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[Diesel]

Originally Posted by Bigsby

Yup, that's why I've already got my front row tickets for Knopfler's gig at the Playhouse in May.

If you don't get any I would say it would be worth going down to the gig anyway, you might get a couple outside the gig on the night.

That's the plan!

Knopfler is a phenomenal guitarist, but has the same Achilles Heel as that other great British guitarist, Gary Moore - he feels the need to sing!

[stoney_stu]

Well I dont expect to pay cover price .. happy to give the seller a profit ... I've sold plenty of tickets myself but I've only ever asked what I paid for it.... I'm nice like that!

Anyway nothing wrong with Mark Knopfler I must get that album he did with Chet Atkins supposed to be brilliant!

[stoney_stu]

Well its my daughters fault I never got tickets, I was in Belgium watching Bruce Springsteen when they announced the gig, and tickets went on sale... my daughter heard about it ... but the selfish wee minker never thought of telling her old man!! So thats her out of her inheritance! I'm spending it on another guitar!

[Bigsby]

Originally Posted by stoney_stu

Anyway nothing wrong with Mark Knopfler I must get that album he did with Chet Atkins supposed to be brilliant!

It is excellent, one of the tracks came on in the car this morning in fact (my MP3 player was set to random).

[Bigsby]

So did you guys make it along in the end? Apparently it was pretty awesome.

[french_disko]

Originally Posted by Bigsby

So did you guys make it along in the end? Apparently it was pretty awesome.

One of the single greatest performances I've ever seen in my life. Absolutely astounding.

[Bigsby]

A bootleg of the show is up on Dime already.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by Bigsby

So did you guys make it along in the end? Apparently it was pretty awesome.

We did thanks - and were officially first through the door. I managed to secure us some good Circle seats for not too much over face value.

Yep - the gig was indeed awesome. I've always liked NY (not as much as Stu, who actually loves the guy), but my respect for him has gone right through the Stratosphere following that gig!

The gig was basically three parts: -

1. His wife Pegi did a bog-standard, competent C&W set with NY's band.

2. NY came shambling on, dressed in a linen suit and wandered about the stage like a doddery old man. He had an array of acoustic guitars which he seemed to select at random. going through a solo repertoire of songs old and new. He hardly said a single word and feigned shock whenever the crown cheered. He shambled off again for a 20-min interlude.

I thought "what the fuck?"...and then his guitar tech fired up "Old Black" and I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand up!

3. He came back on with the band and blew the roof off the place with an electric set - what a TONE!

More experience than gig. Fantastic.

Solo Acoustic
From Hank To Hendrix
Ambulance Blues
Sad Movies
A Man Needs A Maid
Try
Harvest
After The Gold Rush
Mellow My Mind
Love Art Blues
Don't Let It Bring You Down
Heart Of Gold
Old Man

Electric
Mr. Soul
Dirty Old Man
Spirit Road
Down By The River
Hey Hey, My My
Too Far Gone
Oh, Lonesome Me
The Believer
Powderfinger
No Hidden Path

Encore
Fuckin' Up
Cinnamon Girl

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by Bigsby

A bootleg of the show is up on Dime already.

Fucking Gie's It!!!!!!

[french_disko]

I NEED this bootleg!!!

don't have a dime account & it doesn't seem to be on piratebay yet.