Alive at sea
Black Country Communion has posted a video of he band’s past live performances, including one in March 2024 on board of the Keeping The Blues Alive At Sea cruise.
Thanks to Blabbermouth for the heads-up.
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Black Country Communion has posted a video of he band’s past live performances, including one in March 2024 on board of the Keeping The Blues Alive At Sea cruise.
Thanks to Blabbermouth for the heads-up.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
I know I’m regarded as the Glenn Hughes fan boy here, but this is actually excellent – just weighed as a band performance. Sure, BCC is more in a Trapeze and Zep, than in a Purple vein, and Derek Sherenian’s (tasteful) keyboarder role is more patterned after John Paul Jones than Jon Lord’s – keyboards are NOT a second lead instrument in BBC like they are in Purple, they are more a texture thing (though he sometimes does let rip, but not enough for my purploid taste buds!), but if you are willing to forgive all that, then this is a great live performance of what BCC do.
Given that these guys don’t play together all the time, but all have “day jobs”, the band is shit-tight. And while Joe Bonamassa is obviously channeling his inner Jimmy Page (especially with all the choppy rhythm work he does), he’s inspired and in full service of the band cause.
Glenn’s introduction of Jason Bonham at 01:33:20 is cute.
And while we’re at it: Some refreshingly tour-de-force bass playing – and if I say so myself!
Finally, even the ubiquitous detractors will have to admit: Not much falsetto screaming going on, Glenn is actually quite subdued and working a lot in his lower range.
PS: They play Mistreated at 01:41:10, the only Purple song in the set. With a Telecaster!
February 10th, 2025 at 21:07