Spent today in bed mostly due to onset of some kind of debilitating illness...not feeling great....so much so that I have not listened to any music today for fear of anything I were to listen to becoming forever tainted with the way I feel right now....
Forgot I'd signed up for indoor 5 a sides tonight but not to worry as it was cancelled due to lack of numbers...
Day brightened up slightly by receipt of the review of Jamie and my's last appearance at OOTB...
"One of the most melodic songwriters I’ve heard at OOTB, James Jamieson, started his set tonight with “Ribbons of Pride”. This was a new song about moving on and letting go of the past and, typically of James’s material, was full of hope.
James said that he was roasting hot on stage and a shameless female admirer in the audience asked him to unbutton his shirt, though JJ did not oblige. As if to heighten female passions, Cloudland Blue Quartet joined on second guitar for James’s “King’s Country” and “Trashcan Secrets”.
The former was a brilliant song about a First World War soldier reflecting on the war and the latter about secret extra-marital affairs.
The mighty Cloudland Blue Quartet started with one of the rare light moments from his canon in “The Crocodile Song”. Featuring nephew Andrew on keyboards, this was a very fine performance of the song indeed. James Jamieson also returned CBQ’s earlier favour by playing guitar and providing backing vocals.
The keyboard and extra Jamieson guitar really fleshed out CBQ’s ‘Very Small’, which is not, as the legendary heckle back in the day by Willie Fyfe goes, about the size of his manhood.
‘Half a Lifetime Away’ would have been great with some percussion to bring out its full goodness, but really, CBQ’s voice has never sounded so rich. He certainly knows how to structure a simple pop song with no unnecessary frippery."
..so that was nice...
And today is my nephew Alastair's 16th birthday - so that's another reason to be cheerful - though I won't see him for a couple of days now due to me being under the weather...
3 comments:
hey, what a great review...good to see the CBQ/Jamieson talents getting some official recognition...
Of course, I always knew that you were pop icons...remember to keep in touch with your old mates now...or as they say in Gaelic
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Have recently been a listening to Jamiesons CD. King's Country along with the obvious Why Billy Why and Fairytales is superb. Hope to catch him again live soon.
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