14.09.2014 DE – München – Ampere 15.09.2014 DE – Karlsruhe – Tollhaus 16.09.2014 DE – Nürnberg – K4 17.09.2014 CZ – Jablonec nad Nisou – Eurocentrum 18.09.2014 PL – Wroclaw – Firlej 20.09.2014 NL – Tilburg – Incubate Festival 22.09.2014 LU – Esch-sur-Alzette – Kulturfabrik 24.09.2014 DE – Bielefeld – Forum 25.09.2014 DE – Freiburg – Cafe Atlantik 26.09.2014 AT – Lustenau – Carini Saal 27.09.2014 CH – Fribourg – Fri-Son 29.09.2014 FR – Rouen – Le 106 30.09.2014 FR – Nantes – Lieu Unique 01.10.2014 FR – Biarritz – L’Atabal 03.10.2014 ES – Barcelona – La 2 de Apolo 04.10.2014 ES – Sound Isidro series of shows Madrid – Joy eslava
05.10.2014 PT – Porto – Amplifest @ Hard Club 11.10.2014 ISR – Tel Aviv – Barby
10.11.2014 DE – Koblenz – Cafe Hahn 11.11.2014 DE – Mannheim – AFW 19.11.2014 DE – Hannover – Faust
20.11.2014 DE – Potsdam – Waschhaus 21.11.2014 DE – Dresden – Beatpol 26.11.2014 DE – Essen – Zeche Carl 09.12.2014 SL – Ljubljana – Klub CD 10.12.2014 AT – Wien – Akzent Theater 13.12.2014 DE – Berlin – Frannz Club 17.12.2014 CH – Zürich – Exil 18.12.2014 DE – Stuttgart – Theaterhaus
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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Latest Update: June 2015
This one is a real classic for me – you have to imagine this scenery: Me and my friend were sitting in my room while listening to a sampler which was part of a German issue of the „Rolling Stone“ music magazine. One of the tracks was „The Man who loved Beer“ and I said to my friend: „Well, this band is playing tonight in Salzburg.“ His answer: „Oh, really? Then we have to be there I guess!“ And a few minutes later we drove to Salzburg to see Lambchop at the ARGE. Not many people showed up and sometimes I had the feeling that more people were on the stage than in front of the band – very strange feeling. But nevertheless Kurt Wagner and his band bedazzeld us with a sort of quiet and slow country style. Not everybody was enjoying this music – I can remember one blockhead shouted something like „More Rock!“. Well, so they played at least one speedy track 😉
Another funny thing was the merchandising: They sold shirts, CDs (the actual release of that time was „How I Quit Smoking„), vinyls and – you won’t believe that – their own Lambchop cigarettes! I never saw anything like that and I talked to Kurt Wagner a few years later about that weird topic in an interview 😉
As a friend of mine was living in the UK that time I thought about a trip to England and to visit Brighton for some sightseeing and Jethro Tull, one of my favorite band all over the years. And I was quite sure that this show will be not a normal one because it was my first chance to see my heroes live in their home country. And I was told that a special guest will appear because of the 40th anniversary of Jethro Tull.
The Dome is a beautiful place and we had some fine seats (3rd row – left) and I was very looking forward to the show. Well, what followed was the weakest performance I have seen from Mr. Ian Anderson and his band so far. I knew that he had some voice problems since the mid-eighties but that night his singing was really painful for my ears during some songs. Especially „Heavy Horses„, one of my all time Tull favorites, sounded that night really awful. Apart from that, the lightning was very annoying and I have to shelter my eyes from these pink and yellow lights which were straightened directly to our seats (as you can easily see on the pictures below).
But when special guest Dave Pegg (who was Tull’s bass player from 1980 until 1995 and is still the boss behind the UK folk rock institution Fairport Convention) entered the stage, the sorely missed Tull spirit was back again and the bumpy performance changed completely! It was so good to see him back, making some jokes and performing one of his solo songs called „Level Pegging„! He returned then for the performance of „Farm on the Freeway“ and „Locomotive Breath„. So many thanks to Mr. Dave Pegg who rescued that night 😉
But I have to admit that the concert was not that bad – for persons who saw Tull the very first time it was a wonderful show. For us die-hard fans, who saw this band so many times, it was more or less an average show.
