Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Francis Rossi, Her Majestys Theatre 16.5.10
England are cricket world champions, at least at the 20-20 format of it. Watched in canadian pub, The Maple Leaf, it was a good way to start the evening which showcased Status Quo's Francis Rossi doing his first London solo show out of a handful of dates on his solo tour. TO be honest I was dreading an evening of acoustic country & western when first announced, but then I heard that Freddie Edwards (The son of Rhino, Quo's current bass player) would be on guitar. When I've seen him at rhinos solo shows he has impressed immeasureably and here he was no different playing effortlessly. Francis introduced him as the one who plays parts he can't anymore and the female backing singers (including his own daughter) as singing the parts he can't sing anymore. Rossi was however promoting a solo album that I had not got that still made me wary. Yet, only a handful of tracks were aired, instead we got a selection of Quo songs, some never played live before. Caroline was played in a honky tonk fashion before ending with the solo we know and love, and othe songs such as Claudie, Diggin Burt Bacharach and Can't Give You More are stuff I never thought I heard live before. Francis introduced one song as 'I like this one, but then I like them all as I chose the set!'. Given that Quo's own set has stayed static over the years and even now becoming stale, it was refreshing that Francis (who most hardcore fans blame for not changing Quo's set) is capable of playing other stuff that sounded so fresh. The only complaint was the encore only lasting one song, allbeit a classic in the form of Quo's 73 standerd 'Don't Waste My Time.
Set -Caroline, Claudie, All We Really Want To Do (Polly), You’ll Come Round, Crazy For You, Old Time Rock ‘N’ Roll, Strike Like Lightning, Tallulah’s Waiting, Here I Go, Tongue Tied, Blessed Are The Meek, My Little Heartbreaker, Electric Arena, One Step At A Time, Margharita Time, Rolling Down The Road, Diggin’ Burt Bacharach, Sleeping On The Job, Twenty Wild Horses, Can’t Give You More //// Don't Waste My Time
Set -Caroline, Claudie, All We Really Want To Do (Polly), You’ll Come Round, Crazy For You, Old Time Rock ‘N’ Roll, Strike Like Lightning, Tallulah’s Waiting, Here I Go, Tongue Tied, Blessed Are The Meek, My Little Heartbreaker, Electric Arena, One Step At A Time, Margharita Time, Rolling Down The Road, Diggin’ Burt Bacharach, Sleeping On The Job, Twenty Wild Horses, Can’t Give You More //// Don't Waste My Time
# posted by Rich @ 8:00 PM 
