Welcome to my Music Diary – today for the 2nd November!
Dave Pegg (Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull)
Happy birthday to Mr. Dave „Peggy“ Pegg, who was born on the 2nd November 1947 in Birmingham, UK. The English mulit-instrumentalist is best known for his playing with the legendary Folk band Fairport Convention and his contribution as a bass player for Jethro Tull from 1979 until 1995.
At the age of 14 years he started to play the guitar and he was also member of the school band at Yardley Grammar School. In the sixties he worked with severeal Birmingham groups like „The Crawdaddys“ and „The Roy Everett Blues Band“. In 1966 he failed to become the guitar player for a band called The Uglys (featuring Steve Gibbons), but he took the chance to be a member as the bass player – so he switched the instruments. One year later Pegg formed the Blues trio „The Exception“ with singer Alan Eastwood and Roger Hill on guitar. During that time Dave also played with Robert Plant and John Bonham, with whom he played in the band „The Way of Life“. In 1967 Dave Pegg joined the Ian Campbell Folk Group, where he also learned to play the mandolin. Two years later he began to play with a group called „The Beast“ (featuring Cozy Powell and Dave Clempson).
Exactly on his 22nd birthday he received a telephone call by Dave Swarbrick from Fairport Convention and was asked if he would like to join the band, because of the departing of Ashley Hutchings, who was going to found the Folk-Rock group Steeleye Span (feat. Maddy Prior). And in July 1970 the first Fairport Convention album feat. Dave Pegg on bass was released: „Full House„. Until the break up in 1979 Dave Pegg recorded nine studio albums with Fairport Convention.
In 1979 David Pegg was asked by Ian Anderson to join Jethro Tull and to replace the ailing John Glascock. His live debut was on the 5th October 1979 for the „Stormwatch“ world tour and took place in Toronto, Canada. So for the next fifteen years Peggy was the bass player and recorded the six classic studio albums „A“ (1980), „The Broadsword and the Beast“ (1982), „Under Wraps“ (1984), „Crest of a Knave“ (1987), „Rock Island“ (1989), „Catfish Rising“ (1991) and three tracks for „Roots to Branches“ (1995). His last live performance with Jethro Tull happened on the 29th May 1994 in Basingstoke, UK.
After his departure from Jethro Tull, David Pegg concentrated more on his work with Fairport Convention again. The reunion of the Folk Rock institution happened already with the album „Gladys‘ Leap“ in 1985.
In 1987 he did some recording sessions with Tull again for the album „Crest of a Knave„. His drumming can be heard on the tracks „Jump Start“, „Said she was a Dancer“, „Budapest“, „The Waking Edge“ and „Part of the Machine“. In 1998 he became the drummer and percussionist for the legendary Folk-Rock band Fairport Convention.
Welcome to my Music Diary – today for the 28th March!
John Evans (Jethro Tull)
Happy birthday to Mr. John Spencer Evans aka John Evan, who was born on the 28th March 1948 in Blackpool (UK)!
Before John became the keyboarder for Jethro Tull, he played for The Blades. Then the band name was changed into The John Evan Band. Bassist Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (who became a member of Tull in 1971) thought, that this would sound better instead of ‚John Evans Band‘. During that time in the sixties and especially in Blackpool, Evan crossed already paths with people like Jeffrey, Barriemore Barlow and Ian Anderson, who founded Jethro Tull in 1967.
After playing as a session musician for the album „Benefit„, John Evan joined Jethro Tull in April 1970. One year later, he composed the legendary piano intro for Tull’s biggest hit „Locomotive Breath„, which was recorded for the historic rock album „Aqualung„.
With David Palmer, John Evan started the band project Tallis, which didn’t succeed and so he decided to stop his career as a musician and founded his own construction company.
And it’s again a special Jethro Tull day, because on the 2nd July I attended three shows:
The first one took place in Salzburg at the Eishalle in the year 1991! It was planned that Tull play an open air gig at the Kapitelplatz behind the wonderful dome, but unfortunately they changed the place and we had to walk into the Eishalle (an ice hockey hall). Before the show I met Ian Anderson for some pictures and after that the band performed in a perfect way with some nice surprises like an extended version of „Fat Man“!
