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A No Bull Endeavour: 'Atom Heart Mother' Live.
As imagined, David's involvement in Ron Geesin's presentation
of the Atom Heart Mother Suite took the performance
to another level. Saturday's show, which showcased
Ron's wide range of talents, including improvisation,
composing, experimental musicianship, and even poetry,
was well-received, and the Atom Heart Mother Suite
(plus humorous anecdotal introduction) which comprises
the second half of the show was a palpable hit.
However, from the Sunday afternoon runthrough onwards,
David's presence seemed to be the factor that finally
made all the disparate elements of the Suite coalesce.
Critics of the Suite have noted the amalgam of rock
band instrumentation with choir, brass ensemble and
solo cello, hardly the average accompaniment to a
band album in 1970; but in 2008, with David's bluesy
lead guitar and lyrical lap steel weaving in and out
of the orchestrated elements, it all seemed not only
vital, but far more genre-busting than any contemporary
competition. Certainly you wouldn't have found any
disagreement in the hall as a packed house rose to
its feet at the final chord. Ron Geesin at the piano,
Caroline Dale, the Canticum choir, Mun Floyd, the
brass section and in particular conductor Mark Forkgen,
all had the confidence of a successful previous night's
show, and were able to build on it to produce a tour
de force.
David, playing one of the prototype versions of the
forthcoming Fender 'Black Strat' model, reminded
the audience yet again what musical guitar
playing is – emotional, exciting, moving and
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