![]() ![]() I couldn't see a setlist at all onstage, and I was simply too wrapped up and in total awe of this total guitar genius to make many notes of the songs played - My bad. Having survived liver failure some eight years ago he is living proof that an "opt-in" donor scheme like we have in the UK has real benefits, having a replacement liver when he was at death's door and going on to become a patron of the British Liver Trust. It’s quite possibly unfair to describe Walter Trout just as the former Canned Heat and John Mayall guitarist and I wouldn't want to do him any disservice at all, because a quick Internet search tells me he has provided guitar services to the likes of John Lee hooker, Percy Mayfield, Big Mama Thornton and Joe tex to name a few, and this is probably why he sports a very loyal following of experienced musical appreciators who know exactly what they like and exactly how they like it, and they are fully aware of what Walter Trout is all about. ![]() As well as Chester, Elles opens for Walter Trout in Buxton, Brighton, London, Holmfirth, Bury St Edmunds and finally Frome and is well worth the 45+ miles I drove to see her. She is an excellent story teller, placing the listener under no doubts of the scene she is painting and Joe is a very accomplished guitarist, playing slide on an acoustic like he was born to it. Her sound is soulful, country-tinged blues with splashes of Americana and holds an ever increasing audience very well as applause gets louder as each song ends. Long-time guitarist Joe Wilkins takes a seat on the right side of the stage picking up his acoustic guitar and the expectant crowd bid her a warm cheer then quietens as Elles stands front and centre onstage to a 3/4 full venue. I remember catching just the last song of her Kris Barras Band support set a few years ago (my first ever ROCKFLESH gig) after a bit of a mix up over photo passes caused me to be delayed getting to the stage, so was so looking forward to hearing a fuller set from her. Tonight promises to be bloody epic, which hopefully makes this review write itself haha.Įlles Bailey opens our evening with an acoustic set as the rest of her band are otherwise engaged this week. ![]() There will be no leaving early tonight though. Being a 'Tog means I can get the shots I think I need and if the headliners aren’t to my taste, I can leave after clicking away like a wrong 'un for the first three tracks and start my editing. Bands for me demand fandom and opinions on everything they do, whereas on good mood days I can lose myself in the music of a track, and on my darker days I can allow the lyrics of the same track to smack me in the face, add or remove validity to my mood and feelings, or give me a much needed wake-up call. I tend to like what I like, and in more recent times find that I prefer tracks to bands. I can barely string two words together in written form, and definitely struggle to go beyond "this is epic" or "naa, I’m not keen" when talking music. You see due to a technicality we have no official reviewer for the evening so I am off the sub bench and into action. "But I'm not a reviewer", I kept nervously saying to myself whilst queueing amongst a good humoured and well-seasoned crowd (myself included) waiting to gain entry to Chester's Live Rooms.
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