Don't know if it was because she was hearing this song from this artist or because it was a hundred and twenty degrees and the booze was flowing freely. Matlock had the unfortunate luck to have a medical emergency in the middle of his performance of God Save The Queen. He never stops filling space and this show is great if the only thing you heard was his lead. Chris delivered many, usually behind Robert's lead vocals. He was ripping it tonight and you could tell he was motivated by the prescence of Matlock and Phantom, each performer driving the other to find a magic moment. I thought a show I saw back in '08 was the ultimate representation of his prowess as a lead guitarist in support. The other members, from Matlock to Spedding to Phantom, were all-smiles, all-night.Ĭhris' set was cut a little short tonight to make room for the other illustrious guests. He truly enjoys the fans enjoying the show and that's something you wouldn't see if you were spending $200 to sit in the back of an arena. Rock classics from The Way I Walk to Suspicion to Make Believe are brought alive. He always delivers of Springsteen's Fire and never fails to thank Bruce for the song. His voice is still terrific as he evokes the spirit of Elvis, Conway and Roy. Robert does his magic, bringing songs that are inbedded in our rock-n-roll psyche to the stage. Now I've seen a few magical shows in my time The Rolling Stones with 90,000 other people at Rich Stadium in 1975 February 1979, The Clash at The Rex Theater on the Danforth ApDylan's magnificent religious show at Massey Hall Springsteen's 4 + hour show in Detroit in 1980 sometime in the early '80's Iggy Pop did a 24 minute headlining set at the Danforth Music Hall and left the stage swearing at us, Wanda Jackson's 70th B'day show at the Caddy in 2007 and a few more. Tonight he's brought along a couple minor-icons in the rock echelon Glen Matlock of Sex Pistols fame and Slim Jim Phantom who kept the beat for The Stray Cats. When he has a virtuoso guitarist like the late-great Link Wray or the still-with-us-and-beyond-belief Chris Spedding, well it's 'bonus fries' time. I'd watch him sing his song list a capella. This All-Star Band is a gift from Robert Gordon. I will be adding them to my ticketmaster alerts. Tip of the hat to Ronnie Hawkins as the show opens with Who Do You Love? They pay homage to acts as disparate as The Cramps ( GooGoo Muck) and Led Zeppelin ( Rock N Roll). They were a treat as their swamp-rock, Elvis-cum-zombie-schtick, is engaging, entertaining and anything but boring. Opening the night are local artists KC and the Moonshine Band. They managed to find themselves on the rail and never did return to their seats. Met three rambunctious guys from Ottawa and environs who were seeing Robert for the first time in 22 years.and seemed pretty excited about it. While they were a little tired waiting for doors I'm sure the action inside perked them up. Met a couple from Barrie who were in the middle of a marathon biking weekend which involved something that might have been the Harley Olympics in Kitchener and a 5 am road trip to Toronto. Got stuck with 'Sir Clap-A-Lot' close to me during Robert's set so I chose to move onto the floor somewhere around Look Who's Blue. Great crowd tonight, very few obnoxious drunks though we had a handful of happy drunks. But, hey, it's an All-Star band so I guess a The Legendary Horseshoe bar is in order. For reasons I can't comprehend, this configuration chose to pass on that loyal and lovely venue. For the last decade or so when Robert Gordon brought his show to Toronto is was at the Cadillac Lounge.
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