Two years later I attended a Tull show in Wels, just two days after I saw them in Vienna during their „25th Anniversary“ world tour and in 2010 another remarkable show followed: It was the last time that I saw my long time heroes live on stage and it was also the last time seeing the band performing with guitarist Martin Barre, who left the band after four decades (!) one year later! And this is for me another big reason, why I avoid to attend another Jethro Tull show again. Cheerio, Ian Anderson 😉
All details of the mentioned shows (reviews, pictures, setlists and videos) you can find here:
02/06/2007:
WOVEN HAND – Prague (Akropolis)
Support by Please The Trees
So two days after the amazing Woven Hand show in Vienna me and my friends travelled to the wonderful city of Prague. Luckily one of my friend knew this city very well and so he showed us the most beautiful corners of this breathtaking town. For me it was the first time that I was there and I was completely hooked. If you have ever the chance to visit Prague – just do it! You won’t trust your eyes!
So after the sightseeing we went to the club Palac Akropolis. Ton, the tourmanager, told us that the show in Athens the day before was awesome – almost sold out and the people went nuts and sang „Black Soul Choir“ with David! Well, before we were going to see them again there was a local support band called Please The Trees. Nothing special at all but it was obvious that they were well known in their hometown.
Before Woven Hand started their set I got my place in the front row and so I was ready for the show, which was very similar to the Vienna one – very intense and heavy. I remember a girl standing next to me who held her hands on the ears during a very loud version of „Tin Finger„. David saw this, smiled and rocked on with full force. Also it was funny to see that David and the band were in a very good and relaxed mood. They smiled a lot and joked a little bit between the songs – so the atmosphere at the club was perfect. You can see it on some pictures below 😉
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The Setlist:
Winter Shaker
The Speaking Hands
Elktooth
Truly Golden
Deerskin Doll
Whistling Girl
White Bird
Tin Finger
Phyllis Ann/Swedish Purse
Into the Piano
Your Russia
Black Soul Choir
Dirty Blue
03/06/2012: SLIM CESSNA’S AUTO CLUB – St. Gallen (Grabenhalle)
Back in 2009 I saw the fantastic Slim Cessna’s Auto Club live for the very first time. And this happened at the Grabenhalle in St. Gallen. So it was a kind of „back to the roots“ thing when we travelled to Switzerland to see this outstanding band from Denver again. And I hoped that more people will find their ways to the show – three years before (on the 23rd April) they played in front of a handful people but nevertheless the performance was one of the best I have ever seen (as you can check here).
So this time there were two differences to the last concert at the Grabenhalle: First, more poeple showed up, secondly the performance was not that breathtaking again, BUT it was of course a very intense and excellent show (as you can see on the picutes below). Unfortunatley Dany’s bow was broken so no „Jesus is in my Body – My Body has let me down“ this time.
And it was such a big pleasure to meet some of the good people again: Tony from Scotland and Carol from New Mexico were there too – like back in 2009! Also Sändy and Grit from Germany attended this show.
Well, as you can see on some pictures I was very into the songs again – especially „He, Roger Williams“ hooked me with full force and suddenly I found myself with Slim rolling on the floor 😉
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The Setlist:
Magalina Hagalina Boom Boom
That fierce Cow is common sense in a Country Dress
32 Mouths gone dry
Red Pirate of the Prairie
Children of the Lord
My last Black Scarf
This is how we do Things in the Country
Cranston
Americadio
Everyone is guilty #2
No Doubt about it
The unballed Ballad of the new Folksinger
Providence, New Jerusalem
Do you know thee Enemy?
He, Roger Williams
Jesus Christ
04/06/2001: JEHTRO TULL – Bad Reichenhall (Sternenzelt)
Support by The Young Dubliners
After seeing the great Rory Gallagher performing at the Sternenzelt in Bad Reichenhall a few years ago (on the 29th May 1993 – as you can see here) it was my second and unfortunately last time to be in that wonderful location – a big tent with perfect sound. That day it was a very hot summer day and so the crowd and myself were beginning to sweat very early. So it was a hot night with Jethro Tull in Bad Reichenhall this time – not Budapest 😉
As it was the tour to promote „The Very Best Of“ album I was very curious about the setlist, which featured also some new solo tracks from Ian Anderson’s wonderful release „The Secret Language Of Birds“ from 2000. It was very nice to hear tunes like „Roots to Branches“ and „Hunt by Numbers“ again – but the big surprises for me were the songs „Sweet Dream“ and „Love Story„. I never heard these two Tull classics before live on stage.
