The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #118649   Message #2632510
Posted By: Brian Peters
15-May-09 - 09:18 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: We Are Safe (Jim Woodland)
Subject: RE: find song-street is lit end to end/we are safe
One of my favourite musical memories is the Sunday afternoon concert at Holmfirth Festival about twenty years ago, when Jim Woodland and Peadar Long (who is also on the 'Ghosts' album) played the Sunday afternoon concert. The previous acts had been of the laid-back variety, a soporific atmosphere prevailed, and the audience was quietly dropping off. The duo hit the stage, Jim in suit and tie, toting a Rickenbacker, and Peader with leather jacket (collar turned up) dark glasses and tenor sax. They ripped into (I think) 'Don't Jump' at high volume, and the audience jumped off its collective chair. One of the most 'in yer face' performances I've ever seen. Brilliant.