March 28, 2018
Review by So I ran
Things haven’t changed much as far as the opener goes, but boy, was
there a change-up at the 3rd night stint (Wednesday) at the wonderful
Nacional Auditorio Musica in Madrid.
My ever so slightly dumber brother & I decided to celebrate our 40th year
of catching bob shows together with the 3-night stand at the Auditorio.
(first show ’78 in west lakes, adelaide, cuppla hundred combined
since…)
First 2 shows, somewhat marred by technical fuk-ups with bob’s mic/no
vocals, but all was forgiven with an all-time great show on the third
night. Right from the get-go the crowd were much more into it, noticeably
more so than the insipid mobs from the previous 2 nights.
2 words.
Desolation.
Roooooooooooooooooooow.
Recognized instantly ftom the opening plunks of guitar, the locals went
nuts…bob noticed & put on a show-within-a-show. Gob-smacked, goosebumps,
electrifying. Bob was hatless again but he should have been wearing a
ringmaster’s tophat as he whipped the bobcats into a frenzy waving his
arms about, clapping time that he (and the crowd) kept up for the whole
glorious rendition. Stu, George & Tony were all into the arm clapping as
well (I suspect more so to encourage bob to keep it up especially)
Just a magic 10 minutes of glorious fun & games…Seen at least 2 dozen
versions of desolation live (& loved ‘em all) but this one was something
for the ages…
All other tunes were superb & the best of the 3 nights…even the frank
songs were special.
Terrific stuff from bob & the boys (super slick drum solo george!)… may
it never end…
So I ran
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