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The Setlist:
My Sunday Feeling
Living in the Past
One for John Gee
So much Trouble
Sossity; you’re a Woman (Instrumental)/Reasons for Waiting
Nursie
Serenade to a Cuckoo
We used to know/With you there to help me
A new Day Yesterday (incl. Kelpie)
Bourée*
For a Thousand Mothers
Dharma for One (incl. Drum Solo & Count the Chickens)
Heavy Horses
Level Pegging*
Farm on the Freeway*
Thick as a Brick
Aqualung
Locomotive Breath*
The fist time that I saw the Norway Jazz Saxophone master Jan Garbarek. With his so called Jan Garbarek Group (Rainer Brüninghaus – Piano, Eberhard Weber – Bass, Marilyn Mazur – Percussion) he introduced us his latest release „Visible World“ at the Brucknerhaus in Linz. Wonderful performance, perfect sound and a thrilled audience made this evening very special.
13/04/2010: SIVERT HOYEM (Madrugada) – Munich (59:1)
Support by Christer Knutsen
The Norway band Madrugada was and still is one of my favorite bands. Unfortunately this amazing group is history now but the singer Sivert Hoyem is still touring and recording. And so I was hoping for some Madrugada songs on that night in Munich at the 59:1.
Just before the show I did an interview with Sivert for the Austrian radio station B138. We talked about his solo career, his latest release „Moon Landing„, about Madrugada (of course!) and the music scene in Norway in general – you can stream/download the entire interview for free here!
Christer Knutsen, who is the guitarist of Hoyem’s band, did a perfect support. And it was obvious that he enjoyed it very much 😉
Then Sivert, followed by his other members, entered the stage and opened the show with one of his new songs called „Belorado„. The performance was so awesome, the setlist perfect (as you can see listed below), the audience enthusiastic – you could feel the energy in the room. And when you looked at the smiling faces of the band you could see that they also recognised that this night was a very special one. As the last encore: Sivert did „The Cool Song„, a wonderful song written by St.Thomas, solo (he recorded this one with his guitarist Cato Salsa under the name „The Hyler Twins„). So this was the perfect last point.
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The Setlist:
Belorado
High Society
What you doin’ with him
Lost at Sea
Going for Gold
The Light that falls among the Trees
Honey Bee
Majesty
Into the Sea
Shadows/High Meseta
Exiles
The Kids are on High Street
Arcadian Wives
Sister Sonic Blue
What’s on your Mind
Moon Landing
Don’t pass me by
The Cool Song (St. Thomas Cover)
As far as I remember this was the beginning that Calexico become really big and famous. They played two shows in a row at the Szene in Vienna (I attended the first one on the 15th April 2003) and both concerts were sold out very fast! It was a fantastic performance and I can’t get my eyes off John Convertino’s playing – his drumming is so unique and pure! And I also thought a lot of that „problem“ during the fantastic show that Calexico is becoming bigger and bigger now. Their release at that time called „Feast Of Wire“ charted nearly everywhere! But hey, it’s okay and I do think that Joey Burns and John Convertino don’t have any problems with that 😉
The Setlist:
Gypsy’s Curse
Across the Wire
Quattro
Crooked Road and the Briar
Fade
Wash
Sunken Waltz
El Picador
Gilbert
Deep down
Close behind
Black Heart
Dub Latina
Taster
Minas de Cobre
Güero Canelo
All the pretty little Horses
Not even Stevie Nicks
Ojitos Traidores
Alone again or
Jesus & Tequila
Cancion del Mariachi
Crystal Frontier
Attack el Robot! Attack!
16/04/1999: JAN GARBAREK & HILLIARD ENSEMBLE – Vienna (Votivkirche)
A very special concert with Jan Garbarek at the wonderful Votivkirche (a church!) with the fantastic Hilliard Ensemble. Words can’t describe the sounds that floated around me (and also Jan Garbark, who walked in the church around while playing!) when was enjoying this outstanding performance in that wonderful church. Most of the music was from „Mnemosyne“ (edited by ECM Records in 1999).
