Mr Kyps - Friday 3rd August

As the other reviews have said, this show was absolutely fantastic and i have to say i couldn't agree more.

My Dad an I were lucky enough to be able to go to both the Tavistock concert and the one at Mr Kyps the following night. We flerw over to Bristol on the 1st, rented a car then flew back home again into Belfast on the 5th.

I arrived at Mr Kyps at around 5:30 but as there wasnt a queue forming yet, my dad and i decided to ahv a drink in a nearby pub. At around 6 i saw Michael Lynch, micky2, Annelies and Marianne whom i had met at Tavistock the previous evening walking up the hill towards the venue. The 2 parties merged and after a quick drink we headed over to join the queue that had already been started by LynB and her husband. After a short while we were joined by gsj, and im sure some others form the forum (please forgive me if i have forgotten) and fomr about 7 onwards the queue began to extend quite a bit.

When then doors opened we all dashed for a place in the front row and i could tell it was going to be agood concert as the front row consited more or less of forum members . Another sign that it was going to be a good concert was the support act (Martin Harley) was actually enjoyable to listen to, but enough of that, onto the main event.

As I'm sure most of you are aware the show began with bogie holding a rock stead beat of Bridge to better days while the rest of the band assumed their positions. Joe came walking out with a confident smile on his face that told you it was ging to rock, and sure enough it did. Bridge to better days was great as ever, followed by walk in my shadow that got the front row marching. Next was an interesting song called "Blue Tea" on the setlist that was a mixture of Tea for One with Blues deluxe lyrics. I have no idea where Joe got the idea for that one form or why it seemed to be only played at that show but it was fantastic, like a new song you already know and love.

Following this was Mountain Time, which was as you would expect fantastic. Next wa Another kind of Love off the new albu that had a great groove to it and following this was the legendary Sloe Gin that was performed so well. 3 acoustics songs followed which were, High water everywhere, Heartaches were Nickels and Woke up Dreaming. The acoustic sounded fantastic that night and it was one of the best Woke up Dreamings I've heard, I love that song live.

After the acoustic songs Django was played which allowed the band members to come back on stage and at the end of it Joe quickly swapped guitars to the Les Paul again and started playing Just Got paid with the fantastic solos by Joe and Bogie, Bogie's solo seemed to be different and have mor energy that the one in Tavistock and it was brilliant. Asking around for you followed this as an encore with a great we jam at the end with great interaction between the band members.

To finish the whole night off Joe cxame bak out on his own and said "Well, it's friday night and we got nothing better to do" and finished off with an acoustic Miss you Hate You.

All in all it was a fantastic concert and it was all topped off nicely when Joe invitied a couple of us onto the bus for a bit of a chat.

A big thanks to Joe and the rest of the band for putitng on a fantastic performance and also a big thank you to everyone else from the forum who made the experience even more enjoyable.

Cheers,
Matt