Buddy Miller
bgk on May 1st 2003
I went over to Sheffield last night, to see a guy called Buddy Miller. Dave has a knack of finding out good gigs, wherever they may be in the country! We set off about 1800hrs to be there in-time for the start at 2000hrs — rush-hour traffic in Nottingham is quite bad and it’s about a 40 mile drive.
After a slight detour via Sutton-in-Ashfield we were on the Motorway, listening to Alison Krauss and Union Station (great CD, more on that another time … ). Sheffield is a very well laid out city, you can drive straight off the Motorway at junction 33, right into the heart of town. Found a car-park opposite the “theatre square” and crossed over to the Library Theatre. In the same square is the Crucible, where the world championships are being held!
The venue was small and about half-full for the opening act,
Bill Mallonee who I remember seeing before in Nottingham with Vigilantes of Love. Bill did a great opening act (1h) and Buddy and the band joined him for a few numbers towards the end. After a short interval — to allow the very drunk local guy to stock up on even more Carling(?) — Buddy and band came to the stage. He looked a lot like he does here, Dave commented he had looked like that for as long as he could remember.
I always enjoy live music, the thrill of seeing talented musicians enjoying themselves and the inspiration I get, especially if they are naturally gifted guitarists, is something you don’t get with a CD! Anyway, Buddy did a great set, managing to shake off the comments from the by now very drunk local guy and I’m looking forward to listening to some more Miller soon!
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