All in all it was a very solid performance with a well-balanced setlist featuring songs from the first album „This Was“ to „Dot Com„. And it was a very tasty appetizer for the gig in Munich on the 27th June, for which I asked for an interview with Ian Anderson 😉
The Setlist:
My Sunday Feeling
Cross-eyed Mary
Roots to Branches
Thick as a Brick
Sweet Dream (incl. Kelpie)
Hunt by Numbers
Bourée
The Water Carrier
The Habanero Reel
Set-Aside
Pibroch (Instrumental)
Farm on the Freeway
Medley: Songs from the Wood/Too old to Rock’n’Roll/Heavy Horses
In the Grip of stronger Stuff
Love Story
Passion Jig
Aqualung
Locomotive Breath
Living in the Past
Protect and Survive (Instrumental)
Cheerio
The year before Jethro Tull toured around the world to celebrate the 25th anniversary. In 1994 the band played cities and countries, which had to be skipped. So it was obvious that the setlist would not change that much – but it was not exactly the same performance as in Vienna (see listed below – 30th June 1993) and Wels (3rd July 1993). So my personal highlight was „Beggar’s Farm“ – the first time that I hear that track from the first Tull album „This Was„!
Although there were those new boys in the band, the performance was excellent again. From time to time especially Martin helped the Marc a few times that he didn’t miss the entries.
The Setlist:
My Sunday Feeling
For A Thousand Mothers
Living In The Past
Bourée
So Much Trouble
With You There To Help Me
Steal
Farm On The Freeway
Thick As A Brick
Beggar’s Farm
Sossity; You’re A Woman/Reasons For Waiting
Songs From The Wood/Too Old To Rock’N’Roll/Heavy Horses
Later That Same Evening (Instrumental)
Budapest
Passion Jig
A New Day Yesterday
Aqualung
Locomotive Breath,
Cross-Eyed Mary
Dharma For One
To this concert I was very looking forward because I became a huge fan of this outstanding band from Norway. I missed their shows over the last years but this time me and my friends went to the Szene in Vienna to see Sivert Hoyem and the band the first time.
Norway singer Vidar Vang opened the show and he (with his violin player Lisa) joined Madrugada later during their set which was started with a breathtaking version of „Blood Shot Adult Commitment„. Many songs from that night were taken from the current release at that time called „The Deep End„, but the setlist featured also songs from alll the earlier releases. Unfortunately they didn’t play „Strange Colour Blue„, one of my all time favorite songs. But the consolation like the wonderful tunes „Belladonna“ or „Electric“ was more than perfect 😉
The Setlist:
Blood Shot Adult Commitment
Stories From The Streets
On Your Side
Vocal
Majesty
Running Out Of Time
The Kids Are On High Street
Electric
Sail Away
Slow Builder
Belladonna
Hard To Come Back
Black Mambo
Tonight I Have No Words For You
Hold On To You
Ramona
After the show we met Sivert and Frode Jacobsen at the bar and they were so kind to sign some of our covers. Two years later the tragic death of guitarist Robert Buras shocked the band and all the fans around the world – R.I.P. …
My third Pearl Jam live experience happened in Munich at the Olympiahalle. As the other two performances I’ve attended so far (Salzburg 2000 and Vienna 2006) were breathtaking so I was vey looking forward to this one. And another concert followed one day later – I got my ticket also for the Jethro Tull show at the Circus Krone 😉
So on the way to Munich I thought about a so-called „Pearl Jam Wishlist“: Beside my favorites like „Rearviewmirror„, „Present Tense“ and „Do the Evolution“ I would love to hear rarities like „Down“ and some cover versions. So when I found myself in the hall and Eddie Vedder and his band opened with „Sometimes“ I was completely into the music. And I really didn’t trust my ears when Pearl Jam played all those songs I had on my wishlist 😉 And with the Who cover of „Baba O’Riley“ this amazing setlist was finished in a perfect way. And it proved my opinion again that Pearl Jam is one of the best live bands ever! After the show I bought this wonderful red shirt and also a photo book as a souvenir.
Here are some videos of this awesome concert – enjoy!
