone/Wolfunkind on another two occasions on the 14th and 16th November in Birmingham and London.
Another blast from the past was Saxon who released a new CD in 2006 and toured the UK. So 24 years after I first saw them I was in Wolverhampton (20th May 2007) being deafened once again! The first part of their set was new stuff then they did a greatest hits part which really got the crowd going and showed that they were still a great band.
My next gig was Jan 26th 2008 at the Carling Academy in Birmingham - Seasick Steve! This was a sell out and not surprisingly. Steve is a brilliant blues guitarist and has a huge stage presence even if he looks like a hobo - which he was at one point in his life.
The next gigs I had intended on going to were Black Stone Cherry in December and The Inspector Clouzo - however I don't think i will be able to now due to possibly being made redundant as I write this! (15/10/08)
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