14 april
2004
Photo's
from the Heemskerk Gig by Paul de Kock here
Photo's at the bluescafe website : www.bluescafe.nl
13 april
2004
http://www.novaclassicrock.nl/concert_legends.php
Foto's door Joleen
& James Jansen
Nova
Classic Rock recensie en foto's. Dank aan Hilco Arendshorst
Tjonge wat een geweldig
optreden was dat van de John Lawton Band. Wat een
wereldzanger en wat een topband. Wij, de bandleden van Sinister
Purpose,
hebben ons kostelijk vermaakt. Ik heb foto's van het Lawton-gebeuren
in
Amersfoort op onze band-site gezet.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jhkorpel/sinisterpurpose/bandpics03/johnlawton001/page.html
Rene de Koeijer
12 april
2004
Nieuwe foto's van Evert
Achterberg en Rene
en Riet Yntema ( Bluescafe Apeldoorn)
Heemskerk
10 april 2004
Nu de derde avond was de
band nog meer op elkaar ingespeeld. Deze set zou moeten worden
opgenomen voor een DVD hoorde je de fans en de band zelf zeggen. In
het gezelllig volle Donkey Shot in Heemskerk vlogen de vonken er weer
van af. Van voor tot achter werd geswingd, geklapt en meegezongen.
Heemskerk zal nooit meer het zelfde zijn. Met dank aan de fantastische
organisatie ter plaatse..
Op naar The Borderline in
Diest België..
Apeldoorn 9 april 2004
"Het was een geweldige avond daar
in het cafe van Jan.In een fantastische sfeer en met het
voculair van een andere "Jan"."
Herman en Marlies Baars
Het Bluescafe zat bomvol. Het publiek reageerde laaiend
enthousiast. Steve Dunning vierde zijn verjaardag. Het in Apeldoorn tot
hitsong gebombardeerde A SHOULDER TO CRY ON bracht alles en iedereen in
grote vervoering...het 13 minuten durende FREE ME was als afsluiter..(
met de befaamde bas en drum solo ) de absolute top van de avond...
Vele fans waren zo onder de indruk dat ze ter plekke besloten vanavond
terug te komen!
Het bleef nog lang gezellig in Apeldoorn, de stemming in de tourbus was
opperbest.
Up to Heemkerk....er zijn nog een paar nieuwe live cd's te koop. Wees er
snel bij...
Heep on!
Louis Rentrop
Review by rock nation Belgium : http://www.rocknation.be/lawton.html
Thanks to Franky!
JLB Weert 08/04/04
Een gezellig vol café de Triangel ging uit zijn dak
gisteravond. The John Lawton Band is in topvorm.....
John heeft me gevraagd niet te vertellen welke Heepnummers de
band speelt, maar wees er zeker van vanavond in Apeldoorn zal niemand
teleurgesteld worden....
Drummer Benjy ging zelfs zo te keer dat hij op een zeker moment
tijdens zijn drumsolo van het podium door de klapdeuren naar buiten
verdween....
Thats rock & roll....
Wij zien jullie vanavond....of had je nog twijfels? Nee toch!!!!
Heep on!
© G.Rappard
Louis Rentrop
Shaking The Tale Mini-tour day one: Weert (NL)
08/04/04 The mini tour through the Netherlands and Belgium kicked off
in rock café De Triangel. As usual, my partner in crime was my
father, he who had set me on my musical journey. After a relatively
short trip by car we arrived in the very lovely, cozy Dutch town
called Weert.
We asked a couple of people for directions (amongst them
two Germans, who immediately knew the way - geez I wonder why THEY were
in town :) and set for De Triangel. Nearing the pub we noticed Staf,
surrounded by a bunch of familiar faces. We had found the John Lawton
Band : But not the entrance to the diner where they were seated :
Anyway, there were handshakes and warm welcomes and
"how you been" all over. I talked a bit with Benji about his
other band, the Snowdogs and asked Erol what to expect of the show. He
told me it'd definitely be a heavier set than the last time I saw them,
which was over a year ago, when both Benji and Leon made their debut
performance (and where the idea for the Clan was born ) … We went to
the pub where the gig would take place, and I met up with Renate Fischer
and some of her friends.
