>Rex Musik Theater, a converted village cinema in a village about 30 minutes south of Frankfurt

90 minutes of the Hamburg Blues Band with Clem Clempson (Humble Pie, Colosseum), 15 minutes break and then 75 minutes of Chris Farlowe.

67 years old, a bull of a man, voice recovering from the flu and a microphone that came in for a fair bit of verbal abuse during the evening.

But what a brilliant concert.

The usual slapstick of Chris trying to detune guitars while his mates are playing, finishes up with multiple Jack Daniels being passed from bar to stage to lubricate the vocal cords, followed by All or nothing.

And Out of Time.

As always

Not forgetting “Stormy Monday Blues“, of course

Here’s a nice little story (YouTube, no embedding) behind it – Chris Farlowe with the wonderful Albert Lee