IT takes something pretty special to tempt MICK JAGGER and RONNIE WOOD out to
a gig.
And there’s nothing more special than THE RACONTEURS when they’re
in full majestic flow.
The ROLLING STONES Lords watched JACK WHITE and his gang lay
waste to London’s Hammersmith Apollo with a mesmerising display of rock n
roll virtuosity.
There’s truly no better live act in action on the planet at the moment.
While THE WHITE STRIPES can rightful lay claim to having cornered the
market in clattering, primal blues-rock, The Raconteurs offer so much more.
There’s swampy country rock - Carolina Drama, turbo-charged power pop – Steady
As She Goes and blistering hard rock - Your Blue Veins.
While Jack teases solos of unimaginable complexity out of his axe co-vocalist BRENDAN
BENSON acts as a trusty foil.
Bassist JACK LAWRENCE provides a resoundingly powerful underpinning to
proceedings and drummer PATRICK KEELER thrashes his kit like KEITH
MOON.
The quartet, ably abetted by a new keyboard player, re-package and re-wire the
past fifty years of amplified guitar music and the results are nothing short
of spectacular.
It's only rock and roll. But you'd be deranged not to like it.