The Setlist:
Sometimes
Porch
Why go
God’s Dice
Given to fly
Dissident
Severed Hand
Elderly Woman behind the Counter in a small Town
Sad
Unemployable
Even flow
I got Shit
Whipping
Down
Present Tense
Save you
Rearviewmirror
Inside Job
Do the Evolution
Better Man/Save it for later
Alive
No more War
Footsteps
Throw your Hatred down (Neil-Young-Cover)
Blood
Baba O’Riley (The-Who-Cover)
12/06/2009:
AC/DC – Paris (Stade France)
Support by Cafe Bertrand & The Answer
The fourth time I saw the legendary AC/DC – and after just one month (in May in Munich) me and my friend were ready for headbanging again 😉 And we get what we had expected – an overdose of Rock’n’Roll 😉
The Setlist:
Train Intro
Rock’n’Roll Train
Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be
Back In Black
Big Jack
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Shot Down In Flames
Thunderstruck
Black Ice
The Jack
Hells Bells
Shoot To Thrill
War Machine
Dog eat Dog
Anything Goes
You Shook Me All Night Long
T.N.T.
Whole Lotta Rosie
Let There Be Rock
Highway To Hell
For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)
12/06/2011: SLIM CESSNA’S AUTO CLUB – Nuremberg (Desi)
Due to the volcano Eyjafjallajökull I missed Slim Cessna’s Auto Club tour through Europe in 2010. So after 2009 a year with no SCAC shows for me ;-(
Anyway – Europe was in 2011 again on the tour schedule of the Auto Club and so I was very looking forward to see the best live band on earth again – this time in Nuremberg at the location called Desi. And it was the first time to see Todd „The Peeler“ Moore playing the drums in this band! He is also member of Munly’s project Munly & The Lupercalians and so I already saw him playing in Fort Collins and Denver back in 2009.
And during „He, Roger Williams“ I was on the stage! You don’t believe this? Well, then check out one of the videos listed below 😉
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The Setlist:
Cranston
32 Mouths gone dry
Red Pirate of the Prairie
This is how we do Things in the Country
Children of the Lord
My last Black Scarf
Americadio
Pine Box
Hold my Head
All about the Bullfrog in three Verses
This Land is our Land Redux
Magalina Hagalina Boom Boom
Jesus is in my Body: My Body has let me down
That fierce Cow is common sense in a Country Dress
Do you know thee Enemy
He, Roger Williams
SLIM CESSNA’S AUTO CLUB: Red Pirate of the Prairie
13/06/2011: SLIM CESSNA’S AUTO CLUB – Munich (Theatron – Pfingst Festival)
After the breathtaking performance in Nuremberg the day before, Slim Cessna’s Auto Club showed the crowd in Munich why this band from Denver, Colorado, is called one of the best live bands on earth. As you can see on the pictures and videos listed below the boys rocked again with full force and it was obvious that the people were overwhelmed. And so after the show they charged the merchandising which was sold out in a very short itme 😉
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The Setlist:
Cranston
32 Mouths gone dry
Red Pirate of the Prairie
This is how we do Things in the Country
Children of the Lord
My last Black Scarf
Americadio
Pine Box
All about the Bullfrog in three Verses
This Land is our Land Redux
Magalina Hagalina Boom Boom
That fierce Cow is common sense in a Country Dress
SLIM CESSNA’S AUTO CLUB: 32 Mouths gone dry
SLIM CESSNA’S AUTO CLUB: This is how we do Things in the Country
SLIM CESSNA’S AUTO CLUB: All about the Bullfrog in three Verses
Nice compilation of that festival feat. more Slim Cessna’s Auto Club you can watch here! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
13/06/2007: JETHRO TULL – Munich (Circus Krone)
One day after I attended the awesome Pearl Jam concert at the Olympiahalle in Munich I was ready for another live experience with Jethro Tull – this time at the wonderful location called Circus Krone. And it should be the last time that Ian Anderson could convince me with his performance. My personal highlights were „Pastime With Good Company (King Henry’s Madrigal)“ and the cover of „America“ (which was written by Leonard Bernstein).All in all it was a very good and solid performance, but I began to miss the magic which didn’t come back in the next years. Sad to say this, but as Bob Dylan also pointed it out: „The Times they are A-Changin“ 😉
The Setlist:
Someday The Sun Won’t Shine For You
Living In The Past
Jack-In-The-Green
The Donkey And The Drum
The Water Carrier
Thick As A Brick
Pastime With Good Company (King Henry’s Madrigal)
Fat Man
Bourée
Sweet Dream
After You After Me
Nothing Is Easy
Aqualung
America
My God
Budapest
Locomotive Breath
Oh – how was I looking forward to this: My very first live experience with AC/DC! Although I was very far away from the stage, this performance blew me away! The current album at that time was „Stiff Upper Lip“ – a brilliant record which was produced again by George Young. And so the sound is typically back to the roots and proved again, that Angus and Malcolm Young creat riffs which are timeless and outstanding. And when you look at the setlist listed below you might have an idea how spectacular this performance was. And after the first encore set the lights were switched on and many people started to leave the stadium. But the show was not really over yet – AC/DC came back for the classic „Shot down in Flames“!
