Fish played the Tavistock Wharf on Saturday which was the opening night of the December Fishheads tour which sees Fish in "acoustic" mode accompanied by journeyman guitarist extraordinaire Frank Usher and keyboard maestro Foss Patterson.
I caught the Fishheads tour back in August this year at The Orange Box in Yeovil and was knocked out by the Fish back catalogue reworked in an acoustic setting and Tavistock raised the game further with classic Marillion numbers being aired in the shape of "Punch and Judy", "Incubus" and encore "Fugazi" which brought the house down !!
It was also great to hear the brilliant probably underrated "Suits" album getting some songs injected into the set by way of "Somebody Special" and "Jumpsuit City"
Overall this was a stunning gig and quite rightly Fish announced at the end of the show to the audience "Tell them I'm back!"
Post show found me back at my hotel where a certain fellow resident happened to be the Fishmeister himself and a wee few drinks were subsequently consumed ;-))
with Fish @ Tavistock
A very chilly Monday November 29th found me at the bar in the Exeter Phoenix drinking chilly pints of Carlsberg in anticipation of another Fall gig. I arrived at 7pm only to discover Mark E Smith and co wouldn't be on until 10pm !!
10pm arrived and as is the norm these days before a Fall gig, a Video DJ ponces about with archive footage of "iconic" rock stars filmed in concert against a giant projection screen - tonight was Black Sabbath with Ozzy Osbourne! This went on for about 20 minutes and was very boring. The Fall came on about 10:20 and were finished by 11pm - short gig and the bass was far too loud in the mix.
Last year's Fall gig was far better and I had the great pleasure of meeting Mark who was a true gentleman and whose hospitality that evening threw some free cans of lager my way ;-)))
Set List for 29/11/2010
Change
YFOC
Cowboy George
Bury
Chino
Strichniyne
Greenway
Muzoweri's Daughter
Hot Cake
Sparta FC
What About Us