18/04/2008: EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN – Vienna (Arena – Big Hall)
My very first live experience with the German experimental band Einstürzende Neubauten at the Vienna Arena. A place where Blixa Bargeld and his group played the first time appr. 25 years before. I have to admit that I’m not really into their earling recordings – they still sound very strange to me in some way, but I have to say, that the compositions are really very unique and special. So I’m that boring guy who prefers the latest releases – like „SIlence Is Sexy“ (2000), „Perpetuum Mobile“ (2004) or „Alles wieder offen“ (2007).
The performance was excellent and the band in a very good mood as you can see on the videos below – many thanks to Isabella Felidae who put their recorded videos on YouTube.
EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN: Let’s do it a Da Da
EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN: Die Befindlichkeit des Landes
EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN: Ich hatte ein Wort
The Setlist:
Die Wellen
Nagorny Karabach
Dead Friends (Around the Corner)
Let’s Do it a Da Da
Weil Weil Weil
Unvollständigkeit
Tagelang Weiß
Rampe
Von Wegen
Die Befindlichkeit des Landes
Sabrina
Susej
Ich warte
Ein leichtes leises Säuseln
Heaven is of Honey
Ich hatte ein Wort
Alles
(Dave?)
Youme & Meyou
An example for the experimental spirit is the song „(Dave?)“: For this one every musician drew a little note, on which the instructions were. So every night sounded this song different 😉
After the show I bought myself a shirt and the recording of the show, which is unfortunately not complete, but it’s nevertheless a wonderful souvenir of that night. An idea, which was very innovative at that time 😉
The Gutter Twins (feat. Greg Dulli from The Afghan Whigs and Mark Lanegan from Screaming Trees) introduced us their latest release – the masterpiece „Saturnalia„. To the sound of „The Proposition“ (yeah – the fantastic soundtrack by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis) they entered the stage of the Szene in Vienna and started the show with „The Stations„. The atmosphere was a little strange in some way, because Mr. Dulli was not really amused about people who were taking pictures and videos. And also Mr. Lanegan had his „problems“ with one fan in the front row. He pushed the micro stand two times down the stage … But apart from this it was a breathtaking performance and Greg Dulli came down for some singing in the crowd (as you can see on some pictures below).
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THE GUTTER TWINS: The Stations
THE GUTTER TWINS: I was in Love with you
THE GUTTER TWINS: Papillon
The Setlist:
Intro – Nick Cave & Warren Ellis: „The Proposition“
The Stations
God’s Children
All Misery/Flowers
Live with me
Seven Stories Underground
Idle Hands
Bete Noire
Down the Line
I was in Love with you
St. James Infirmary
Spanish Doors
Each to each
Front Street
Papillon/Shadow of the Season
Hit the City
King only
Methamphetamine Blues
Number Nine
Adam Turla (guitar, vocals), Sarah Balliet (cello, keyboards), Matt Armstong (bass) and Dagan Thogerson (drums) were obvious surprised that the club was nearly sold out! So they enjoyed any second of their performance – and also the enthusiastic crowd. One of the fans did some stagedriving during the song „Brother“ – and he landed on the floor. After that Adam called him „The Death Angel“ 😉
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The Setlist:
Sometimes the Line walks you
A Masters in Reverse Psychology
Boy Decide
The Desert is on Fire
Dynamite Mine
One more Notch
The Devil in Mexico
Raw Deal
Flamenco fuckin‘ easy
(Bang Bang) My Baby shot me down (Sonny-&-Cher-Cover)
Brother
Until Morale improves, the Beatings will continue
The Big Sleep
That Crown don’t make you a Prince
Those who stayed
Steam Rising
Killbot 2000
I’m afraid of „Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf“
Shiola
After the show I did some shopping at the merchandising and I also talked a little bit with the band. What a perfect night!
23/04/2009: SLIM CESSNA’S AUTO CLUB – St. Gallen (Grabenhalle)
Do you remember the feeling when you were a child and it’s Christmas? When you are unpatiently waiting for the presents? Do you remembert? Yes? Then you have a small idea about my feelings when I was going to my very first Slim Cessna’s Auto Club concert back in 2009. I was very long hoping and crossing my fingers for an Europe tour and when I was told that this is really going to happen I decided to start a sort of mini tour for four dates in a row. So it started for me in St. Gallen (Switzerland) at the Grabenhalle.
When we arrived Slim Cessna was standing at the door of the location. So we took the chance for some talking and my friend, who joined my mini tour through Switzerland and Austria, took a picture of me and Slim. I do think you can see how happy I was at that moment, knowing that I finally see the fantastic Slim Cessna’s Auto Club from Denver, Colorado! And it was not only the band from the US I met – I also crossed the paths of three long time fans: John Dalby from Denver, Carol Kennedy from Albuquerque and Tony Kiernan from Scotland attended already some shows on that tour and they also saw the guys a few times all over the world! We had very much fun before and also after the show! And it was also a start of fantastic friendships – thanks again to the Good People 😉
While waiting on the beginning Munly showed up – and I was hooked! Seeing this outstanding musician in real life was really very special to me. Unfortunately he disappeared very fast so I had no chance to talk with him before the concert.
I have to say that I was really disappointed that not many people showed up – I do think there were appr. 40 or 50 people in the room waiting for the band. But when the Auto Club entered the stage and started with „Pine Box“ it was obvious that this band don’t care at all how many people are watching. They rocked with full force and after a few minutes I found myself headbanging, dancing, cheering, screaming and singing in front of this amazing band – the line up for the first Europe tour was:
During „32 Mouths gone dry“ something very strange happened: Munly Munly came up in front of me and put his fingers into my mouth while singing! First, I really didn’t recognised at all, because I was so thrilled by the performance. But after a few seconds later I was thinking to myself: „Was this real?“ Anyway – I fell back into my enthusiastic behaviour and rocked with the boys like there was no tomorrow.
Speaking about strange things: During the song „Jesus is in my Body – My Body has let me down“ Munly Munly crawled under the stage so that only his boots were visible (see some pictures below)! Luckily he appeared for his singing part again, sitting and lying on the floor 😉
I took a tons of pictures and I always looked on my watch during the songs – I wished I could stop the clock and that this show will never end! Most of the tracks were taken from the current release – the masterpiece „Cipher„. After the last tune of the night „This Land is our Land Redux“ I was speechless, grinning, sweaty and the happiest man on earth 😉
For some souvenirs I bought me a shirt and a fantastic photo book of the band by the awesome photgrapher Gary Isaacs. Then I waited for the band for some signatures – Slim was so kind to sign all the covers I brought along. And also Munly Munly signed everything I gave to him – especially all his solo stuff (which is OUTSTANDING by the way!) and his book „Ten Songs With No Music“ which is hard to get nowadays. For this he took his own ballpoint and wrote something on the first page 😉
Before we left the Grabenhalle, my friend took two pictures of me with Munly and we had to say goodbye to John, Carol and Tony who returned to their homes. But our paths should cross again very soon 😉
Back at the hotel I tried to get some sleep before we were heading to Winterthur for the next show at the Kraftfeld.
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The Setlist:
Pine Box
32 Mouths gone dry
Cranston
Jesus is in my Body: My Body has let me down
Mark of Vaccination
That fierce Cow is common sense in a Country Dress
Magalina Hagalina Boom Boom
This is how we do Things in the Country
Hold my Head
Last Song about Satan
Goddamn Blue Yodel #7
Jesus Christ
He, Roger Williams
Children of the Lord
Red Pirate of the Prairie
This Land is our Land Redux
Unfortunately this was the only chance for me to see Calvin Russell live on stage. It took place in Vienna at the Rockhaus where this self titled outlaw from Austin, Texas, introduced us to his latest album called „Dream of the Dog„. I was very disappointed that there was no merchandising at all – so the ticket is the only thing that reminds me on that very special gig. Calvin recorded awesome albums (to get started I advise you the albums „A Man in Full“ and „The Story of – This is my Life„) and it’s really a pity that this man was not that well known. He passed away much too early at the age of 64 on the 3rd April 2011. Another great „Soldier“ has gone …
24/04/2009: SLIM CESSNA’S AUTO CLUB – Winterthur (Kraftfeld)
So after the amazing show in St. Gallen at the Grabenhalle we headed to our next Slim Cessna’s Auto Club night in Winterthur at the location called Kraftfeld. There we met Millie from France – she also did a long trip to see this awesome band from Denver, Colorado.
