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| Burnin' Blues at the Thekla - 5th Oct 2007 |
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Jake Stigers |
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Photo's & Review
By Kevin |
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What have we here? Fred Hale, one of Bristol's
finest guitarists, if you have seen him in any of his previous bands
you will know! Nikki Brooks describes herself as Robert Plant with
balls. I have seen her at a couple of blues jams and wondered what
all the fuss was about. Well now I can tell you! Well rehearsed and
fronting this new band, Nikki was just excellent. With Moose on
second guitar and Jerry Osborne on drums we have Burnin' Blues.
Fred assured me that Burnin' blues are not just
another dull blues band playing stock 12 bar and he was very nearly
telling the truth. The first song Be Devilled by Nikki really rocked and I knew at
this point that we were in for a treat.
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The sound system at the Thekla is brilliant. When it
was operated by the Jake Stigers band later in the evening the mix
was faultless. However, the house sound monkey never quite got it
right and the mix for Burnin' Blues was not good. There was a long
delay at the beginning of the guitar solos before the lead
instrument was brought up in the mix and I found this quite
irritating. A good sound monkey is worth looking after, if you have
one please cherish him or her.
This was Burnin' Blues first gig and they have the
potential to do extremely well. With Nikki and Fred on the same team
and the right material, they can't fail. |
| In my opinion, Burnin' Blues should concentrate on
the rock songs that they played so well at this gig and dump the 12
bar stuff. This gig showed their potential and with the right
material I can see them becoming one of Bristol's top gigging bands.
They have the talent energy and experience to take them well above
the average league. I Haven't mentioned Moose or Jerry much but they did exactly what was required to give a complete
full sound while Moose provided some excellent classic rock
guitarist postures. |
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Set list
Be Devilled (Nikki Brooks)
Simple Man (the Skynyrd)
Been on the Road so Long (NB)
Roadhouse Blues (Doors version)
Long Long Way (NB)
Keep on Movin' (Deep Purple/Glenn Hughes)
I Can See (NB)
The Hunter (Free version)
Whole Lotta love (you know this one!) |
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