Saturday, August 16, 2014

Steve Hackett, revisiting Genesis, at Cropredy festival

Steve Hackett, Genesis Revisited, Cropredy 2014
Steve Hackett, Genesis Revisited, Cropredy 2014
I swear Steve Hackett hasn't aged a week since I last saw him live, and no, it wasn't a few months ago... it was the summer of 1979, at Leicester University, as my sister reminded me last week. He and his band took the stage on the first day of the Cropredy Festival, 7th August 2014. So it's been (ouch!) only about thirty-five years...  no, that's not possible. Right?

Steve Hackett, Genesis Revisited, Cropredy 2014
Steve Hackett, Genesis Revisited, Cropredy 2014
He's still an amazing guitarist. Happy, too!

Steve Hackett, Genesis Revisited, Cropredy 2014
Steve Hackett, Genesis Revisited, Cropredy 2014
And singer Nad Sylvan is an expressive marvel, able to handle the Gabriel and Collins songs alike.

Steve Hackett, Genesis Revisited, Cropredy 2014
Nad Sylvan, Genesis Revisited, Cropredy 2014
They played my long-time favourite song, I Know What I Like In Your Wardrobe, and I sang along all the way back to my seat, just like I used to sing along to it on the radio back-in-the-day.

Steve Hackett, Genesis Revisited, Cropredy 2014
Steve Hackett, Genesis Revisited, Cropredy 2014
More photos from Steve Hackett's show at Cropredy festival can be found in the Toon's Tunes Steve Hackett photo gallery.

More info and more tour dates: http://www.hackettsongs.com/index.html

Steve Hackett, Genesis Revisited, Cropredy 2014
Nad Sylvan, Genesis Revisited, Cropredy 2014

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