BB King & Gary Moore

[guitarzone]

Can't wait! Off to see BB King on his farewell tour at MEN (Manchester) tomorrow night - supported by Gary Moore! Yippee!!

Hate arenas, but bought tickets within 2 seconds of becoming available so should have good seats?

Will report back...

Any of you guys gonna catch the man?

[Stew]

Have fun Chris..unfortunately not seeing him but catching me old mucker Sankehips' band Mud In Your Ear in Arbroath tommorrow night should be some cool Muddy Waters blues music.

[ZappaFan]

Hey guys both of these gigs sound like they are going to be great. Pity I cant make it to either, look forward to hearing your gig reports guys.

Zapp

[Mr Smith]

Make a face at em for me would ya! Tell em both that New Zealand is waiting with baited breath!

[bigdoug]

be a great gig chris sadly the best I can do is a band called "the led zeppelin story" hope they are up to scratch tonight

[Mr Smith]

Yeah our best local concert this year was Bic Runga (cute chic tho)

[wahwah]

Can't wait! Off to see BB King on his farewell tour at MEN (Manchester) tomorrow night - supported by Gary Moore! Yippee!!

Hate arenas, but bought tickets within 2 seconds of becoming available so should have good seats?

Will report back...

Any of you guys gonna catch the man?


I had the chance of tickets from one of my students who is off to Atlanta to play golf (!!!) but I decided against it...I like my blues in a club and I'm not a big BB King fan tho I appreciate his influence on modern guitar and blues...wanna see that kinda stuff in a small sweaty venue with a bar NOT selling Hofmeister closer to my home next door to a curry house! I'm probably too fucking old!!!

[wahwah]

Yeah our best local concert this year was Bic Runga (cute chic tho)

Hammana hammana! My cousin is in Wellington...gotta get over there mate. Save me a seat!

[Mr Smith]

Hammana hammana! My cousin is in Wellington...gotta get over there mate. Save me a seat!

haha yeah for sure Chris, I'll chuck the Tui in the fridge and warm up the marshalls. BYOG (bring your own guitar)

[guitarzone]

Amazing Gig!

To be honest I was really worried that I'd be disappointed, that at 80 years old BB might have been too frail. No Way!

Gary Moore played a fantastic set of his trademark blues - just reminds you what a fantastic player he is - and his singing has improved over the years. He wrings everything out of all the notes he plays (which are quite a lot at times!) -superb.

Enter the BB King Band - brilliant, consumate musicians, guitar, bass, drums, horns and keyboards. Then the man himself - truly amazing. He has to sit down during the gig but he can still boogie! His voice is still incredible - awesome! At 80 this is a real feat - he just belts out the songs as if he was 40 years younger. And Lucille? She still wails!

BB King is amazing! Funny, brilliant showman - and still THE king of the Blues! 1 3/4 hour show at 80? Now that's class.

(I travelled to Birmingham NEC years ago to see Robert Cray, top dollar prices. Sh*t support band and played 45 mins! Great player - but lazy b*st*rd!) Never bought anything of his since.... (I'm sure he's bothered )

[sm2t]

tears in my eyes

what a gig!
gary moore - flawless and I loved it as I love his playing (tone on his semi was really superb!) wow pure fire blues at its best.

Couldnt help thinking though that I wish I was watching Gary Moore in a small club though and that maybe the blues is just not meant for an arena.

HOWEVER, then enter BB KING who in a second turned Wembley Arena into the worlds largest ever Blues Club!!! Sensational! Amazing show, amazing man - still got it....king of the blues. How does he (& STILL!) get that fat mid tone? NO ONE HAS GOT WHAT BB HAS.

I could write on & on about this gig but its better left in my head - I am just so pleased I could be there.

I raise a glass to all those who went & those who wished the could have gone, to all those who believe and to those continuing the message.

LONG LIVE THE KING - X

[Mr Smith]

tears in my eyes

what a gig!
gary moore - flawless and I loved it as I love his playing (tone on his semi was really superb!) wow pure fire blues at its best.

Couldnt help thinking though that I wish I was watching Gary Moore in a small club though and that maybe the blues is just not meant for an arena.

HOWEVER, then enter BB KING who in a second turned Wembley Arena into the worlds largest ever Blues Club!!! Sensational! Amazing show, amazing man - still got it....king of the blues. How does he (& STILL!) get that fat mid tone? NO ONE HAS GOT WHAT BB HAS.

I could write on & on about this gig but its better left in my head - I am just so pleased I could be there.

I raise a glass to all those who went & those who wished the could have gone, to all those who believe and to those continuing the message.

LONG LIVE THE KING - X

Mr King gets that fat mid tone from those long fat fingers :-)