Monday 12 November 2007

And the time will come when you see we're all one/and life flows on within you and without you.

Friday 9 November. Whole Lotta Led playing at Fibbers, sounds like a really great night. I’ve seen this band before and they were top-notch. The band consists of Nick Ferris (lead guitar, acoustic guitar and theramin), Geoff Hunt (bass guitar, mandolin and keyboards), Graham Twist (drums and backing vocals), and Lee Addison (vocals and harmonica). Actually, it was a bit disappointing as Lee struggled with his Sennheiser in-ear monitoring system that kept cutting in and out, so half the time he was singing flat. The drum and guitars were excellent. Nick and Geoff did a huge guitar duet on ‘No Quarter’ that seemed to go on forever, and young Graham’s masterful drum solo in the middle of ‘Moby Dick’ was a real highlight. But despite a very supportive crowd, it seems the band were a bit frustrated as they didn't do an encore.

We then moved on to the Mucky Duck where, what was billed as (proper) Hazzard County turned out to be Simon Snaize and the Hazzards, as Mostly Chris was playing with Mostly Autumn at the Mostly Opera House (this link looked a bit dodgey when I tried it). Still, the Hazzards were on good form doing a sublime ‘Who Do You Love’ with George Harrison’s ‘Within You Without You’, plonked in the middle. Blooming awaesome! During the evening I had three pints of Black Sheep (1 for ewe, 1 for ewe, and 1 for ewe) and was feeling no pain whilst assisting a young lady from Dewsbury on a pre-'hen night' night to purchase a bottle of wine. I failed to ask her name, as usual, but I hope they all had a good time on Saturday.

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