Before the show I met Slim and it was obvious that he was not healthy – he had a cold and he tried to get fit for the night. I crossed my fingers that he will be okay for the show – and it seems that this helped 😉
When we entered the room we laughed a lot because I have never this kind of stage: The rhythm section was „upstairs“ – on another level. So Shane and Greg had to play over the heads of Slim, Rum, Munly and Dwight! To have an idea of the scenery just take a look on the pictures below 😉
As you can see this location is really tiny but it was very well crowded when the Auto Club started their show. Although it was exactly the same setlist, the show was breathtaking again and so I after the intro of „Pine Box“ I was completely into the music again – until the last tone of „This is our Land Redux„. Also the people there went nuts and so it was an unforgettable night for everyone, I do guess 😉
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The Setlist:
Pine Box
32 Mouths gone dry
Cranston
Jesus is in my Body: My Body has let me down
Mark of Vaccination
That fierce Cow is common sense in a Country Dress
Magalina Hagalina Boom Boom
This is how we do Things in the Country
Hold my Head
Last Song about Satan
Goddamn Blue Yodel #7
Jesus Christ
He, Roger Williams
Children of the Lord
Red Pirate of the Prairie
This Land is our Land Redux
While Shane Trost was signing the photo book, which I bought the night before in St. Gallen, he admitted that he has no head of heights at all! So I can imagine that this gig will be in his mind forever! After that I saw Munly talking with a girl – and I was quite sure that this wonderful lady is Rebecca Vera! She is also a musician and played with Munly’s band called „The Lee Lewis Harlots“ and so I took the opportunity to give her some covers to sign and while writing her name on the covers of „Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots„, „Jimmy Carter Syndrome“ and „Cipher„. She told me that she will be also at the show in Innsbruck the next day and maybe in Vienna too.
Before we left the club we said goodbye to the band and Rebecca and I wished Slim (who did an amazing performance again!) a speedy recovery.
The Setlist:
In the Hall of the Mountain King (Edvard Grieg Cover)
Guts
Once again
Honey White
Meanest Blues in Town
Trains
Whipping Boy
Stringmachine
Give it away (Red Hot Chili Peppers Cover)
Woodstock (Joni Mitchell Cover)
13 Question Method
Deathletter
One Meat Ball
Ace of Spades (Motörhead Cover)
25/04/2009: SLIM CESSNA’S AUTO CLUB – Innsbruck (Treibhaus – Big Hall)
Third show in a row – this time back to Austria in Innsbruck at the Treibhaus. Before the show we checked our tickets at the bar and I was told that ours were the only reserved ones. So I was worrying about two things: The health of Slim and how many people will show up at the show. Another strange thing was that the Auto Club should play the big hall in the basement which had the size for appr. 500 people! So we knew that this was not really a good idea at all …
While visiting the hall, Munly came along and we talked a little bit about the show yesterday in Winterthur and how the recovery of Slim is going on. He told us that everything is fine with him and then he left us for doing the soundcheck. When the doors opened we were told that a local band will do the support. While waiting for the show we drank some beers as suddenly a crown cap hit me from the balcony. Greg, the drummer, threw it at me and said „Hello guys“ with a big smiling.
As the support band began more people came along – it seems that these guys were just friends of them so it was a friendly turn for watching them, I do guess, because this young group was really nothing special at all. And during the show they changed their band name! So can it get more ridiculous and annoying? Unfortunately all the friends wanted encores – so our inpatiently waiting was continued …
Finally this local band (sorry, but I really can’t remember the name but I do guess that the older label is stating on the official poster) left the stage and we cheered loudly 😉 While things were prepared for Slim Cessna’s Auto Club Rebecca joined us for watching the show.
Well, it was really hard to see that apart from us three nobody knows this group from Denver, Colorado. So the audience was picked with three Auto Club fans and the rest was just the friends of that support act … While shaking my head about this bizarre scenery the band started their set with full force again! It was apparently that Slim, Munly, Rum, Greg, Dwight and Shane didn’t care how many people are watching – they played breathtaking again and their show was excellent as always: Munly climbed from the stage again and the young people didn’t trust their eyes seeing this guy lying on the floor while clapping his hands and singing!
They did the same setlist again but the performance blew me away again! It was so weird seeing one of the best live bands playing in front of a handful people in such a big hall! But nevertheless gave Slim Cessna’s Auto Club 100 % again – as always!
