{"id":24175,"date":"2024-02-03T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=24175"},"modified":"2024-01-30T11:49:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T11:49:44","slug":"dr-feelgood-live-in-caen-grand-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=24175","title":{"rendered":"Dr Feelgood, \u2018Live In Caen\u2019 (Grand Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The most pleasant and unexpected surprise of 2022 for me was being able to say \u201cthere\u2019s a great new album from Dr Feelgood\u201d. I admit that I\u2019d not followed their recent releases closely, though I respected their decision to carry on flying the Feelgood flag. Quite by chance, I heard the first single from \u2018Damn Right!\u2019 and immediately my ears pricked up. \u2018The guitar sounds familiar\u2019, I thought to myself. And, sure enough, it was the return of Gordon Russell, one of my favourite guitarists. This was clearly a very good thing, as the tunes he wrote with Robert Kane are truly worthy of the Feelgood name and legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And he seems to have given them a shot in the arm onstage as well. So, here we have 20 songs from stages around Europe, with the band sounding vital and sharp. From \u2018Drives Me Wild\u2019 onwards, it is a joy to hear them having a ball. The four new tunes fit in perfectly with the classics, \u2018Mary Ann\u2019 sounding particularly excellent next to \u2018All Through The City\u2019. Kane does his thing without sounding like Brilleaux, and I really like his style. It\u2019s hard to believe that on joining the band, he didn\u2019t play harmonica, because on \u2018Going Back Home\u2019 he\u2019s obviously done his homework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s no secret that The Big Figure and Sparko are my favourite rhythm section ever, but Phil and Kevin have been playing together for so long that they also have a special chemistry. \u2018Damn Right I Do\u2019 and \u2018Keep It Undercover\u2019 sound even better live, and with \u2018Roxette\u2019, \u2018Milk And Alcohol\u2019, \u2018Down At The Doctors\u2019 and \u2018She Does It Right\u2019, it\u2019s one hell of a set list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d love to hear them include \u2018Dangerous\u2019 one day, and keep my fingers crossed they\u2019ll return to France this year. For all of you in the UK, make the most of a good thing and catch them on tour soon. Doctor\u2019s orders!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Author: Martin Chamarette<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The most pleasant and unexpected surprise of 2022 for me was being able to say \u201cthere\u2019s a great new album from Dr Feelgood\u201d. I admit that I\u2019d not followed their recent releases closely, though I respected their decision to carry on flying the Feelgood flag. Quite by chance, I heard the first single from \u2018Damn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[568,1800],"class_list":["post-24175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-dr-feelgood","tag-martin-chamarette"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24177,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24175\/revisions\/24177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}