Tony Hadley
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2022 3:27 pm
yes in the eighties I was a fan of Spandau Ballet - from "Cut a Long Story Short" to "True" and beyond.
The show at Christchurch James Hay theatre was low key production but high energy performance. The band, Drums, bass, guitar, keys , and percussion, were all top flight pl\players, but the guitarist in particular was superb.
Playing a Knaggs single cut through what I think was a HX Stomp plus a few pedals, with no onstage cabs, "Ritchie" had a thick rich singing tone. Hadley gave him many solos and they were all masterclasses in pyrotechnics but always tasteful, and performed with the sort of nonchalance that only comes from being very practiced. Clean tones also nice with a bit of phaser for the funk.
I have tried to find out his last name but it eludes me. Superb player. Personally I would have mixed the solos just a fraction louder...butit was the singers show...
oh, and Hadley sang well too
The show at Christchurch James Hay theatre was low key production but high energy performance. The band, Drums, bass, guitar, keys , and percussion, were all top flight pl\players, but the guitarist in particular was superb.
Playing a Knaggs single cut through what I think was a HX Stomp plus a few pedals, with no onstage cabs, "Ritchie" had a thick rich singing tone. Hadley gave him many solos and they were all masterclasses in pyrotechnics but always tasteful, and performed with the sort of nonchalance that only comes from being very practiced. Clean tones also nice with a bit of phaser for the funk.
I have tried to find out his last name but it eludes me. Superb player. Personally I would have mixed the solos just a fraction louder...butit was the singers show...
oh, and Hadley sang well too
