Stevie Wonder Smoke-Free, alas...

[cohibaIV]

[SmokinCohibas]

lol the post was blank when I posted that reply!

I got that man I thought that was very quick of u

[smokiejoe]

I bet he rocked the place hey bry,that man can groove.I think the man must have rubber fingers,as they just bounce off the keys.lol.gad you had a real good time mate.

[SmokinCohibas]

How about Jimi guys????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCwCBh0z3Hs

[Montesmoke]

Yea Jimi Hendrix was one of the best one of my top ten

[SmokinCohibas]

Yeah he was great.
I would have loaded up the video if I knew how to do it...

[smokiejoe]

Hey smokin,now were talkin .Just seen the clips on your you tube post,my all time favourite from hendrix has gotta be,,,hey joe.When i used to do the rock nites in this club were i used to dj,there used to be this chick who would turn up every week and ask for that one song,i used to watch her dance to this song.She really lost herself into the music like she was on some drug,but if you listen to hendrix ,his music will take you on a journey,and you will find yourself drift away too.brilliant man.nice post mate.

[SmokinCohibas]

Jimi's FIRE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MNJxq8IWQQ

[SmokinCohibas]

Purple Haze is another great one from Jimi.

[smokiejoe]

Yeah that was one cool song mate.

[Robusto]

Unfortunately I can't upload the vid clips I took on my mobile.

Needless to say this was a great gig. I lost count of the number of musos on the stage but there were four keys players at one point. I'm being brief - The musicianship was outstanding. Stevie's harmonica playing - and his fresh voice - were awesome. He plays keys like a bastard. He was in a jaunty mood, tho we were kept waiting til 8.45pm before he started.

There were a couple of longeurs in the arrangements, and some sentimentality in the delivery. These are forgiven because of the quality of the great songs, and the energy and accuracy in the delivery. A tight, tight band.

I saw Elton John very close to the front of the stage last year and the sound quality was awful. A mush.

With Stevie, I was up in the cheap ?75 seats with a distant view BUT amazing sound clarity.

I can't remember if it was on here or on a music forum that someone asked about the sound at the 02... I say GO FOR GOOD SOUND AT A GIG RATHER THAN GOOD VIEW. In any case, I shut my eyes a lot at a megadrome, or even at The Flying Horse, when listening to a band.

Hendrix was visual setting fire to his guitar... AND he was a genius musician.

I hate seeing bands jumping around and being 'visual' when their playing is crap.

Living For The City was wonderful. So was Innervisions.

Some of the big hits were truncated into a medley. Not such a fan of that.

Good stuff on at the 02 over the next year. I'll definitely be going back.

Maybe we Southern England boys could meet up at a central gig some time, blow away some monsters and enjoy some more sensurround bobbing.