Having not been to a gig since Patti Smith at Sowinskiego Park in August, I was really looking forward to the Martin Barre Band concert at Klub Progresja.
And Martin Barre and his band didn't disappoint doing a nice two-hour set, half made up of old blues tunes (plus Gov't Mule's 'Thorazine Shuffle' - one of the highlights of the night for me), and half made up of old Jethro Tull tunes ('Sweet Dream'; 'Something's on the Move'; 'Thick as a Brick'; 'Minstrel in the Gallery' etc.).
Unfortunately, the small Klub Progresja is kind of a small pokey hole with a small stage (in contrast, the big Klub Progresja is probably the best place for a gig in Warsaw), and at times Martin Barre and his fellow band members looked a bit cramped for space.
There was also only about 150 people there which was a bit disappointing:
But Martin Barre took things in his stride having a bit of fun with a microphone stand that kept getting in his way, ironically bemoaning the fact that he couldn't have a drink because he was driving (while his bandmates were smiling and enjoying their Lech - a Polish beer from Poznan) and, of course, some of the guitar work was sublime.
Saw Jethro Tull four times in the 1980s, the first time being at Birmingham NEC on the 'Broadsword and the Beast' tour when I was 16 and just getting ready to leave school. Thus, now in my late 40s, I really enjoyed the old Tull tunes at this gig, especially 'Something's on the Move' (from the massively underrated 'Stormwatch' album if my memory serves me right).
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