Vanden Plas : Spirit of 66 ( Belgium )


The last time Vanden Plas was programmed at Spirit of 66, their bassist broke a foot some days before and thus, the gig has been replaced by AVALON.

New date, I don't want to miss them a second time. And it was near to do so !!! There was an error on the program : the show was beginning at 10 p.m., but in reality, it was 8 p.m. !!!

But the band has been very kind and decided to play fot the guys who were there at 8, AND play again for people coming at 10 !!!

Vanden Plas 1 In fact, I never heard this band before I was going on the show. I wanted to judge live about their quality. And the quality was at rendez-vous ! God... their music is so melodic !! I begin to like more and more progressive style because of this melodic line in the songs. The musicians are really talented and professional. I remember the bass player with a broken foot playing while sitting on a chair. The guitarist was always smiling to the crowd, seeming glad to be here tonight.
The singer was trying to talk to us in french ( and he speaks nicely this language ;-) ).

Despite the fact I came too late for the show, I have seen the band almost 1.5 hour on stage. The public was enchanted to see the band and was singing together with the singer.
I think that the band came back two or three times on stage after the end, the atmosphere was very hot !!!

Vanden Plas 2

Unfortunately, I can't tell you the titles of the songs played that evening, but the songs extracted from their latest album The God Thing are wonderfull. I have passed a real good moment.

Once again, the boss of the Spirit of 66 has been inspired when he invited Vanden Plas to play a gig here in the little town of Verviers ( merci Mr Spirit !!! ). If you pass here someday, come on !!!

All pictures on this article are Copyright Sébastien Paul © 1998

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