Glenn Tilbrook – 29 November 2006 – live at Cheese and Grain Frome

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KayJay says:

20 April 2010 at 9:52 pm

Written after I got home…..

I may have commented on the Cheese and Grain before……it’s a market hall that seems like an aircraft hangar, I thought it would be an odd venue for Glenn solo as it’s usually used for full bands. They’d put up a partition though, and put out a load of tables and chairs so it was a little more intimate….though by the time Glenn came on the partition had been pushed back and those sat at the tables had been swamped by those of us who preferred to stand at the front.
I was supposed to be going with the grumpy old gi…..sorry, beloved husband, but plans got changed at the last minute (Rachel was meant to be going to see the Bluetones in Bristol with her sister, who cried off through illness, so Tim took her there instead). So there I was, at 7pm, with a spare ticket and faced with going on me lonesome; I phoned a friend who I haven’t seen since the last time I dragged her to a Glenn gig in Cardiff in February (is this some kind of comment on my motorway driving?). We got
there just in time to see the support, Brian Housten, who I have to say I warmed to – to the extent of buying his album!
Now, I had not had much expectation of the audience being more than a Greatest Hits one, remembering the bemusement displayed last time GT and the F’s were here, but the Bristol crowd must have come over, as, to my delight, I found myself surrounded by people singing (and requesting) the solo stuff
and later Squeeze songs. I didn’t note down the setlist this time, but there were some changes to last night’s order of service; we lost Hourglass and Annie, and of course Smithereens, but gained Walk Away, Cash Machine, Oh Well, Another Nail, Wine Spodie Odie (grrr!), (now I’m reduced to looking through my CDs) and Labelled with Love. I may have missed something. Melancholy Emotion is a grower….I liked it better tonight. The Glenn Tilbrook Dancers got shy so there were only five of them, but the
choreography was chaotic as before…..a good laugh.
I hung about afterwards this time, had a chat with Brian (nice guy) and a word with Himself…..said how surprised and delighted I was to see Nick with him last night, he said he’d had great fun, wished they did that more often….so do I! I asked about the new album, he said he had a load of songs written and hopefully it would be out next September (yeah yeah), he’s pleased with the way the DVD’s shaping up, got fed up with the live solo CD material but might resurrect it sometime. Told him the saga of the spare
ticket, the bereft daughter and the missing husband, at which he smiled graciously as if he were interested and amused…..he’s so patient!
And now I suppose I should take my hot flush (again!) to bed……..

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