fairenoughclough
04-13-2007, 03:45 AM
I got an invite to this gig from an old friend.
I'd never heard of Tina and so looked forward to the gig with some trepidation.
The venue was essentially in my backyard, within 2 miles from my front door, yet I had never ventured inside and in it's previous guise as the "Derby Hall" had hosted seminal gigs by the Pistols and Joy Division.
The warm-up set by I presume a local guy called "Aron Paul" (I think), was at first shambolic yet charming and developed into an exhibition of a tiny bit overused vocal prowess and a similar amount of overuse of bass guitar, guitar and a considerable underuse of the violin talent on offer.
Maybe they were trying to recreate the sound of a full band, but for me they left insufficient space.
So anyway Tina came on stage with Caroline Keo ( spelling questionable),
Tina on Guitar and vocals and Caroline on keyboard (with PC connection) and lovely vocals (it would be an injustice to relegate them to backing vocals).
A full set with plenty of tempo changes and plenty of emotion was delivered with a strangely modest outlook from Tina, the set and lighting contrived to remind one of Scandinavia's greatest export Abba, Blonde girl and Brunette girl (with purple highligts) on stage singing about relationships.
One moment which I believed confused the audience was a cover of the Status Quo classic cover of an obscure Dutch songwriter's "In the army now".
All in all, Tina performed all her tunes with a huge amount of vigour and if anything at all let her down to my ears it waste slight American tinge to her vocals.
We met Tina after her set and found her to be very personable and without any of the negative signs of stardom and very helpful in my attempts at close quarters photography.
I'd never heard of Tina and so looked forward to the gig with some trepidation.
The venue was essentially in my backyard, within 2 miles from my front door, yet I had never ventured inside and in it's previous guise as the "Derby Hall" had hosted seminal gigs by the Pistols and Joy Division.
The warm-up set by I presume a local guy called "Aron Paul" (I think), was at first shambolic yet charming and developed into an exhibition of a tiny bit overused vocal prowess and a similar amount of overuse of bass guitar, guitar and a considerable underuse of the violin talent on offer.
Maybe they were trying to recreate the sound of a full band, but for me they left insufficient space.
So anyway Tina came on stage with Caroline Keo ( spelling questionable),
Tina on Guitar and vocals and Caroline on keyboard (with PC connection) and lovely vocals (it would be an injustice to relegate them to backing vocals).
A full set with plenty of tempo changes and plenty of emotion was delivered with a strangely modest outlook from Tina, the set and lighting contrived to remind one of Scandinavia's greatest export Abba, Blonde girl and Brunette girl (with purple highligts) on stage singing about relationships.
One moment which I believed confused the audience was a cover of the Status Quo classic cover of an obscure Dutch songwriter's "In the army now".
All in all, Tina performed all her tunes with a huge amount of vigour and if anything at all let her down to my ears it waste slight American tinge to her vocals.
We met Tina after her set and found her to be very personable and without any of the negative signs of stardom and very helpful in my attempts at close quarters photography.