Preview: The Terry Reid Band, Fibbers, York, May 12
10:37am Friday 9th May 2008
IF the name Terry Reid fails to register, ask some old guy with a faraway look in his eyes. Whisper Superlungs, Silver White Light, May Fly or Rich Kid Blues in his ear and watch him start shaking parts that have not been shaken for an age.
Having had to turn down the singing job in both Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, the velvet and sandpaper-voiced Reid worked with Jackson Browne, Don Henley, Linda Ronstadt and Joe Walsh, to say nothing of Robert Plant, Keith Richards and Roger Daltrey jamming with him in recent years.
This month Reid has returned home to Britain for a rare full-band tour with a hand picked, all-American four-piece whose instrumental prowess spans guitars, mandolin, dobro, steel guitar, banjo, bass and drums.
His set accommodates his back catalogue alongside new songs form the past few years, such as Too Many People, San Juan Sunset and Hong Kong.
Having a full band in tow enables him to delve into his 1976 album, Seed Of Memory, and revive the long-dormant Silver White Light, from 1969's Terry Reid album, and Tinker Taylor, from 1968's Bang, Bang You're Terry Reid.
Incidentally, Rich Kid Blues was covered by Jack White and Brendan Benson's side project The Raconteurs on their debut album Consolers Of The Lonely, while songs from Seed Of Memory feature in Rob Zombie's cult horror movie The Devil's Rejects.
Tickets for Monday's gig in York cost £11 in advance, £12.50 on the door.