There is an old mystical proverb which states that “Whosoever treads upon the woven dreams of Persia shall awaken melodies the soul has yet to fathom.”
With a rather splendid rug laid across the stage on The Cluny in Newcastle it looked as though Dutch retro Rockers, DeWolff may well see that proverb coming to life.
From their ten studio albums released across a period of 15 or so years, DeWolff, have established themselves as one of the leading purveyors of classy, Southern Blues both funky and supremely soulful harking back to the golden era of the likes of The Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd. It was no surprise when their latest album Muscle Shoals, saw them record in the heartland and channeling the spirit of those very bands into their music. Tonight promised to be a very special evening.
Kicking off with an opening salvo of “Nightrain” and “Heart Stoppin’ Kind Of Show” certainly got things off to a lively start with Pablo van de Poel armed with a rather tasty Gibson Firebird and he certainly knew how to use it delivering some quite magnificent solos along the way. The wonderful organic groove of “In Love” with Soul drenched joint lead vocals from Pablo and Luka van de Poel proved to be an early set highlight.
This was absolutely wonderful, old school retro Rock full of soul and passion played through vintage equipment so retaining the authenticity of a bygone era. Pablo may well be a serious musician but that didn’t stop some sharp witted banter between the songs bringing a dash of humour to the night.
The musicianship was off the scale with stunning interplay between Pablo and Hammond organist, Robin Piso with some quite phenomenal drumming from Luka which saw songs such as “Rosita” stretched out to a 30 minute super jam with Pablo heading out into the crowd, up the stairs, over to the bar and onto the raised area at the side of the stage making sure that everyone in the hall felt part of the show.
It certainly looked like that old Persian rug worked its magic on DeWolff in Newcastle last night.
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