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The Setlist:
Pine Box
32 Mouths gone dry
Cranston
Jesus is in my Body: My Body has let me down
Mark of Vaccination
That fierce Cow is common sense in a Country Dress
Magalina Hagalina Boom Boom
This is how we do Things in the Country
Hold my Head
Last Song about Satan
Goddamn Blue Yodel #7
Jesus Christ
He, Roger Williams
Children of the Lord
Red Pirate of the Prairie
This Land is our Land Redux
26/04/2009: SLIM CESSNA’S AUTO CLUB – Vienna (Arena – Small Hall)
Back in my friend’s hometown Vienna the last and fourth Slim Cessna’s Auto Club show of our personal mini tour followed at the Arena. This time the right place was booked – the small hall which was perfect for the band and it was the best attended show of the four concerts. Over 100 people went nuts during another breathtaking performance.
At the Arena area we were sitting outside drinking some beers and this time we met some other fans! While chatting with them the Slim walked by and greeted everybody. After some talking he had to left for the soundcheck.
While the support band opened luckily on time it was good to see that more and more people showed up. And when the Auto Club started with „Pine Box“ again the small hall was well attended with an enthusiastic crowd. I was standing in front of Rum while singing, shaking, rocking, sweating and cheering through the whole performance. After the last song „This Land is our Land Redux“ I was happy and also very sad, because it was my last show of this tour. Outside at the bar I met the band again for some signing and talking. And as I was full of sweat I had to buy me another shirt with this wonderful „Cipher“ picture, which was created by Heather Reynolds – you can watch some of her wonderful works here!
While the bar was going to close Slim sang some notes from „Sound of Music“ (this movie is VERY popular in the USA!) for me – can you imagine that? This made me really speechless 😉
After a warm and hearty goodbye to the whole band we left the Arena and headed to my friends place for the night. So this was the end of our personal mini tour with the fabulous Slim Cessna’s Auto Club which took us from Switzerland (St. Gallen and Winterthur) back to Austria (Innsbruck and finally Vienna). At that time I was thinking that I might see this band again in one or two years again – but fortunately I was wrong and it didn’t take that long 😉
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The Setlist:
Pine Box
32 Mouths gone dry
Cranston
Jesus is in my Body: My Body has let me down
Mark of Vaccination
That fierce Cow is common sense in a Country Dress
Magalina Hagalina Boom Boom
This is how we do Things in the Country
Hold my Head
Last Song about Satan
Goddamn Blue Yodel #7
Jesus Christ
He, Roger Williams
Children of the Lord
Red Pirate of the Prairie
This Land is our Land Redux
Support by The Sado Maso Guitar Club – believe me, the only interesting thing of this Austrian band is only the name 😉
First of all: I’m not really a fan of the mentioned artists. As Cat Power was announced for this festival in Krems I bought myself immediately a ticket. But unfortunately she cancelled her show and so I saw these bands for the first time live in concert.
Ian Anderson Band with The Blue Danube Chamber Orchestra and The Sturcz Quartet. Guest soloist: Lucia Micarelli.
This is my classical Jethro Tull/Ian Anderson experience which took place at the wonderful Konzerthaus in Vienna. The singer, flutist and guitarist was backed by The Blue Danube Chamber Orchestra, The Sturcz Quartet and Lucia Micarelli on violin.
With „Eurology“ (from the solo album „Rupi’s Dance„) Ian Anderson picked a perfect opener for the concert. And beside some Tull classics they performed the new track („Moz’Art Medley“ – a tribute to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), brilliant covers („The Godfather’s Theme“ and „Kashmir“ from Led Zeppelin) and rarities like „Wond’ring aloud„. A wonderful performance with a beautiful sound! And thanks to guitarist Florian Opahle who gave me his guitar pick after leaving the stage 😉
The Setlist:
Eurology
Living in the Past
Griminelli’s Lament
Aurora
Wond’ring aloud
Godfather Theme
Life is a long Song
Moz‘ Art Medley
Cheap Day Return
Mother Goose
She is like the Swallow
Bourée
Thick as a Brick
Kashmir
Pavane
Aqualung
God rest ye merry Gentlemen
My God
Budapest
Locomotive Breath
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