[kj] OT: Hugh Cornwell

[Rheinhold Squeegee]

Agreed. Saw him at the 400 Bar in Mpls last month with Fishman and Burke and about 40 people total. I had a genuinely good time, which I haven't had at a show for a while. I can remember listening to my smuggled tape of "Rattus Norvegicus" after lights-out when I was 13 in 1980. I didn't really imagine I would be watching him flog that album 30 years later.
 

 


Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 19:35:04 -0700
From: BMeissner at encorehollywood.com
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Hugh Cornwell






   I saw that same show here in Hollywood CA. at La Cita a while ago except we had the great Clem Burke on drums here. The show was excellent as you said and Fish (bass player) was incredible – he totally nailed “Goodbye Toulouse”. 
 
                   Billy
 

From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Geoffrey ODonoghue
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 7:15 PM
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: [kj] OT: Hugh Cornwell
 





I saw ex-Strangler Hugh Cornwell here in Brisbane last Friday night. His 

Australian shows have been in two parts with the first being a mix of solo and 

Stranglers songs (probably more of the latter) and the second part being the 

Rattus Norvegicus album in its entirety. I'm a big Stranglers fan (in all their 

incarnations) but I don't have any of Cornwell's solo material apart from his 

latest, Hooverdam, which is a free download at his website.
Despite a low audience turn-out (making for a bit of a subdued atmosphere) I 

really enjoyed the show. The band consists of just Cornwell, bass player Steve 

(Fish) Fishman and drummer Chris Bell. No keyboard player (and no backing tapes 

or sequencers)! Despite this they pull off the Stranglers songs very well with 

clever arrangements that allow the guitar, bass and even drums (I'm thinking 

Golden Brown here) to cover for the integral parts normally handled by the 

keyboards. There wasn't a dud song in the whole gig and it was quite amazing to 

hear some keyboard-heavy Stranglers songs like Duchess and Down In The Sewer 

played by the trio.
Cornwell (turning 62 in August and looking very fit and healthy) still seems to 

have his dry sense of humour and, again despite the smallish audience, he gave a 

strong, professional performance. He came over to the merch stand after the show 

so I bought a 2009 2CD live show (the whole of Hooverdam and Rattus) which he 

signed.
I think he's been doing similar shows (all of Rattus and other Stranglers plus 

solo) over the last few years so if you're interested I urge you to have a look 

on Youtube (search for Hugh Cornwell Brisbane for example) and if you like what 

you see/hear then go and see him.
I don't know if this claiming of his Stranglers legacy is a recent development 

but I think it's great and only right that he should perform those songs. I 

notice that he's even using the classic Stranglers font for his name on recent 

releases. Good on him.

 

Geoff
 
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