The Bevis Frond

Good old Man!

Great band

It was fantastic! Brilliant band

Good songs, good musicians, good crowd...what more do you want?

Almost 25 years since the Bevis Frond has played Seattle and it was worth the wait. A really ferocious 2 hours set from a band that is on fire. Not just ferocious for a 70-something year old man either, both he and the band play with a stunning amount of energy.

Absolutely worth the 25 year wait!

Nick and the band put on a fantastic show. I know he was suffering from a cold but it certainly did not hurt the group’s (incredible) performance. You could actually feel the crowd feeding off the energy being generated from the stage. He doesn’t tour the States often (25 years since his last visit) but I hope The Bevis Frond will pass through here again (soon).

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It was worth the twenty year wait

A fine concert of Nick's songs, with pretty excellent sound balance - important where there are two brilliant guitarists. This is new to me: because Louis Wigget is an improvising bass guitarist, a whole new level of interplay has been introduced. The band played two loooong improvisations, all three instrument players creating an absolutely majestic structure of music. Completely stunning to me. I was thinking that this is Cream, better than Cream, for our time. Instead of the bass "supporting" the music of the guitarists and drummer, Louis looked for long periods like the core of the music. Amazing to see the three string players as a pure trio, each of equal force. And the richness of their sound was really "incredible", as in "I can't quite believe how wonderful this is!" The second long improvisation was jazz in that it felt as if they were creating it right then, not a rehearsed song with solo sections, but fully new in the moment, with long quieter, ruminative sections, sections of Paul, Louis and Nick trading ideas and lines. I have never experienced something quite like this apart from jazz concerts. At any moment the future was uncertain and I had to try to just take in that this was unfolding, being created among the musicians, perhaps as new to them as it was to me. I really wondered if they had done this before or if, here on the first night of their tour, they were as surprised as I was. Again, I think Louis has brought this to them in a way not possible before, because he has played in different bands in different roles and is fully secure leading as much as supporting. An awesome evening. I must say that the song list covered a range of classic and new, with the humorous Stoned Train Driver being a favorite. For whatever reason, the tone of Louis's bass and amp at the opening of that one (if I'm remembering correctly) was a massive roar, delightful. Maybe the idea of a potential engine disaster was in there. I do hope others will post.

Another incredible show by The Frond... possibly the purest rock on the planet...

Good old Man!

Great band

It was fantastic! Brilliant band

Good songs, good musicians, good crowd...what more do you want?

Almost 25 years since the Bevis Frond has played Seattle and it was worth the wait. A really ferocious 2 hours set from a band that is on fire. Not just ferocious for a 70-something year old man either, both he and the band play with a stunning amount of energy.

Absolutely worth the 25 year wait!

Nick and the band put on a fantastic show. I know he was suffering from a cold but it certainly did not hurt the group’s (incredible) performance. You could actually feel the crowd feeding off the energy being generated from the stage. He doesn’t tour the States often (25 years since his last visit) but I hope The Bevis Frond will pass through here again (soon).

BestBest s

It was worth the twenty year wait

A fine concert of Nick's songs, with pretty excellent sound balance - important where there are two brilliant guitarists. This is new to me: because Louis Wigget is an improvising bass guitarist, a whole new level of interplay has been introduced. The band played two loooong improvisations, all three instrument players creating an absolutely majestic structure of music. Completely stunning to me. I was thinking that this is Cream, better than Cream, for our time. Instead of the bass "supporting" the music of the guitarists and drummer, Louis looked for long periods like the core of the music. Amazing to see the three string players as a pure trio, each of equal force. And the richness of their sound was really "incredible", as in "I can't quite believe how wonderful this is!" The second long improvisation was jazz in that it felt as if they were creating it right then, not a rehearsed song with solo sections, but fully new in the moment, with long quieter, ruminative sections, sections of Paul, Louis and Nick trading ideas and lines. I have never experienced something quite like this apart from jazz concerts. At any moment the future was uncertain and I had to try to just take in that this was unfolding, being created among the musicians, perhaps as new to them as it was to me. I really wondered if they had done this before or if, here on the first night of their tour, they were as surprised as I was. Again, I think Louis has brought this to them in a way not possible before, because he has played in different bands in different roles and is fully secure leading as much as supporting. An awesome evening. I must say that the song list covered a range of classic and new, with the humorous Stoned Train Driver being a favorite. For whatever reason, the tone of Louis's bass and amp at the opening of that one (if I'm remembering correctly) was a massive roar, delightful. Maybe the idea of a potential engine disaster was in there. I do hope others will post.

Another incredible show by The Frond... possibly the purest rock on the planet...