Focus were in town last night and I was able to see them. I enjoyed it on the whole. A nice mixture of old and new, they played for two hours and there was rarely a dull moment. The long tracks Eruption and Harem Scarem were a little uninventive and dull and Hocus Pocus slightly tame but otherwise it was good stuff. The first and second pieces (House of the King and Tamara's Move) stood out for me. We also had Focus 2, 3, 7, 9, Round goes the gossip, Sylvia, Aya Yuppie, etc. At one point Thijs gave few bars of Anonymus but it's not in the repertoire. It would be good to hear that and Hamburger Concerto next time. Pierre v d linden was on rocking form. His main solo was stunning. The support band Whimwise led by Nick Cave and featuring the keyboard player from Infusion were an eclectic 8 piece bunch playing nice stuff that might go well with a Tolkien movie.
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