An Evening With Krautrock

It is very rare that a band which is known about our town borders away for a concert comes to my town to play. All the more I have been glad to see Birth Control after more than 40 years once again live. I was also curious as it has created the band to substitute for the soul the voice and drums of 'Nossi' which has passed away five years ago. So I went again to to a venue that is rare in Germany. It is a cellar room 20 meters below a 500 years old town wall and is totally filled with 120 persons and many of them I know for decades. So it was fun talking to them before the concert started. The concert started at the time it was announced and from the beginning the band has pulled the audience in his spell while old classics with new songs played alternately. The sound was fantastic and also the new and young players on guitar and bass were fantastic. After all it was an evening with long songs played straight with a lot of space for improvisation. I have to admit that after all my expectations were more than fulfilled listening to songs that I have almost forgotten.

Going out for a gig

Tonight me and my mate Ed will go for a live gig in our town. The club is located in the center of our town. The location lies 20 meters below the old city walls and it is very small. If there are 80 people inside it is full - more of 100 it is crowded. But it has his own little charm and the artist who played there recommend it as a fantastic location because you were so close to the audience. All musicians are surprised when they travel down the long corridor to the stage. Once the singer of The Dickies said playing there was like playing in a grave.

The club Bastion was founded in the late 60s as a result of the German student revolution. The ideas were to built a forum for political, cultural and literary activities. It is maybe one of the few clubs in this way that still exists in this way.

I don't know much about the band that appears tonight. It is announced as Irish music in tradition of The Pogues and Tail and Feathers, played in a rough and ready style. So we want to see what we will get.

Have a nice weekend people.