Trigger
Finger had the unfortunate job of standing between
me and Clutch. Their music to give them credit
is actually quite bouncy and fun, I just felt
at some points as though I waswatching my dad
try to become a rock star trying to imitate the
on stage traits and antics of the greats such
as Angus Young but not quite pulling it off, at
all. It wasn’t cringe worthy per say just
not exactly the most thrilling of acts on the
bill, a little too old school.
Clutch
for me quite simply topped every single band tonight,
not even for the usual insanity at gigs because
Clutch aren’t and never will be an aggressive
band, but Neil Fallon and co finally get some
reaction from this now appropriate sized audience.
I must say I think Fallon wanted to enjoy both
the performer and audience roles by which I mean
when he had nothing to do he’d stand to
the side dancing, clapping and admiring his fellow
band mates. Their set list changes with every
show but tonight’s inclusions of particularly
“50,000 Unstoppable Watts”, “Cypress
Grove” , “Mice & God’s”
and especially set closer “Electric Worry”
we’re all performed with flawlessly. That’s
another dose of Clutch taken and I pray to God
they come back for festivals.
Thin
Lizzy had me in 2 minds, 1 hell yeah I’d
like to see Thin Lizzy but on the other hand it’s
not really been Thin Lizzy for a damn while now
has it? Never the less I was assured that the
vocalist with them – Ricky Warwick –
was a very impressive talent, I was not let down.
An impressive youthful stamp on genuine classics
makes for a nostalgic yet fresh sound; it’s
quite surreal in all honesty. The set was quite
lengthy playing a total of 18 songs including
some of their greatest; “The Boys Are Back
In Town”, “Jailbreak”, “Whiskey
In The Jar” and a terrific encore of “Emerald”,
“Black Rose and a cover of Bob Seger’s
“Rosalie”. Their stage show was also
pretty outstanding, lights projecting their logo
all around the venue, their name in lights at
the back of the stage and a zillion more lights
arranged for optimum impact. All in all seeing
the younger lads bringing some energy and the
older legends providing the “oh my God it’s
Thin Lizzy” factor its safe for me to say
they had the best of both worlds tonight.
Trigger Finger – 3.5/5
Clutch – 5/5
Thin Lizzy – 4.5/5
Review By James Webb
Photos By Robert Lawrence
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