The Setlist: Stiff Upper Lip
You Shook Me All Night Long
Problem Child
Thunderstruck
Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be
Hard as a Rock
Shoot to Thrill
Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution
What Do You Do for Money Honey
Bad Boy Boogie
Hells Bells
Up to My Neck in You
The Jack
Back in Black
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Highway to Hell
Whole Lotta Rosie
Let There Be Rock
T.N.T.
For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
Shot Down in Flames
This fantastic show was filmed for the official release „Stiff Upper Lip Live“ – this is it:
18/06/2000:
PEARL JAM – Salzburg (Residenzplatz – Open Air)
One of the best shows I’ve ever seen took place at the wonderful Residenzplatz in Salzburg. And it was my very first live experience with Pearl Jam! The weather was perfect and at the end of the show the full moon was over the stage. This was a very special and magic night – for the crowd and for the band. It was obvious that Eddie Vedder and his band enjoyed every second of the performance. Needless to say that I became a huge Pearl Jam fan after this outstanding night! And it was also the beginning of releasing all recordings of this tour – so I’ve got my own copy and you can get yours here!
I can remember a funny situation – after the support band left the stage I was queuing for some beers. While I was waiting my friend messaged me on the mobile – he tole me that Eddie Vedder was playing an acoustic song solo! Damn, and I missed this ;-(
The Setlist:
Sometimes
Breakerfall
Grievance
Corduroy
Animal
Gods‘ Dice
State of Love and Trust
Nothing as It Seems
Alive
Daughter
Once
Lukin
Not for You
Light Years
Leatherman
Present Tense
Rearviewmirror
Go
Do the Evolution
Insignificance
Even Flow
Wishlist
Better Man
Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
Thin Air
Black
Rockin‘ in the Free World
18/06/2010:
AC/DC – Paris (Stade France)
Support by Killing Machine & Slash (Guns ‚N Roses)
Another AC/DC show – another headbanging night and it was a sort of reunion with Slash, who I saw with Guns ‚N Roses back in the nineties. And to be honest – I didn’t expect anything when the guitar hero entered the stage with his new band. But when they started the show I was completely speechless! And I surprised myself while singing some classics along with the crowd 😉
The Setlist:
Ghost
Back from Cali
Nightrain
Rocket Queen
Sucker Train Blues
Starlight
By the Sword
Civil War
Slither
Sweet Child o’mine
Paradise City
Then another „Black Ice“ show started – no surprises since the last shows and so AC/DC performed in their well known way: straight-forward as you can see on the videos listed below.
The Setlist:
Train Intro
Rock’n’Roll Train
Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be
Back In Black
Big Jack
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Shot Down In Flames
Thunderstruck
Black Ice
The Jack
Hells Bells
Shoot To Thrill
High Voltage
You Shook Me All Night Long
T.N.T.
Whole Lotta Rosie
Let There Be Rock
Highway To Hell
For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)
This was one of my favorite Tull shows of the nineties. Why? Well, just check out the setlist listed below! They opened with the classic „A Song for Jeffrey“ – the very first time for me to hear this tune live from Ian Anderson! And then „Aqualung“ and „Thick as a Brick“ followed – perfect! Normally you hear these songs as an encore and not that early! So after this wonderful start everybody was completely into the show, I do guess 😉
And more highlights followed: „Skating away on the thin Ice of the new day„, „We used to know“ (full version!) and „Acres Wild“ were my personal highlights of that night. „Back to Budapest“ feat. Leslie Mandoki was also a nice surprise, but to be honest, another Tull surprise as they did one month later in Austria would have been much more appreciated 😉
The Setlist:
A Song for Jeffrey
Aqualung
Thick As A Brick
Dangerous Veils
In Sight Of The Minaret
Beside Myself
Misère
Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day
Bourée
Songs From The Wood/Too Old To Rock’N’Roll/Heavy Horses
Back To Budapest*
We Used To Know
Flying Dutchman (Intro)/My God
In The Grip Of Stronger Stuff
Acres Wild
Nothing Is Easy
Locomotive Breath
Living in the Past/Dogs In The Midwinter (Instrumental)/The Dambusters March/Cheerio
* : with special guest Leslie Mandoki.
