I do enjoy listening to a classic Harper performance from the days gone by – just to remind myself and bask!
Today’s Music to keep me IIIiNnnnnSSssAAAAnnnnEee – Roy Harper – In Between Every Line
I love this fabulous live album – gleaned from a series of live performances. There was such power there. No wonder he called himself a One Man Rock ‘n’ Roll Band. He was. But apart from the power of performance, there is the strength of the songs. They are unleashed in live performance.
Roy is a power to be reckoned with.
What a superb album. They got mixed up listening to all the different versions from an array of gigs so weren’t sure which was from which.
I like to think that I had something to do with the title. I was working with Roy to produce a book centred around his lyrics which I suggested calling ‘Off The Tracks and Between The Lines’.
Jimmy Page is relegated to second guitar!
Roy Harper – Edinburgh Usher Hall – more photos of soundcheck
Roy Harper – Edinburgh Usher Hall – Photos of soundcheck
Roy Harper
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These are a few photos from the sound check. I’ll put up some more as I find time to sort them. Hope you like them.
Roy had a migraine earlier but managed to shrug it off though it left him a bit drained – I don’t think it showed.
There is a lot of work getting the sound levels and tone right, coordinating the musicians and arrangements, and getting the lighting right. Sound checks are fraught with focussed attention and intensity. Everything is organised to the last detail. A lot goes on. Quite a bit different to the days when Roy would hitch-hike into a small club, take his guitar out of the case and step up to the microphone.
Bill, Roy and Darren
