HW: Canterbury

[Moonglum]

Set list is about right.  Great gig, on a par with Croydon for me, others
thought "best ever" - but we talked to one bloke who didn't rate it all.  We
were right down the front & could hear Huw perfectly.  And Simon's violin -
in fact the sound seemed to great to us, we all agreed it was maybe the
clearest sound ever.

The location was great, rolling green hills in every direction, good
festival atmosphere, not too many people.  It rained on and off but even
that was enjoyable when not too heavy.

I talked to Keith Kniveton before the gig, and asked if Jerry would be
playing.  He said "Jerry's not here tonight - and neither is Ron" in a way
that made me think neither of them are in the band any more.  Pure
speculation on my part, though!

The band were firing on all cylinders, every single one of them played a
blinder.  Dave's guitar was well to the fore and the version of Silver
Machine was stunningly good.  Arthur Brown was superb -what a voice!- and I
took about 15 photos....to follow, hopefully....

Caravan were AOR.  Porcupine Tree were pretty good.  Missed all the other
bands.

We (Mooongluum/Steve, Linuxchaos/Ben, Ormuzd/Nick, Electronic_No1/Ali) had
the pleasure of meeting other list members like Jill, JJ, Colm.  And as we
waited for a taxi afterwards, Dave and Kris drove out & said goodbye to us.
The whole thing was utterly brilliant!

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Bottomley <merlinas at DIRCON.CO.UK>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: 19 August 2001 14:43
Subject: HW: Canterbury


> For those that couldn't be there, some quick Canterbury thoughts:
>
> Thoroughly enjoyable day & HW set. Sound not always perfect - sometimes
hard
> to hear Huw - but a lively performance.
>
> Surprise no 1 - No Jerry
> Surprise no 2 - No Ron
> Surprise no 3 - 5th Second of Forever as set opener
>
> Line-up: Brock/Chadwick/Davey/Lloyd-Langton/Kniveton/House (+ Arthur
Brown)
>
> Set-list:
> 5th Second of Forever (!!!!)
> Levitation
> Spiral Galaxy 28948
> Solitary Mind Games
> Angels of Death
> Spirit of the Age
> Magnu/Dust of Time
> Motorway City
> Hurry on Sundown
> Assassins of Allah/Space is Their
> Silver Machine (w/ Arthur Brown)
>
> Encore 1:
> Assault & Battery
> Golden Void
>
> Encore 2:
> Ejection
>
> Feels like it's 1982.......... ;@)
>
> Approx. 1hr 45mins
>
> My recollection of the song order between AoD & Assassins may be somewhat
> unreliable.......
>
> Have I missed anything?
>
> Anyone know the score with Ron & Jerry? Was it simply that they couldn't
> make it yesterday or is there more to it?
>
> Dave
>