22/06/2011:
ARCADE FIRE – Wiesen (Open Air)
Support by The Weakerthans & Jose Gonzalez (Junip)
Before one of the best live acts began, The Weakerthans and Jose Gonzalez opened the show. Especially Jose Gonzalez, who is also memeber of a band called Junip, did a wonderful job. As you can see and hear here – his version of the Massive Attack classic „Teardrop“:
Then Arcade Fire entered the stage with full force. It was the second time that I was seeing them live and it was again breathtaking! Just check out the videos listed below!
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The Setlist:
Ready to Start
Keep the Car Running
No Cars Go
Haïti
Modern Man
Rococo
Crown of Love
The Suburbs
The Suburbs (continued)
Month of May
Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
We Used to Wait
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
Rebellion (Lies)
Intervention
Wake Up
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
24/06/2003: JEHTRO TULL – Munich (Zenith)
Support by Leslie Mandoki & Soulmates
(incl. Masha and also Ian Anderson, Jonathan Noyce & Doane Perry on six songs).
Well, this one was another average Jethro Tull performance. Very solid but nothing special. The support acts were really annoying althougth Ian Anderson, Jonathan Noyce and Doane Perry contributed on six tracks. And it was not a good idea to have Masha as the background singer – her singing especially during „Heavy Horses“ was not really a revelation …
The Setlist:
Living In The Past
Nothing Is Easy
Some Day The Sun Won’t Shine
With You There To Help Me
Beside Myself
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,
Fat Man
Hunting Girl
Count The Chickens
Dot Com
Eurology
Songs From The Wood/Too Old To Rock’N’Roll…/Heavy Horses
Flying Dutchman (intro)/My God,
Budapest,
Mayhem Jig,
Aqualung,
Wind Up (short version),
Locomotive Breath/Protect And Survive/Cheerio
Unfortunately I can’t really remember this show. A friend of mine was a huge Gary Moore fan and so I accompanied him that night. And as I love Blues and Rock I was quite sure that I wll like this performance. And I really did, but I hardly remember any of the songs beside „Still got the Blues„.
The (likely) Setlist: You Upset Me Baby (Albert King cover)
Cold Black Night
Stormy Monday (T-Bone Walker cover)
Oh, Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison cover)
All Your Love (Otis Rush cover)
Walking by Myself (Jimmy Rogers cover)
Still Got the Blues
Too Tired (Johnny Watson cover)
The Sky Is Crying (Elmore James cover)
How Many Lies
Fire (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover)
Enough of the Blues
The Blues Is Alright (Milton Campbell cover)
The Prophet
27/06/2001: JEHTRO TULL – Munich (Tollwood Festival) Support by The Young Dubliners
After the last Tull show I attended in Bad Reichenhall a few weeks ago (just scroll this site up to 4th June 2006) I was very looking forward to this one, because I had an interview date with Mr. Ian Anderson! My camera man Tom (thanks a bunch, Dude!) and me queued up at the Tollwood Festival and tried to contact the tourmanager. After a few minutes we entranced the location – a very interesting experience to be in the tent before anybody else was aloud to. So backstage we were told that Ian will not do the interview. I answered that I can interview anybody from the band and while we waited for our interview partner, Andy Giddings were joking with the roadies playing with a water pistol. As I said „Hey Andy!“ he fired on me and everybody laughed. For Heaven’s Sake our camera didn’t become wet – so thanks Andy 😉
Meanwhile the tourmanager came back and told us that Mr. Martin Barre is ready for the interview. So we build up the camera and one of my all time favorite guitar player showed up. This was my second interview so it’s obvious that I was nervous as you can see on the finished interview 😉
After the interview we talked on and it was a very interesting conversation as you can imagine 😉 And Martin was so kind to sign all the covers, posters and pictures I brought along. When we left the scenery we get backstage passes – so I was really in heaven. First, I interviewed one of my musical heroes, secondly I was able to be backstage with my favorite group. I felt the massive amount of serotonin coming up in my body and so I watched the performance with a BIG smile all the time 😉
During the performance I wandered through the people – but nevertheless I enjoyed every minute of the show. The setlist was the same as in Bad Reichenhall. Also the „My Friend Harvey“ joke with the rabbit on stage during the „Mayhem Jig„. And unfortunately I also remembered when Martin did a little mistake during the opening riffs of „Aqualung„. I was quite sure that he disappointed himself in some way, because he is a perfectionist and this is one of the reason why Mr. Barre has a big reputation in the music scene.
