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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Apparently he had a row with the sound crew and spent all day soundchecking. It didn’t help, it was appalling. So bad that I nearly walked out.
He wasn't awful and played guitar very well as you'd expect. But the technical competence wasn't put in the service of anything remotely interesting in musical terms. It was bland. And he didn't come on until about 9:30pm. This gig was going on and on, smooth jazz hotel lobby music, long solos etc. I left at what felt like 11:00pm for a late train, as I had work the next day.
It was a good band too- Dennis Chambers on drums IIRC- but as I say pretty dull stuff. I've just checked online and he was touring "The Heart of Things" album at the time.
I'll tell you what else was weird: The place wasn't anywhere near full. I was sat in the Gods near the back. There were only about ten people in the top tier. They could have sat me anywhere, and I my ticket placed me next to a complete stranger. I mean I could have had a full row to myself and they put me near some random bloke. I did move anyway.
One of the few gigs I walked out of, partly because I was knackered and partly because it wasn't worth staying.
Same for me, they were supporting the Scorpions. Schenker spent half the set lying on his back at the edge of the stage. It was pretty funny though.
He got himself sorted out after that, but I still think he's weird - always wearing that woolly hat and shades, and he's so skinny now, he doesn't look at all healthy.
Another time I saw Schenker, on a G3 tour with Uli Jon Roth and Joe Satriani. At that time he had dyed black hair and a Jeremy Beadle beard. He wasn't terrible, but he wasn't very good either.
However, i also saw him supporting Scorpions. Ouch
As a side note, but never witnessed by me (wasn't born at the time!), there are a couple of pretty horrendous bootleg recordings of Free when Paul Kossoff was in full-blown junkie mode. He literally can barely play throughout, John Bundrick, the keys player picked up the majority of the slack.
I think they were a studio project with Billy doing everything, but the drums on a lot of the stuff so it's probably not surprising they couldn't replicate it live.
Then saw them at Rock City - possibly last night of the Siamese dream euro tour I think, and to celebrate the occasion they played Siamese dream in full. Have to say that did drag a bit for me - something about knowing what song's coming next made it less enjoyable. Think they still sounded pretty good though, but my memory of both gigs is fading.