First concert BB King for me, I confess that I would have preferred to see as part of a festival ( cognac or Nice) I had to fall back on the Palais des Congres at the last minute.
arrived in the Palais des Congres something that I continue, this building is cold and soulless. I was a little like entering a theater like UGC but 2 to 3 times great. Basically I was supposed to find me in the penultimate position at the top but the lovely lady in charge to take me to my place I am proposing to move a dozen rank lowest.
Big black point of the evening waiting. Although we pass the old blues in the background, I finally realized that the first part of a small half hour show 45 minutes was not too much. The BB and it is desired to pass only 21 pm the concert begins with his musicians to start, I do not remember names, is the drummer Tony Coleman is the one that impressed me most. Second
dot the sound, I do not know what it was higher or lower right corner of the room but the sound of brass in the beginning was unbearable.
Once the first two songs played by the band heater finish, BB King returns to the stage, purple sequin jacket. I found it quite fit for an octogenarian and it alone without help from anyone that finds its place. The concert begins with Let The Good Time Roll and its legendary and idiosyncratic Lucille will sound weird but it has not caused the expected sensation. I found the sound of his guitar a little too hard and unusual distortion, then that's the impression I had from where I sat.
Nan definitely what moved me most and what I remember from this concert is that voice, almost intact at age 83. And hear live and surely the first opportunity for me to justify seeing BB King at least once in their life. Securities linked together Every Day I Have The Blues , Guess Who , One Kind Of Favor .
And as foreshadowed in the majority of his concerts and his advanced age the chatter is somewhat precedence over the music. Everything begins with congratulations when BB made the shopping public by saying that "The France is one of the few countries to understand the Blues ", that" Paris is one of the top three cities in the world for the Blues ", etc. ... I guess he prowled a speech according to each city where he plays. Sometimes it is nice, sometimes it's Vienna is the capital of Blues in France. The other half of the concert he will joke and to make the audience laugh. I admit I felt tired by the time , not really knowing how to behave and wondering if we were to pass without saying anything on the pretext that the King of the Blues is older and closer to the tomb and saw that his past and his contribution to the Blues could be him forgive those moments of madness with the public. The question arises for other artists old (Buddy Guy to name him) who no longer have the energy that fills this lack of energy by much talk and one-upmanship. It dedication
a title for women, saying it was clearly disgusted with the way rappers treat women in their chansons.Puis he will chain with Rock Me Baby he dedicates this time to men. And frustration for me he did not finish the song because it connects directly with The Thrill Is Gone and yet is strangely lot of chills that I hoped not happen, mistakes can be the sound or brass sections that I find it very dull in contrast to the versions I used to hear.
Oh When the Saints closes the concert very soon a mass of people rushed to the scene to receive picks and shake hands with BB King. Being too far away I watch the scene with applause.
BB leaves the scene, it's time for me to join my sister and a friend who was sitting a few rows ahead of me. Overall I'm happy to have seen BB King, I remember above all that voice and good humor of the man. But I'm left frustrated and saw this concert in the semi shade because of this that I sound a bit spoiled the sound of Lucille I was too strida at times. Regarding the fact that he has a lot about it I put on the account age. I feel happy and lucky for the opportunity to see BB King in the future, none shall surely not soon see any more.
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