Matthew Fisher on VK7 In the foreground, Frank Mead's sax-stands, and Geoff Whitehorn's word-sheet for Reeling in the Years, carefully retrieved by his spouse directly after the gig. |
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Henry Spinetti glimpsed for
a moment Note also the 'No Stiletto Shoes' logo on the poster at the back of the stage. |
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Geoff Whitehorn … his volume-pedal and effects board artfully cut off at the foot of the picture |
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Mark Brzezicki didn't play
the kit at all during the evening, but he was
foregrounded on this instrument (is it a tabla? A
solitary bongo?) on a couple of numbers. I didn't succeed in getting a picture of his brother Steve Brzezicki who played a lot of bass … a six string, to boot. |
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Matthew Fisher glances up to allot a solo during Green Onions |
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Gary certainly wasn't
sitting down studying the keys like this for much of the
night … But Andy Fairweather Low keeps back characteristically in the shadows until a solo break will bring him down to the front |
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Behind the
organ, the mighty |
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Brooker, Fairweather Low, and
an ombrageous Pegg. The music-stand was occasionally used for word-sheets, and once or twice … for the requests, I think … it supported the odd chord-chart |
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On such a very crowded stage it was quite rare to get a full view of Henry Spinetti and even then the light was rarely favourable. Sorry Henry … I did try! |
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That blur is the glorious
tenor sax of Frank Mead in mid-convulsion. Mr Whitehorn seems positively statuesque by comparison |
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The drawbars on the VK7 may be seen here, as well as the way the casework mimics the Hammond B3 design. This instrument produced a good Hammondesque sound all evening. |
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An organist's hands Impossible to photograph, but very easy to observe, the economy of effort with which Matthew Fisher plays, making finger-substitutions in order to preserve a long note while the hand adjusts to reach up or down, or coolly executing a speedy scalar passage with neatly 'correct' fingering |
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