When I had heard that Peter Wolf and J Geils were coming to Bangor to play at the Waterfront I was happy with the news. I had planned to wait to see if the tickets went on special and in the interim was given some free tickets.
So last night my wife and a couple of our friends went to see the show. The Chris Robinson Brotherhood opened the show. The former lead singer of The Black Crowes and ex husband of Goldie Hawn stayed away from the Crowes catalogue and played more of a bluesy set which on various numbers had a Grateful Dead feel. I enjoyed it but not knowing any of the songs makes it difficult to appreciate anything more than the musicality of a show.
However the Geils show with Peter Wolf at the microphone was a show from twenty five years ago. Wolf, who is now 65, still moves like a rubber band in the Jagger tradition. The band was tight, for a band that has not played together for so many years they sounded great.
Centering more on the old catalogue from the Blow Your Face Out era with hits such as Sanctuary, Houseparty, Give it to me, Detroit Breakdown, Start All Over up through Love Stinks and Freeze Frame the show was loud and very enjoyable.
Bangor's issue with noise caused the show to stop short at 1030 and some fans were surely disapointed not to hear Centerfold but when we did get to hear Musta Got Lost and Wolf's diatribe against texting complete with f bombs we got all we needed and more.
And for those that like me love the harmonica that Magic Dick sure can wail.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment