Whilst his recent performances locally have seen a similar gig with similar musicians in the band, AFL fits into the category of local musicians who merit attendance when they play in small local venues - this time it was again the Savoy hosting AFL's show. A frenetic drive from Bristol after a boat trip saw me only miss the first half of the first track and I was in my seat by the time he launched into 'Route 66' so I was happy with that. He plays a mixture of classic songs from the last fifty years with songs from his back catalogue and then of course some Amen Corner pop hits. I particularly enjoyed a number of songs in the second half of the show including 'It hurts me too', 'Nobody Loves you when you're down and out' and a brilliant medley of 'Peter Gunn', 'Apache' and 'Hideaway'. In truth he played a very similar set at the Savoy when we saw him last year but as long as he includes such classic guitar songs that's OK with me. The band like last time was the High Riders (ie the full band) with a three person brass section (Tenor sax, bass sax and trumpet), bass drums and keyboards. Nick Pentelow on tenor sax is superb on tracks like Peter Gunn - he exactly the feel and attack to play rock saxaphone but the others were excellent too. The base sax did a great solo on one song and the trumpet also had some great solo breaks. If he comes every year - I'll go every year. As simple as that.
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