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« Reply #240 on: March 08, 2007, 09:43:43 AM » |
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Who says kids these days have no taste. All in all a great night. Good to see Amy and Puggs there, Good seats Amy?
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A last minute booking gave us little choice of seats.. so we found ourselves with knees touching the stage, the speakers less than an arms length away, the stage was about four feet high so we were forced to look up Chris' nose.. never seen him from that angle before!
No rachel.. not the best seats.. ooouch my left ear!! Were your seats as good?
Great gig though.. and Beth's Who Knows was lovely.
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« Reply #241 on: March 08, 2007, 12:56:58 PM » |
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'Twas a first time visit to the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield for us last night, but it won't be the last as it's a cracking venue - As Kat from TTL said "Well done Huddersfield".  Managed to arrive in time for TTL's set despite having to negotiate my way around an accident in a town I don't know - I just followed the car in front as they seemed to know the way  . TTL were on top form, I just wish they'd hurry up and get the new material out on CD as it sounds excellent. As already mentioned, Fairport were in fine fettle last night. The highlights for me were 'South Dakota to Manchester', which had a bit more kick than the CD version, 'Untouchable', 'Hawkswood's Army', and all of Ric's tunes. Beth's singing on WKWTTG was fabulous and she deserved the rapturous applause, both during and after the song. It was also nice to see Simon thrashing away on the electric guitar during 'Matty', I thought I'd never hear the song done 'heavy metal style' again, and Peggy doing his best Gene Simmons at the end was hilarious.  So, how long is it to Cropredy? |
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« Reply #242 on: March 08, 2007, 02:04:16 PM » |
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Have Fairport considered making some soundboard Cd's or downloads available from this tour? I know we've just had Off The Desk
Which is a year old now!.....and they'll need a merch item next year, as the DVD is likely to around well before Christmas. Seeing as this has, certainly in my opinion, been their best tour in at least 5 years, I with you on this suggestion & will be following it up! |
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« Reply #243 on: March 08, 2007, 02:11:10 PM » |
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DVD as in Cropredy 07 DVD?
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« Reply #244 on: March 08, 2007, 02:12:12 PM » |
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Dvd as in Fairport's 40th year DVD.....
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« Reply #245 on: March 08, 2007, 05:47:41 PM » |
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Dvd as in Fairport's 40th year DVD.....
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« Reply #246 on: March 08, 2007, 06:00:44 PM » |
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Mike Rowbottom - ex-Central TV producer - has been filming snippets of the Fairport life since the start of this year. He'll be with them on & off until after (and during, obviously) Cropredy - whence he has a big job editing it all down for a Fairport's 40th Year DVD, which should be available for Xmas (does that get through the censor?) & quite possibly earlier.
The Chippy gig is next on his calendar, I believe. I spoke with Mike at the Birmingham gig & he was happy for me to give a head's up & raise the interest levels.
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« Reply #247 on: March 08, 2007, 06:37:33 PM » |
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OOhh I hope the Hancock presentation will be in this too then!!
