![]() Mollie is mod icon Steve Marriott’s (Small Faces/Humble Pie) daughter, and so there is a certain expectation to live up to here. Lots of smiles on people’s faces and we are sat down for a change, the previous venues he has played regularly in York would be Fibbers and The Duchess, two original smoke filled low stage/low ceiling venues, this is a palace compared to those places and his stage set up is in the centre, completely dwarfed by the size of the available platform.įirst up though is Mollie Marriott and her band. I was at some of those supposedly last gigs of his life, where grown men wept as he played ‘Bye Bye Johnny’ for the last time – and now we have tears of joy in our eyes again, but due to the relief and enhanced appreciation of watching him play live once more. Wilko Johnson should by all accounts be pushing up the daisies in a Canvey Island cemetery, his terminal pancreatic cancer eradicated by a last minute life saving surgical procedure two years ago, has put him back on the road in front of his adoring fans. It’s breathtakingly perfect, a stripped back no nonsense honest showcase of what old school rock and roll music should feel like. There is an overwhelming simplicity to this, a 3 piece band, playing classic R&B tunes for an hour and a half with no backdrop (just a black curtain), no huge light show or need to occupy the whole of the stage. Wilko Johnson and his band bring the sound of Rock n Roll back to York Barbican
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