Uncle Ted may not be everyones's cup of tea with his views etc but there can be no one in any doubt as to his class as a rock god,his mastery of the guitar on full view on this release.Essentially a self organised celebration of his own greatness this is potentially one of the discs of the year ,this year,next year indeed any year,from the 'gonzo' intro we are treated to five classics one after the other with motor city' and wango tango particularly stunning,its great to see a 'heritage ' artist playing with such fire and passion as to breathe new life into his back catalogue,the pace slows marginally with a couple of tracks from the 'Weekend Warriors' album namely the title track and 'need you so bad' before throwing in the the excellent title track from his last disc ' love grenade', Disc 1 concludes with the bluesy honky tonk- fantastic stuff.
And so to disc 2 ,the obligatory classic 'wang dang.... sets a ferocious pace before settling into celebratory mode with ' bo diddely/ baby please dont go etc where ted celebrates his roots,We then head for home with my favourite moment when Derek st holmes steps up to the mike and we're treated to hey baby/cat scratch fever and a gargantuan stranglehold finally an extended Fred bear concludes the show,how good is this disc? well,i believe it tops the celebrated ' double live gonzo' and thats some achievement,he may not always deliver in the studio but 'live' he a dead cert,here's to the next 40 years ha ha.