With our backstage passes we enjoyed to be very close with the band – a very special and unique experience to see Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, Doane Perry, Jonathan Noyce and Andrew Giddings just floating around the people 😉
The Setlist:
My Sunday Feeling
Cross-Eyed Mary
Roots To Branches
Thick As A Brick
Sweet Dream/Kelpie (Instrumental)
Hunt By Numbers
Bourée
The Water Carrier
The Habanero Reel
Set-Aside
Pibroch (Instrumental)
Songs From The Wood/Too Old To Rock’N’Roll/Heavy Horses
In The Grip Of Stronger Stuff
Love Story
Mayhem Jig
Aqualung
Locomotive Breath
Living In The Past/Protect And Survive (Instrumental)
Cheerio
My first live experience with Kaizers Orchestra – an outstanding band from Norway! The show was part of the so called „Donauinselfest“ in Vienna. This festival takes place on an island on the Danube every year and it’s completely free. The Kaizers played as the last band on the FM4 stage and when you walked around the island you have to watch your steps because of splinters of glass, drunken people and it seemed that there was a huge alcoholic cloud all over the place.
Anyway – the band didn’t disappoint me and they proved again why many people think that Kaizers Orchestra is one of the best live bands. Although all songs are sung in Norwegian the music and the performance hooked everybody immediately. If you have the chance to see this band live on stage – just be there! You won’t trust your ears and eyes when you see Kaizers Orchestra live the very first time! But be warned: You can be disappointed when you see them again, because the performances (apart from the setlist) don’t change very much.
30/06/1993: JETHRO TULL- Vienna (Arena – Open Air)
Support by Georg Nussbaumer
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Jethro Tull me and my friends went to Vienna to see Ian Anderson & Co. performing at the open air location Arena. The Austrian musician Georg Nussbaumer did a fine support job. The blind piano player cheered us up in an entertaining way.
Then it was the fifth time for me seeing Jethro Tull live in action. The band performed in an excellent way and also the setlist was very good chosen. Songs from the beginning like „My Sunday Feeling„, classics („Living in the Past„), hits („Locomotive Breath„), rarities („Black Sunday„) and also newer stuff („This is not Love„) took us on a fantastic ride through the last 25 years of the band’s history. As Jethro Tull played two days later in Wels again it was obvious that we have to be there too 😉
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The Setlist:
My Sunday Feeling
For a Thousand Mothers
Living in the Past
Bourée
So much Trouble
With you there to help me
Steal
Black Sunday
Sossity: You’re a Woman/Reasons for Waiting
Songs from the Wood/Too old to Rock’N’Roll/Heavy Horses (Medley)
Later that same Evening (Instrumental)
Life is a long Song
Thick as a Brick
Andy Giddings‘ Parrot
Budapest
A new Day Yesterday
Passion Jig/Seal Driver (Instrumental)
Farm on the Freeway
This is not Love
Aqualung
Locomotive Breath
Cross-Eyed Mary
Dharma for One
30/06/2012: FAIRPORT CONVENTION – Seeham (Seebühne – Open Air)
As a huge fan of Jethro Tull I always wanted to see long time bass player Dave Pegg with his band Fairport Convention. Finally I made it and it was just perfect – a wonderful location on the lake called Obertrumer See. Simon Nicol (lead vocals, guitar), Ric Sanders (violin), Gerry Conway (drums) and Chris Leslie (mandolin, fiddle and vocals) played songs from the last 45 years band history and so I get an amazing performance with all classics, rarities and hits from their huge backcatalogue 😉
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Very nice compilation of this night:
The Setlist:
Walk awhile
Crazy Man Michael
Albert & Ted
Farewell Farewell
The Hexhamshire Lass
The Hiring Fair
Tale of John Goudie
Genesis Hall
Cell Song
Wake up John (Hanging Song)
Mercy Bay
Jewel in the Crown
My Love is in America
Honour & Praise
Sir Patrick Spens
Rosie (dedicated to Edith)
Fotheringay
Danny Jack’s Reward
Matty Groves
Encore Break/Happy Birthday with cake
Meet on the Ledge
More videos of that night can you see here (thanks to Walter again) 😉
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