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« Reply #248 on: March 08, 2007, 07:38:51 PM » |
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« Reply #249 on: March 09, 2007, 12:09:25 AM » |
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« Reply #250 on: March 09, 2007, 12:25:00 PM » |
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Thursday 8th so it must be Southport. Minor domestic crisis meant the pre concert drink with Dad Volt was on, then off then on again! So thanks to a recommendation we found ourselves in Barons Bar in Southport (inside the Scarisbrick hotel) directly opposite the gig. Tetley Mild made DV's eyes light up and added to the leather chairs it was a nice little bar. Had a couple of words with one Simon Nicol who was drinking rosie and looking relaxed. According to Simon the chaps were really enjoying the tour even if it was 6 weeks long and the TTL girls were wonderful be on tour with. Their view on things was (understandably) different to 'us old timers' but refreshing and a breath of fresh air at times. He did say they went all giggly on meeting Robert Plant but according to Peggy later not as bad as their mum who 'came over all of a quiver' I didn't press for any more details Into the gig, met Bernie in the foyer who was as usual complete with pressies for the chaps and then tried to find my seat. Folks sitting in it I found but no worries I sat at the end of the row. OK until the owner of my new seat turned up. Long story short it transpired that the folks in my proper seat were in the wrong theatre!!. They should have been in the smaller studio (in the same building). OK, they were probably misdirected by an usher but I did wonder what type of presentation of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men they expected to see when they were sitting looking at an array of guitars, fiddles, mandolins and drums  And so duly introduced by Ric, TTL appeared. (isn't the tour t-shirt an awful colour!) They've come quite a way since I last saw them at Cropredy in 04 and Beth has developed into a fine singer. Danni's voice was showing the strain a little of 6 weeks on the road but overall they were very good, infectious, having fun and obviously so pleased to be there. Ric, Chris and Gerry joined them for the last number (sorry don't do set lists but think it was same as previously listed) and then we were into Widow of Westmoreland. Again I think the set list was similar, if not exactly the same as previously listed. Several numbers from SoO which as expected sounder much better live than on the CD. Even Keep on Turning the Wheel was punchier and rockier. Liked Chris's blue whistle intro and the line dancing by TTL to Tam Lin was superb. Again everyone on stage was having fun and laughing. Nice to see Peggy so relaxed with everyone. We also got Beth's solo on WKWTTG which was stunning. For one so young she wasn't over awed at all and really brought a new version of the song to the party. The spontaneous applause at the end of her verse was definitely deserved. Simons intro to Matty was electric, heavy, rocky, new (to me anyway) and excellent. And then to the encores the first of which again sounded much better live than on the CD and MOTL with Ric again apparently miming. Well that’s what he said afterwards.  He did also say he wasn't at all confident in his singing which is why he didn't do it. Naturally joined by TTL for the last number and all too soon we were in the foyer. This was one of the best Wintour concerts I've seen in many a while. The lads seriously rocked and all of the numbers from the new CD were much much better live. Sound was good, even from the 5th row and they all looked happy and enjoying themselves. Its difficult to pick a highlight of the evening from such a great gig but probably WKWTTG. I *do* hope Beth joins them on stage in August for this one. Had a brief chat with Danni afterwards who said the girls would be coming on TaW once the tour was over and giving us more info on the tour and what they thought of it. Basically they've had a blast. So did I last night. |
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« Reply #251 on: March 09, 2007, 05:41:14 PM » |
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« Reply #252 on: March 09, 2007, 05:43:50 PM » |
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They started doing this in Scotland - first at the side of the stage, then a few days later, across the back of the stage, behind Gerry.
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« Reply #253 on: March 09, 2007, 05:53:58 PM » |
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Its difficult to pick a highlight of the evening from such a great gig but probably WKWTTG. I *do* hope Beth joins them on stage in August for this one. Basically they've had a blast. So did I last night. Totally agree. Sorry I couldn't have stayed later but had had an early start and had one today as well. Off beat highlight for me was Peg-leg Pegg the Pirate! The light caught his plectrum and shone directly in my eyes giving him a menacing presence. Certainly a lot more menacing than when he jumped off the amp! A little bit upset that they didn't have any man-sized 40 Glorious Years T-Shirts left. Being of a 1967 vintage myself I wanted one to wear on my birthday in July. Best laid plans... Roll on Cropredy and hopefully a t-shirt with a reference to 40 glorious years! |
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« Reply #254 on: March 09, 2007, 06:48:30 PM » |
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Great news about the DVD Chris, the first real documentary since In Real Time. Hope it has lots of background info.
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« Reply #255 on: March 09, 2007, 09:34:04 PM » |
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Hmmm - I'll enquire on Sunday - but I think it's just a history of this 40th year.
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« Reply #256 on: March 09, 2007, 11:47:56 PM » |
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Hmmm - I'll enquire on Sunday - but I think it's just a history of this 40th year.
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« Reply #257 on: March 10, 2007, 02:26:51 AM » |
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« Reply #258 on: March 10, 2007, 04:06:52 PM » |
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On our way to London. If anyone is going, I'm wearing a Green Seniors badge and too much stubble, Mrs Keith is in bunchies and a secret Fairport t-shirt. All ready to jump about.
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« Reply #259 on: March 10, 2007, 04:10:18 PM » |
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