Friday, November 26, 2010

The Beat goes on

Paul Collins helped put down the 1970s powerpop template in The Nerves and The Beat ... three decades later he's at it again, and certainly not showing many signs of age (musically, anyway - there's a lot less hair and more stomach  nowadays). He's accompanied by a very able rhythm section, Spaniards Chris Bongers on drums and Juancho Lopez on bass guitar. Usually his group is rounded out by  Manolo Espinosa on lead guitar, but he had a substitute, a Wisconsonite like Bongers, whoae name sounded a bit like King Swagger, so that's what I'm going to call him.

Shocking introduction action!

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

We're not worthy!

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

Let the rocking commence!

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

Bongers bangs the drum!

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

Singalong action!

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

Paul rocks the Ric!

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

Paul looks shady.

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

Juancho rocks the low end!

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

The Beat goes on!

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

Assorted rocking about!

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

Audience participation action!

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

I think Ian got a little carried away.

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

More Paul!

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

I didn't get many Swagger photos. Sorry!

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

Guitar raising action!

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

Paul strikes a pose.

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

Bassist singalong action with Davey!

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

More Swagger!

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

Back-to-back action!

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

Cue the dancing girls!

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

Rhythm section action!

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

More Bongers!

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

The crowd goes wild!

The Paul Collins Beat at Babylon

That was lots of fun. I also believe it was the most crowd-surfing I've seen at one show all year.

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