Man of The World (Peter Green Tribute) - Thursday 26th January - Half Moon, Putney

Brief review:  An enjoyable evening of blues, celebrating the life and career of Fleetwood Mac's Peter Green. Recreations of the songs I knew in the set were spot on and I particularly enjoyed The Stumble and Shake Your Money Maker. Unfortunately we missed the first 2 songs, but I will definitely check out the band again the next time they play locally.

Venue and View:  Sold out, view from the back for the first half, a few steps forward and left for the second

Setlist

Rhino's Revenge - Thursday 12th January - Teddington Constitutional Club

Brief review:  A late decision to see Rhino Edwards with son Freddie and current Status Quo drummer Leon Cave. I'm glad I bought a ticket as it was sold out!  Due to the strange config of seats and standing, the initial part of the show wasn't much fun (especially to the group of 3 people near me who had little interest in the show, but talked very loudly amongst themselves and found everything hilarious - even a conversation about building works!). Rather than be rude to them, I thought it best to move and the rest of the show was enjoyable with lots of Rhino's solo stuff, a few Quo covers that he normally does and some other covers such as Mony Mony, Old Time Rock 'n' Roll and Let's Work Together. An array of guests joined in, including daughter Mae who played drums for a bit and then shared vocals on Paper Plane.

Sadly, Jeff Beck had died the previous day. Rhino wanted to pay tribute to him as "he was a hero to me and all musicians and one of the reasons I do what I do". He then added "As a tribute, we are going to play a song you'll all know. Ironically, for a tribute, he hated this song..... (laughs).... so you'd better sing along!". And thus we got an excellent rendition of Hi Ho Silver Lining. All good fun.

Venue and View:  Busy old-school working club venue. Once they realised it was sold out, I think a number of the tables in front of the stage should have been removed. Standing in the extended back room meant little view and terrible sound. I moved to near the ticket desk which was busy, but better.