Concert review – Paul Rodgers at Birmingham NIA
Friday 29th April 2011, 7:25AM BST.
Paul Rodgers
Birmingham NIA
Concert review and photos by Ian Harvey
There are some voices which are more than just mere voices – kd lang’s is one, former Journey singer Steve Perry’s (sorry Glee fans, your version of Don’t Stop Believin’ doesn’t come close) is another and then there is Paul Rodgers.
How on earth Rodgers can sound better at 61 than in his heyday with both Free and Bad Company is a mystery . . . but it is also a fact.
Click on the gig photo gallery to the right
Rodgers’ voice is a thing of wonder, both deeply soulful and yet still the stuff of which, yes, every Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy is made.
And he has a back catalogue which simply can’t fail.
Can’t Get Enough (of your love) . . . well, no, of course you can’t (calm down dear!).
All Right Now . . . not ‘arf!
Feel Like Makin’ Love . . . well, this was one loved-up NIA, as a film crew recorded the event for posterity and a future DVD release.
Elsewhere, Seagull had a majesty all of its own, while Fire and Water, Bad Company and Wishing Well were simply magnificent, with Black Country-born Jason Bonham, son of Led Zeppelin legend John, excelling on drumming duties.
Earlier, another rock legend, Def Leppard’s Joe Elliot, warmed up the NIA crowd with his Mott The Hoople “tribute band” the Down ‘N’ Outz.
Elliott has long been a fan of Hoople frontman Ian Hunter, and his enthusiasm for a variety of songs from various Hoople offshoots was quite contagious.
Music photography by Ian Harvey / RocktasticPix
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Enough said, the man is a legend, brilliant!!
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It was well worth cutting my holiday short for,amazing.
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