More on Norwich Last Night

[Colin J Allen]

Thanks for the review Nick:)

Just a few comments:

Huw's first song was "Wars are the Hobby There"

Dave will probably not be playing the Les Paul on the rest of the tour;
hopefully back to the usual guitar tomorrow.

The new song was Trip.

Memories of the day:

1. Trying to find the venue by car with a passenger who knew exactly where
it was.  NOT!

2. Driving from the venue with recording gear, Dave's guitar, Dave's bag,
other assorted gear, Dave, Kris, Alan and Katie squeezed into the car.
Katie insisted on licking my hand every time I changed gear!!!!!!

Cheers,

Colin


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Lee" <nick.lee2 at VIRGIN.NET>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 7:10 PM
Subject: HW: More on Norwich Last Night


> Pretty much a packed venue last night but not a good one.  Ceiling too
> low for the projections to show, with no space for a screen to be
> mounted and the stage too low for short-arses like myself to see too
> much.
>
> Huw was looking very healthy and on great form for his acoustic set.  He
> opened with Pure Country(think that's the title, heard him play it many
> times), then Solitary Mind Games, Rocky Paths and Hurry On Sundown (god
> to hear, but it did seem to signal the HW wouldn't be playing it).
> Hopefully we'll see him put an appearance in with the Hawks before the
> tour's out.
>
> A pretty quick turnaround saw HW take the stage.  Stripped down to a
> three-piece tonight with Dave playing his Les Paul for those that are
> interested in such things.  Alan is again doubling up keyboards and had
> a pc hooked up in his equipment.   Angela Android was the opener with
> strong vocals from Rich and the addition of a live drumming end section
> rounded it off nicely.  The Assault & Battery/Golden Void/Where Are They
> Now sequence followed next which was just strong as ever.  Alan's Out
> Here We Are instrumental came next and worked much better than at the
> Astoria where it didn't flow too well and many thought it was two
> pieces, a nice mellow number before the band launched into a storming
> version of Sword Of The East.  With Bedouin seemingly defunct (please
> prove me wrong here, Alan!) I'd wondered whether this may make an
> appearance in the HW set and a good heavy version it was too.  A very
> version of the Right Stuff came next followed by the big surprise of the
> evening, Psychedelic Warlords.  Very strong version, first time its been
> played since Hawkestra.  Wings next followed I think by Spirit Of The
> Age which featured a lot of very nice lead guitar from Dave.  A new
> techno piece (I guess from the album but wouldn't like to guess which
> from the titles available) lead us into Assassins of Allah followed by
> Ejection to close the main set.
> The band returned to play a cracking version of Brainstorm (again, not
> heard since the Hawkestra and for me well due a revival).
>
> Excellent sound quality, the band were firing on all cylinders.  Whether
> it was the change of guitar or not I don't know but Dave's rhythm
> playing seemed particularly heavy.  Could've done with a few more
> numbers though and tight as the three piece sounded one or two songs
> (Sword of the East for one) were crying out for some lead.
> As HW tours usually improve as they go Salisbury should be a good one,
> hopefully a bigger stage for the projections (Neil told me that was off
> picking up more equipment for the show today), maybe a couple more songs
> and perhaps a guest spot or two at least for Huwey?