Saturday 6 September – Come hell or high water, and the Ouse was pretty high in York today, nothing was going to stop us from being at The Roman Bath tonight. It was one of those rare occasions when we had a full turn out. Tonight, the Chantel McGregor Band!
I've enthused about Chantel before on this blog so I don't have to tell you what an amazing guitar virtuoso she is. Where Hendrix sweated and agonised over his solos, Chantel reproduces them with an air of nonchalance as if it's as natural to her as sipping tea and eating a kebab. She is stunning, awesome, gorgeous, a prodigy, and the sweetest, most self-effacing guitar-goddess on the planet. Ta.
Her fingers darted over the frets like spiders legs weaving a web on a speeded-up film and the four of us were reduced to watching, spellbound, incapable of doing anything other than dribble beer down our throats in silence. I didn't know some of the songs they played, but luckily the lady provided me with her set list. By way of a change I have provided some links to YouTube videos of some of her performances. They don't do her justice. It isn't possible. You just have to see her live. I urge you, you really have to see her live.
Had To Cry Today (Blind Faith), Badge (Cream), Lie No. 1 (Joe Bonamassa), Stormy Monday (T Bone Walker in the style of Clapton), Up in The Sky (Joe Satriana), Miss You Hate You (Joe Bonamassa), All Along The Watchtower (Dylan in the style of Hendrix), Landslide (Fleetwood Mac), I Can’t Make You Love Me (Bonnie Raitt), One Of These Days (Ten Years After in the style of Bonamassa), Gold Dust Woman (Fleetwood Mac), For The Love Of God (Steve Vai), Purple Haze (Hendrix), Red House (Hendrix), Daydream (Robin Trower), Voodoo Chile (Hendrix), New Day Yesterday (Jethro Tull in the style of Bonamass).
Other stuff by Chantel that’s on YouTube, and video links from Chantel's website.
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