Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2019 8:43:06 GMT
As a Wolves fan the afternoon started badly, made even worse by the fact we had to leave the Fylde Coast after 90 minutes to head to Preston, so extra time had to be listened to on the radio. Can't knock that first Watford goal though, absolute class.
Anyhow, we got to the venue in good time, Mrs Bam and my parents in tow, I got them (my parents) tickets for Xmas if I remember rightly. I'll pre warn anyone easily offended by these things but my parents are both over the age of 70, shocking I know that they should be allowed out to enjoy themselves but what can you do? The bar had Shipyard on tap so the day immediately took a turn for the better.
We got sat, three rows from the front and Rossi came on, introduced by Mick Wall. I must confess I didn't really enjoy the first 5/10 minutes or so. Not sure if Frame was slow to get going or if I was slow to adjust to seeing him in that format. His overview of childhood life in the Rossi household didn't massively interest me either. Then he picked up the guitar and then I did start to enjoy myself. In My Chair, Spinning Wheel Blues, both great to hear solo. The tale about POMM coming from Hey Joe is well known but it was still good to hear him play both and see it come to light. More chat in the first half, band related stuff, including the airport/prison debacle, so I enjoyed it a lot more and then an interval. It would have been rude to not have another Shipyard and I don't like being rude, so I wasn't.
Second half he continued in good form. Cardiff tale made me chuckle (I'm trying not to spoil it for anyone else still to go), I enjoyed the tales about Corrie, (by this time Rick was featuring a lot more in the conversation) and then he moved on to talking about Rick and the events leading up to him passing away. I was a bit sceptical, knowing he'd been relaying the events each night but I needn't have been, the emotion is all there, the audience hung on his every word. At one point a mobile went off in the audience, Frame said something along the lines of 'nice ring tone but totally inappropriate timing'.
Then the Q&A and based on the reviews I've read I wasn't expecting much. I was very pleasantly surprised though, must have been nigh on 10 questions in total. 'Have you considered retirement', 'What makes bands split up', 'Is your old Tele the equivalent of Triggers Broom', 'Which album showed Quo at it's peak', 'Advice for anyone wanting to start a band'. I've forgotten some of the others, in my defence, I've slept since then. Insecure little show off did form part of the answer to the retirement question, although if there is any defence to be made of that old cliche, he did go on to analyse it more in terms of his split personality. His views on the guitar were interesting, said it doesn't interest him which guitar something is played on, it's all about the person playing it, or words to that effect. On the album that showed Quo at his peak he said he doesn't feel there is one in particular, there's bits from many albums that are the band at it's peak but not one defining album. He quoted Hotel California by the Eagles and Rumours by Fleetwood Mac as two albums that absolutely showed a band at it's peak from start to finish but he doesn't feel Quo have had one of those.
That was about it. We got Caroline to finish, again a joy to hear solo and then the night drew to a close with a standing ovation. I thoroughly enjoyed it, as did my parents. Mrs Bam said it was 'ok' high praise indeed from someone who dislikes Quo as much as she does!
Can't wait for the next gig in June now, by which point Frame will be 70. Not many living legends left but he sure is one of the few, IMO of course
Anyhow, we got to the venue in good time, Mrs Bam and my parents in tow, I got them (my parents) tickets for Xmas if I remember rightly. I'll pre warn anyone easily offended by these things but my parents are both over the age of 70, shocking I know that they should be allowed out to enjoy themselves but what can you do? The bar had Shipyard on tap so the day immediately took a turn for the better.
We got sat, three rows from the front and Rossi came on, introduced by Mick Wall. I must confess I didn't really enjoy the first 5/10 minutes or so. Not sure if Frame was slow to get going or if I was slow to adjust to seeing him in that format. His overview of childhood life in the Rossi household didn't massively interest me either. Then he picked up the guitar and then I did start to enjoy myself. In My Chair, Spinning Wheel Blues, both great to hear solo. The tale about POMM coming from Hey Joe is well known but it was still good to hear him play both and see it come to light. More chat in the first half, band related stuff, including the airport/prison debacle, so I enjoyed it a lot more and then an interval. It would have been rude to not have another Shipyard and I don't like being rude, so I wasn't.
Second half he continued in good form. Cardiff tale made me chuckle (I'm trying not to spoil it for anyone else still to go), I enjoyed the tales about Corrie, (by this time Rick was featuring a lot more in the conversation) and then he moved on to talking about Rick and the events leading up to him passing away. I was a bit sceptical, knowing he'd been relaying the events each night but I needn't have been, the emotion is all there, the audience hung on his every word. At one point a mobile went off in the audience, Frame said something along the lines of 'nice ring tone but totally inappropriate timing'.
Then the Q&A and based on the reviews I've read I wasn't expecting much. I was very pleasantly surprised though, must have been nigh on 10 questions in total. 'Have you considered retirement', 'What makes bands split up', 'Is your old Tele the equivalent of Triggers Broom', 'Which album showed Quo at it's peak', 'Advice for anyone wanting to start a band'. I've forgotten some of the others, in my defence, I've slept since then. Insecure little show off did form part of the answer to the retirement question, although if there is any defence to be made of that old cliche, he did go on to analyse it more in terms of his split personality. His views on the guitar were interesting, said it doesn't interest him which guitar something is played on, it's all about the person playing it, or words to that effect. On the album that showed Quo at his peak he said he doesn't feel there is one in particular, there's bits from many albums that are the band at it's peak but not one defining album. He quoted Hotel California by the Eagles and Rumours by Fleetwood Mac as two albums that absolutely showed a band at it's peak from start to finish but he doesn't feel Quo have had one of those.
That was about it. We got Caroline to finish, again a joy to hear solo and then the night drew to a close with a standing ovation. I thoroughly enjoyed it, as did my parents. Mrs Bam said it was 'ok' high praise indeed from someone who dislikes Quo as much as she does!
Can't wait for the next gig in June now, by which point Frame will be 70. Not many living legends left but he sure is one of the few, IMO of course