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As legends rock legends go you won't see
them much bigger on the humble stage of Trillians than the mighty Pete
Way. Tonight he brings his merry band Waysted to Newcastle, but
tonight is a little bit extra in the Waysted package as well as Fin Muir
on vocals and Paul Haslin on drums, stepping in at the last minute to
cover for Chris George was none other than guitar legend Robin George
(same name, but strangely no relation!).
There was no support act scheduled for
this show but with this line-up to look forward to, the near capacity Trillians crowd have only come to see Way and the boys, so anything else
would have been a waste of good drinking time before the main event.
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The band came on stage around 9.30 pm and
had an immediate impact on the crowd, as the band went straight to work
with ‘The Alternativa’ from the bands 'Back From The Dead' opus.
With Fin looking rather dapper dressed in a white jacket embossed with
several Waysted logos and making a rare appearance was the famed spiders
web t-shirt.
The set continued with a funky bass and
bluesy guitar intro from Way and George respectively of ‘Dead On Your
Legs’, which received rapturous applause from the throngs that had come
out tonight. I tell you I haven’t seen Trillians this packed for a
rock show for quite some time.
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The band went on with a song that Fin
explained was about dodgy relationships, the excellent ‘Toys With The
Passion’. By this time Fin was obviously feeling the heat as off
came the jacket. The band was now in full flow as the set continued
with ‘Hang Em High’ before slowing things down a tad with ‘Dreams’.
Then Fin introduced Robin, who to be
honest needed no introduction, as Fin persuaded the crowd to join him into
baiting Robin into singing a few lines of ‘Heartline’, which he eventually
obliged and got a rousing cheer for his efforts.
With Fin and Way interacting so well on
stage this seemed to add to the whole atmosphere of the show. As
they went into what has to be the bands most remembered song ‘Heaven
Tonight’, the song got as big a cheer as Robins rendition of ‘Heartline’.
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Then
it was time for the tongue and cheek side of the band as Fin tells the
tale of how the next song ‘Breakfast Show’ came about as he and Way were
watching early morning TV one day and said ... "we could do that and we
could call it TDTV - Two Drunks on TV".
This night of good time rock n' roll
continued with ‘Garden Of Eden’, another from the 'Back From The Dead'
release, then it was back to the bands 1984 album ‘You Wont Get Out Alive’
for the title track, and a great song was once again given the live show
it deserved.
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Next up it was time for a couple of covers
to end a splendid set. Firstly the Everly Brothers ‘The Price of
Love’, before the band put its own spin of the Alex Harvey classic
‘Framed’, which rounded off a great night and ended a run of three
excellent nights at Trillians. Something that this great rock venue
and its more mature clientele have been longing for. |
