Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Duke Special - last night

Last night we went to see Duke Special at the Shepherds Bush Empire and it was blindingly good. It was a bit of a last minute thing really so we phoned mid morning to find if there was any room left - there was! Four seats - second row back - stalls! Proper brilliant!
















The bloke in the middle at the piano is Duke Special - also worth pointing out is the bloke on the left who is Ben Castle. Even though we were second row there was no one on the front so we were really close!

I did take some video. The sound is slightly dodgy though and in no way reflective of the quality of the musicianship and show.




So there you have it. The bloke is a genius. Whole heartedly recommend you keep checking out what he's up to. Hope he goes from strength to strength!

4 comments:

Unknown said...

was a quality gig

Unknown said...

did he come into the crowd? did he did he did he? or couldn't he cause of the seating??x

Matt Leeder said...

No he didn't come into the crowd - but the band stood at the front of the stage at the end. Completely unplugged - I'm guessing the people right at the top at the back might have struggled to hear the song they sang. I didn't know the song...but strangely everyone in the crowd around me did. I don't think it was one of his though...? Hmmm?

Unknown said...

was it 'i'll be yours...baby tonight'?? and did he go all nuts at the end of salvation tambourine? I wish he'd give a shout out to the salvos on that one.