Leslie West is back with a new album, Soundcheck. It’s his sixteenth solo album and for this one as well as his own songs he’s chosen to do some cover versions – “Eleanor Rigby” (The Beatles), “People get ready” (Curtis Mayfield), “You are my sunshine”, “Stand by me” (Ben E …
Read More »Virgil and The Accelerators – The Borderline, London – 29/09/14
It has been two years since I saw Virgil and the Accelerators live and they have used them wisely, honing their talent, which is on full technicolour display for tonight’s audience. The ten song set lasted approximately 105 minutes and was an amalgamation of new and old with, as singer/guitarist Virgil McMahon …
Read More »Peter Frampton – Hummingbird in a box
Peter Frampton’s latest release has an unusual background – Ballet. In April 2013 the Cincinnati Ballet performed two segments to some of Peter Frampton’s music before doing a third segment to new music from Peter Frampton, with Frampton and his band performing live for all three segments. That new music …
Read More »Peter Frampton – Roundhouse, London – 5th November 2013
Tonight’s gig at the historic Roundhouse was to be a true music legend – Peter Frampton. The former Humble Pie singer/guitarist has had a long successful solo career, but somehow I’ve never quite got round to seeing him in concert until tonight. Tonight there’s no support act just Peter Frampton …
Read More »Peter Frampton/Manchester Bridgewater Hall – Friday 11th November 2011
Peter Frampton played Manchester last night to a packed house, he moved up from the Academy he played in march earlier this year, to the Bridgewater hall. So why return so soon ? Well its all to do with something called “Frampton comes alive”. Frampton’s milestone double live album, which …
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