Christmas @ De Boerderij

 

Data: 16 December 2006
Miejsce: De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Netherlands

CD 1
1. Fading Colours
2. Dark Before The Dawn
3. Caught In A Fold
4. The Last Climb
5. Evergreen
6. Silver Glass
7. The Spirit Of Autumn Past
9. Walks With A Storm
10. Carpe Diem
CD 2
1. Nowhere To Hide (Close My Eyes)
2. Broken Glass
3. Never The Rainbow
4. Ghost
5. Out Of The Inn
6. Shindig
7. Haste To The Wedding
8. Which Wood
9. Shrinking Violet
10. Dreaming
11. Heroes Never Die
12. Finlandia
CD 3
1. Silent Night
2. Chat
3. The Spirit Of Christmas Past
4. Chat Two Cannibals
5. Merry X-Mas Everybody
6. Chat Where Is Brian?
7. The Fairy Tale Of New York
8. White Christmas

NOTE: in the set there was a 15 minute break after Walk with a Storm. After the break Silent Night was played (before Carpe Diem). I put Carpe Diem on the first disc, so that all could be fitted on three discs. I moved Silent Night to the third disc, so all the Christmas songs are together. That way you don't have to listen to Silent Night in april ;)

THE CONCERT
750 People were present at De Boerderij for the special Christmas Show by Mostly Autumn. They have been doing X-mas gigs for the last couple of years now. It's always fun, and they tradionally end the set with Christmas songs. This year they also played four new songs from the new album Heart Full Of Sky, that is to come out in februari 2007. The special limited edition was sold at the merchandise stand.
The new songs sounded well, and we were also treated on some old material. Especially The Last Climb was a nice surprise. The band was in a for a long one. This concert lasted nearly three hours. No wonder there was a short intermission after about an hour.
You don't get the intermission in this release. What's the point in listening to crowd noise when you can enjoy Heather and Brian with the band...
In the middle of the set you'll find four instrumental songs with an Irish feel to them. Troy Donockley was present and he gave an extra dimension with his uilleann pipes.
It was good fun to see the 'snow' falling down during the encores. Although Heather nearly choked on the so called snow. And Liam did his famous Noddy Holder imitation. The set ends with the Fairy Tale Of New York (from Kirsty MacColl & the Pogues). It was a good gig!

THE BAND
Bryan Josh - Guitars, vocals
Heather Findlay - Vocals, acoustic guitars, flute, percussion
Chris Johnson - Keyboards
Liam Davison - Guitars, vocals
Angela Gordon - keyboards, flute, vocals
Andrew Jennings - Drums
Andy Smith - Bass

GUEST MUSICIANS
Olivia Sparnenn - Vocals
Troy Donockley - Uilleann pipes

Added: 20.08.2007