The Classic Rock Show in darkest Kent

soma1975

Saw it last night in Dartford. 
 

Bit of an issue with the mix and the vocals at the start but enough boomers shouted out 'fix your mics!!!' that they sorted it and the rest was great. 

Pete Thorn nailing Crazy Train, Jump and all other solos and finishing up with a full Freebird duelling guitars with equally excellent guitarist James Cole then into Bohemian Rhapsody then Rock n' Roll was an ace finale. 

 

Singers were shit hot. 2 blokes and a female singer that nails stevie nicks. 

 Little Ozzy Tribute of a few songs. Great Pink Floyd Time/Breathe versions. Even smashed Bat out of Hell!

All the Suhrs sounded great. Even an @IvisonGuitars  Dakota on show for the first few songs from James Cole. 

 Easily the best covers band I have heard or seen.  My 8 year-old son loved it until he ran out of steam about 10.15pm on a Monday night after school!

Also a final thing, because it is mostly olds or a few people like me taking their kids nobody is on their phone filming it the whole time and everyone is in the moment enjoying themsevles. 

 

They have quite a few dates left across the country. Would definitely recommend. 

 

Cowboyyeehaa1

Was looking at this yesterday. How full up was it? Looked like there were an absolute ton of tickets left yesterday afternoon.

There's a bob Marley cover thing there next month looks like it might be worth a shot.  Not a bad little theatre to pop down if your local.

soma1975

I'm Orpington so like 25mins away and lots of local parking nearby. Will doffo come visit again when there's something on. Nice staff. Clean toilets. what more do you want? 

There were about 5-6 seats free next to us but it looked pretty full otherwise. Monday night can't be a guaranteed sellout.

Kebabkid

I saw them a few years ago with Pete Thorn (he replaced the equally good Howie G) and I thought they were all fantastic and the girl you mention actually sings in a Fleetwood Mac tribute band.

Sadly, I've left it too late for the Cadogan Hall, London gigs and it's nearly sold out with all the best seats gone.

It's a great show that's a cut above the rest

soma1975

Must be lovely for Thorn to come off the Satch Vai band tour which I imagine is so technical and intricate and come to this and let his hair down and have some fun. 

vasselmeyer

I've seen them for the last five years at The Lowry in Salford and will be seeing them again at the end of January. 

Every single one of them is a top class musician and they're clearly having a great time.

soma1975

Yeah shout out to the singer that looks like Sebastian Bach (Jesse?) absolutely nailing Thunderstruck vocals

vasselmeyer

Jesse Smith is a fabulous singer. They did a version of Dream On a couple of tours ago and he absolutely nailed it. 

gjonesy

Going to see them in Nottingham next week, it'll be my 4th/5th time.
Totally agree, best rock covers band out there.

soma1975

It's weird I hate the idea of the Bonamassa 'keeping the blues alive' blues cruiseathons but this is genuinely letting world class musicians cut loose and have fun while getting paid and putting smiles on people's faces. 

And as a way to introduce younguns to live music it was amazing. 

Woodandwires

I am off to see them on the 7th of February in Monmouth, when we looked for tickets a week or so ago it was virtually sold out, the odd one or two individual seats, none together, so we thought that was it. 

So I emailed the venue, asked if they had any cancellations, to give me a shout. This morning I got an email saying two seats were available in row B, right in the centre, with extra leg room. So promptly bought, and major brownie points from the lady wife - happy days, really looking forward toward to it. 

Last night we went to see a string trio performing the music of Hans Zimmer by candlelight in a local church, completely different but equally great. Whilst there saw a sign for free guitar recitals every first Thursday of the month, so that’s me sorted, I love live music that is local.

soma1975

Amazing sounds like you are going to have a full itinerary.