WITCHKRAFT                            9/11/06

First of two reviews of bands I caught this weekend.
On Thursday I caught Witchkraft at the Grange in Sunderland.
There was a good turn out at the pub and the band were on good form.
The first set was a good mix of well known songs from Montrose, Jethro Tull, Golden earring, Free and ACDC.
Second set was Deep Purple as this is their trade mark.
Cliff on drums (ex white Noise) and Gaz on bass have created a really tight and punchy rythm section. Mr. Big was excellent, really showing off Gaz's skills.
John on vocals , was suffering with a chest infection but it didn't stop him delivering, with a good , high and gritty rock vocal.
Mal...is Mal. Looks and plays like Blackmore, has all the moves and the sound of Mr. B, but can also show he's really good at the other stuff as well.
All in all it was a good show, good crowd, nice choice of rock classics mixed with the best of Purple.
Personal favourites for me were Space Station Number 5 and Into The Fire.
If you haven't seen them yet then get yourself along.

jarekmace - Big Ginger Gits Gig Pit