Entertainment For Lively Minds
Richard Thompson
Posted by Specs_Beard on 19 January 2011 - 2:10am.
When:
18 January 2011
Where:
Royal Festival Hall, London
Comments:
Interesting prospect, this - the latest album, 'Dream Attic', was recorded live with this band. So if ever a live group was going to sound the same as their CD, this was it. RT knows what he's doing, though, tackling the situation head on by announcing that the 1st half would all come from the new record, with the 2nd half being the hits. I was worried that this 'delaying some old' would drag for all of 2 minutes. The group were raging: the Dream Attic material coming together, 50 times louder than you've ever played it, reminding you what a great record it is - followed by one of those dream set-lists that seem to consist only of my favourite tracks. When 'One Door Opens' kicked in, I wanted to run down from row RR, whip his beret off and kiss him.
The Audience:
A visual symphony of grey hair and stubble, spectacles, jeans of indeterminate colour and pints. And the girls - yes, there were girls - in floral dresses and knee-length boots. We were all bussed in from the Richard Thompson Audience Centre.
Food & Drink:
Pizza Express over the road. Quick. Cheapish. Inevitable.
It Made Me Think...:
No '1952 Vincent Black Lightning', though, Richard. Don't mess with us just because you're an OBE, mate.









