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It was a full house at GCT last night, they had travelled far and wide, I overheard one person saying he'd come from Wakefield and, judging by the various accents/dialects that circulated around the auditorium, he wasn't the only one drawn to the event promoted by Independent Venue Week.
Perhaps they, the audience, had been persuaded by Russell's glowing BSH review of the trio's Tuesday night gig at Darlington (HERE) or maybe they wanted to see and hear rock drumming legend Bill Bruford back on the scene after a 15 year hiatus - who knows?
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Guitarist Roth was also on the money when it came to technique and inventiveness. The demolition job he did on Summertime warmed the cockles of my heart on a night when my (pre-concert) cockles needed warming.
On bass guitar Mike Pratt was the epitome of Daddy Cool. Laid back, outwardly blasé 'cept when the chips were down, that's when he delivered and delivered good. The tone he produced had an almost cello/viola sound about it that made his solos more sonorous than you get from your average bassist. Not a bad thing when you'e giving Dvořák's New World a work-over.
The material? Call it what you will: jazz-rock, prog-rock, heavy metal, fusion, confusion. I'll just call it music - effing good music! Lance
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