Sunday 12 June 2011

Gig report: Trevor Jones Band @ The Water Rats Theatre, London

Band: Trevor Jones Band
Venue: The Water Rats Theatre, London
Date: 11/06/11
Audience: Scattered but enough of them to make us feel appreciated
Set: All I Am, Badman, Shine A Light, I Don't Wanna Talk About It, Alive, Roll On The Rain, She Was Me, Old Fashioned Woman, Falling
Notes: Well that was better. None of us really enjoyed Friday's gig, but we all came out of Saturday's show absolutely buzzing. The Water Rats is a lovely venue - small but extremely friendly. We were the first on, at the very early time of 7.15pm, but it didn't seem to matter as we had a good crowd, the best the Trevor Jones Band has had I think, they seemed really into it. It was just a lovely show, the sound on and off stage was top notch, the sound men extremely complimentary and patient, the house kit was tuned perfectly, and we were really in the zone throughout. It's the first time we've played 'Shine A Light' at the correct speed, whilst 'Alive' - often the favourite track of the night anyway - was proper fiery with the sharpest, tightest ending yet. I'd even go as far as to say that was probably the best I've ever played, ever, on stage. That's possibly not true, but it felt like it last night. Got drunk afterwards, watched the outstanding Koasound (who we supported in London a few weeks back) and made some really good contacts. More gigs like that, please.

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