Courtesy Of Ramona
Courtesy Of Craig M.
It wasn't unexpected to get the news that John Weller had passed away , it was a beautiful sunny morning in fact , but the news still stung even though the anticipation existed .
I finished work today , a day peppered by texts and calls , I missed the call that mattered but made ammends and spoke to the one person I needed to speak to , I raised a glass at dinner and reminisced with my beautiful partner of days of travel and nights of glory that followed , and after a little to much wine the drowsiness lifted and the harsh reality that someone very special had passed hit me , I wanted to say that , with my emotions bubbling very much to the surface , I wanted to remember those decades and shows and nights that we all spent together , indestructible , laughing and making the music of our dreams , wide eyed vagabonds not quite believing .
I remember the day on arriving back from Sydney, John telling me it was all over and he had enough of "this lark" , that was 24 odd years …
I finished work today , a day peppered by texts and calls , I missed the call that mattered but made ammends and spoke to the one person I needed to speak to , I raised a glass at dinner and reminisced with my beautiful partner of days of travel and nights of glory that followed , and after a little to much wine the drowsiness lifted and the harsh reality that someone very special had passed hit me , I wanted to say that , with my emotions bubbling very much to the surface , I wanted to remember those decades and shows and nights that we all spent together , indestructible , laughing and making the music of our dreams , wide eyed vagabonds not quite believing .
I remember the day on arriving back from Sydney, John telling me it was all over and he had enough of "this lark" , that was 24 odd years …
Did I miss something? I don't recall Eton Rifles being played...I thought he went straight into That's Entertainment?
ReplyDeleteAlso to note...Broken Stones was added to by some choruses of "Oh Happy Day"
Thanks for posting!
You didnt miss anything. They didn't do 7 & 3 or Eton Rifles. There were a few 'add lib' moments.
ReplyDeletea great show that the band and crowd were both up for.
You are correct. They didn;t do 7 & 3 either. But the improvisation we'll made up for it.
ReplyDeleteA great Weller gig, as usual.
they didnt do 7&3 or Eton Rifles but the improvisation well made up for it. There was a bob Dylan cover mixed into the acoustic set and Weller wet into a song momentarily, but I dont recall what it was.
ReplyDeleteA great show
Any idea if there's a recording of this floating around somewhere? It was only my 2nd PW gig (first was SF's 2005 show), and I'd like to get a recording of one or the other someday...
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