THE DRUGSTORE TAPES HAMBURG 1998

Disc One: 1. Intro & Tuning, 2. Let The Good Times Roll, 3. Walking One And Only, 4. Too Late, 5. Ring My Bell, 6. Melody, 7. Stagger Lee, 8. Anyway The Wind -Blows , 9. Stuff.

Disc Two: 1. Green River, 2. Spooky, 3. Motorvatin Mama, 4. Little Queenie, 5. Mystery Train, 6. Hit The Road Jack, 7. Tear It Up, 8. Crowd, 9. Land Of 1000 Dances-Tequila- Land Of 1000 Dances, 10. Crowd And Band Introduction, 11. Good Golly Miss Molly.

This release presents Bill Wyman s Rhythm Kings 1998 Cologne concert.   It was a great show and the recording too, so no need to work on this, except to separate the songs. The 1998 Rhythm Kings Tour lasted a bit more than the 1997 one starting in Belgium and ending in Norway and was done to promote the album Anyway The Wind Blows released in late September of that year; however only 5 songs from it were performed here. This is a solid performance from what can be called a big band, due to the number of band members, so when judging the players performance that factor must also be taken into account. It is funny that Georgie Fame, introducing the band said that they had been on the road for 9-10 days but now the great moment has arrived, then Stuff sung by Bill Wyman starts; it is strange because in fact the song was played the night before at the   Bad Breisig gig.

On the encore   Good Golly Miss Molly two member of the Thompson Brothers, that formed the country music group of the same name, were special guests on backing vocals .