POPA CHUBBY - The King of NYC Blues At Henry Gellrich's "Blues Garage" Hannover, Germany - September 2003 |
Popa
Chubby was in excellent form and the band with new drummer Brian Wolfe
were on top of the music and the world. The
show began at 10:30 instead of the usual 10:00 start time for the other
bands that we’ve seen perform there, so between 10:00 and 10:30 the
audience (ourselves included) were getting a little restless. We
arrived at 6:15 for the soundcheck and got to talk to the band members for
a good hour and a quarter and at about 7:30 I aquired two hard wood chairs
and positioned them right in front of the stage for Brigitte and I and
used the edge of the stage for our table. The band was just coming out of
the back room and heading back to the hotel to get ready for the show,
Popa looked over across the empty room and saw us sitting there by our
lonesome selves and he just smiled from ear to ear.
Nick D’Amato on the bass guitar does an incredible ten minute
solo as Popa watches and enjoys it with us. Popa
talks to the audience about George Bush and the moron that Bush is and the
Germans agree—which leeds into Schroder who Popa says is kissing
George’s ass so much that….. well enough said, you never know who
reads this review anyways---and after all it is only music we’re talking
about. The
encore consisted of some great guitar playing and a duel drum solo with
Brian and Popa, that lasted twenty minutes. After shaking hands with the
fans from the stage he then proceeds to the dressing room for a few
minutes, comes out signs cd’s ect. and then back into the dressing room
to do a radio interview. We
make our rounds to say thank you and good-by to everyone in the band and
at the Blues Garage owners Henry and Ramona and head home. Concert Review by Dave and Brigitte
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Photos and Concert Review by Brigitte and Dave - http://www.ten-years-after.com
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