alanbrookland.com » cowbell http://alanbrookland.com Random ramblings of a perturbed mind Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:12:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 But strangely he didn’t wear tails… http://alanbrookland.com/2008/10/18/23/ http://alanbrookland.com/2008/10/18/23/#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:19:24 +0000 Alan http://alanbrookland.com/?p=23 Back now from watching Bill Bailey playing with an orchestra.  He clearly was enjoying performing in the Albert Hall and I don’t think anyone was surprised when he took the opportunity to have a go on it’s huge organ <ahem>.  The show was a nice mix between some of his old songs and new material exploring how some instruments are commonly used.  I never knew that bassoon players are all secret Bee-Gee’s fans for example.

The second half is probably the stronger of the two, and features a strong contribution by the internet’s instrument of choice, the cowbell, in a performance reminiscent of Morecambe and Wise at their best.  Watching Bill putting the excellent BBC Concert orchestra through their paces in a nail-biting cop-drama too is strangly mesmerising.  If he’s performing anywhere near you it’s well worth catching.

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