April 21, 2009
Review by Gerhard Reininger
I went to the Strasbourg show together with my brother. Nice venue,
although completely seated. People didnīt care very much and crowded in
front of the stage - bad luck for those on the expensive seats, I guess.
Bob hit the stage with a 10 minutes delay and started into Cats in the
well. It was a nice kick-off. Second song was Masters of war - the top-act
of the evening in my view. Some speculate, if he sang it because of
Hitlerīs birthday or because of the NATO-summit that took place in
Strasbourg some weeks ago. I donīt know, if those things are relevant
for his choice of songs - maybe, maybe not. Anyway it was a haunting
performance with the drums coming directly from the battlefields of the
world.
Unfortunately there is not much more to say about the concert. All the
rest of the songs sounded nearly the same. The band was crouched in the
opposite corner of Bobs place behind the keys and it looked as if they
didnīt dare to make a move. Bob kept the distance and barked his songs
into the mike, played the keys without inspiration and even the harp was
nothing more than single sounds added to a melody which sometimes fitted
to the song and - often enough - did not.
It was good to see him though, and to breathe the same air for a while,
nice to watch him dance in his black Victorian suit with the red stripes
on his pants, but the music - except Masters of war - was a disappointing
noisy soup of guitar-sounds without any highlights. We were missing Larry
a lot. There was no spark this time, that came from the stage to light up
the audience. A cold-blooded show-routine which ended after two hours
and left us behind with nothing in our hands that we could take home.
Gerhard Reininger
Comments by Gerard Poillet
What a wonderfull world to hear Bob playing Wheels on fire with guitar in
hands, incredible, and...playing solo, that's true. Anybody who plays guitar
as I do could understand... And after Blowin' violin big band version with
Donnie you can die...Have a good night folks !
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