Face Of Cheam

Jimmy Barnes is fantastic. He is huge in Australia yet few Brits know him. Yet his song 'Working Class Man' is up there with 'Born To Run' and 'Livinig On A Prayer' for the denim clad manuel worker bloke song. We get to the venue, and it is absolutely crammed. Seems every barman and barmaid in Earls Court is here! Also everyone is very very drunk. Some very stereotypical Aussie blokes with the odd attractive female aussie unfortuantely attched to their bloke heavy gang! Jimmy comes on and does a fantastic modern rocknroll show. Opening with 'Love & Hate' he does a best of set with a few Cold Chiesel numbers and covers of Yardbirds 'Shape Of Things' and Chuck Berrys 'Sweet Little Rocknroller' During a spot where he drags up Special Guests Roachford & Mica Paris (all do a good cover of I Put A Spell On You) there's a ruck in the crowd. The bouncer who is massive jumps in and drags the aggessor out! This doesn't dampen the atmosphere and by the time 'Khe Sahn' and 'Working Class Man' come along the crowd are singing along very loudly. In the encore there is another alcohol fuelled fight in the crowd which the bouncer again intervenes. Still the rock music carried on and as Jimmy sang 'Gonna have a good time tonight'. We certainly did, best gig of the year so far and I make a decision to go the next night on the way home.

Set - Love & Hate, Rather Be Blind, Shape Of Things, Still On Your Side, Rising Sun, Lay Down Your Guns, Love Is Enough, Sweet Little Rocknroller, Attention (with Roachford), I Put A Spell On You (with Roachford and Mica Paris), Die To Be With You, Resurrection Shuffle, Merry Go Round, No Second Prize, Flame Trees, Khe Sahn, Working Class Man ///// When The War Is Over, Good Times, Goodbye