Good to finally see you in person Renate, although we
didn't get to chat much. Since I had never been backstage, I decided to
go for it and join the rest of the band. It wasn't as glorious as you'd
expect it to be though. Sure, there was free booze and ample space, but
no women in sight 9 Bummer : Anyway, I watched the guys warm up, and
even got to play Steve's bass a bit. As usual, in situations like those
you tend to forget all the good chops 9 Anyway, on to the music.
The band hit the stage and were given a warm welcome by
the crowd. They started the set of with "Take You High" off
Sting In The Tale, same as they do on the new live album Shaking The
Tale and with that one song it became clear to me that they have evolved
light years since that first gig last year at the Spirit Of '66. They
were good then, they were excellent this time. After "Take You
High" followed a very varied set list, consisting of JLB originals,
some tracks from John's past with Lucifer's Friend and some Uriah Heep,
for good measure.
Of course there was the occasional mistake, but this was
the first time in a while that the lads had played together, and frankly
I don't think a lot of people noticed : Highlights definitely include
"King Con", a track I never really liked on the cd (sorry
Steve) but that really comes across excellently live. Very cool also to
see Steve play guitar and Erol play bass on that one. Another highlight
was the LF track "Moonshine Rider". I wasn't familiar with
this track, and when Erol started his guitar solo that led into "MR"
I really expected to hear the Heepsong "Sympathy". Speaking of
Heep, of all the Heepsongs they played I liked "The Hanging
Tree" best.
This song really rocks, no need to say more : The set
came to an end with "Free Me", during which Steve Dunning
proved once and for all that he really deserves the nickname
"Stunning Dunning" !! Damn that man can play, he showed some
of his best chops, including slapping 'n' popping and some nice,
tasteful harmonics… Steve's solo led into Benji's drum solo. There's a
reason why this man is called "Animal" (well, there's probably
more than one reason for that :) and he really showed us that he is one
of the finer drummers in the scene.
At one point he dropped a drum stick, but just
incorporated that into the solo, took another and carried on. No one
noticed, really … But then something happened that no one could have
possibly imagined, ever. At a certain point in the solo there was this
look of amazement on Benji's face as he was apparently leaning
backwards. And then it seemed as if he'd taken a big backwards dive and
he had just disappeared into the backstage area.
The crowd, thinking it was all part of the act, loved
it. But since Benji did not return, John went to take a look … Out
came Benji, holding his sticks in a victorious pose, and then carrying
on with his solo as if nothing had happened … Classic, it was rock
history written there and then. After the concert was over I proceeded
to the backstage area to congratulate the guys with a great first show
of the mini-tour.
And, of course, to have em sign my newly obtained copy
of the Shaking The Tale cd : Can't wait 'till Sunday, when they'll be
playing very near to my hometown in Diest.
David Amendolara
Apeldoorn 9 april 2004
Het Bluescafe zat bomvol. Het publiek reageerde laaiend
enthousiast. Steve Dunning vierde zijn verjaardag. Het in Apeldoorn tot
hitsong gebombardeerde A SHOULDER TO CRY ON bracht alles en iedereen in
grote vervoering...het 13 minuten durende FREE ME was als afsluiter..(
met de befaamde bas en drum solo ) de absolute top van de avond...
Vele fans waren zo onder de indruk dat ze ter plekke besloten vanavond
terug te komen!
Het bleef nog lang gezellig in Apeldoorn, de stemming in de tourbus was
opperbest.
Up to Heemkerk....er zijn nog een paar nieuwe live cd's te koop. Wees er
snel bij...
Heep on!
Louis Rentrop
