Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
Listen to: Mary Don't You Weep
Ian Siegal (vocals, guitar);
The Silver Spurs - The Dust 2008
Mary Don't You Weep - The Dust 2008
others I can't remember
This guy is definitely from another Universe - or at least planet - he's got into some trouble and ended up accidentally on Earth, but I'm sure he's not aware of it. So detached and so into what he was playing, making it all a very intense performance, and throwing in the odd piece of British humor about him not advertising his albums while winding up the bizarre tuning on his gorgeous Resonator. He bought all the audience instantaneously with the first few crazy bends and slides of The Silver Spurs.
Laid back and almost isolated in his own self-contained bubble, he boldly worked out some Mississippi blues jewels all alone on a stage big enough to fit the upcoming Joe Bonamassa and Jack Bruce. All with a voice resonating with a rough depth reminding of Howling Wolf.
