I was at a classic rock night last night - The Strawbs, Martin Turner’s Wishbone Ash and Focus. There is always a danger with “old” bands that you’ll just see a load of hired hands turning out sad versions of old favorites however this was a good night. I have to say I prefer THE Wishbone Ash to Martin Turner’s - they didn’t quite catch the flame for me.

This isn’t a very IT blog entry but it is interesting to note that http://www.wishboneash.co.uk & http://www.wishboneash.com  point to different bands!

Anyway, shock of the night was Focus. Although to me Focus means Jan Akkerman and the bass player and guitarist were at least a generation too young to be Jan (in fact I believe the bassist is Thijs van Leer’s stepson!)  they were amazing. Thijs van Leer is the original keyboard player and founder and Pierre van der Linden is the drummer from the classic line up and they were quite brilliant. The youngsters were pretty hot too.  

They do play the weirdest music - rock / jazz / yodelling, weird but good. Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9qx6ioDwP0&feature=related and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFSDDBiKJhc or just search you tube for outsearch for “focus new skin”  to see the current line up.