Last night was my first gig of 2011 in the shape of Dean Wareham at Stereo in Glasgow...as most people know Dean was the lead singer of the mighty Galaxie 500 and last night's gig was all about the songs of his former band (and a couple of cracking covers)...
From the second Wareham came on stage the scene was set for an old friend coming home and he certainly didn't let any of the adoring crowd down...the mood all night was celebratory...we were treated to classic Galaxie 500 numbers such as Temperature's Rising,Blue Thunder and Fourth Of July....
As Galaxie 500 were very influential to a number of bands it was perhaps fitting that they played some covers of tracks that had influenced them when starting out.... Jonathan Richman's adolescent anthem Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste was one of the many highlights of the show....
The show was closed with two brilliant covers...the first,with beautiful vocals courtesy of Wareham's wife Britta Phillips was a cover of Nico's I'll Keep It With Mine and then to finish off the set an old favourite, New Order's Ceremony was given the full Wareham treatment and was a perfect end to a triumphant return to Glasgow...
Wareham pretty much let the music do the talking throughout the show excepting a comedic story in the middle of the set about taking acid but this show was all about the glorious music that Wareham has been making for years....his guitar playing was glorious throughout and,if anything,has got better over the years and yes he did manage to hit those same high notes he hit over 20 years ago in the glory days of Galaxie 500...
This show was everything we were hoping for and more....
No matter how good Wareham's version is, thought it was apt to also post the original from one of the finest bands of the last 30 years....
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