Black Country Communion – Indianapolis Review & Photo Gallery
Black Country Communion invaded the over 100-year-old Murat Theater in downtown Indianapolis Wednesday night. It was an extra special treat to see the band perform right after their CD release. I have been listening to their CD’s a lot over the last few days, so it was extremely entertaining to see the songs performed live for my very first time.
I knew BCC was going to be good, but they absolutely blew me away. Each and every member of Black Country Communion is a master of their instrument, which makes this one exciting band to watch. The former Deep Purple bass player and vocalist, Glenn Hughes was on fire Wednesday night. His vocals were perfect, if not mind-blowing. I can’t believe he can still sting at this level after all of these years. Not only is he a great singer, but he is extremely animated while playing his beat up Nash Guitars bass . I really got a kick out of watching him perform.
It has been over a decade since I have seen Derek Sherinian play live, but he never disappoints. He is a master of the Hammond B3 Organ, and Korg keyboard. His playing Wednesday night gave me goose bumps. He is a truly amazing musician.
It was really good to see Jason Bonham play drums again. I haven’t seen him since he played drums in his band Bonham. I thought for sure that Jason Bonham would have an extended drum solo at some point during the show, but surprisingly he did not. He did however get to strut his stuff on several of Black Country Communion’s tunes. In my ears, Jason is a chip off of the old block. John Bonham would be so proud of his son if he were still alive. He is a great drummer.
This was the first time I have seen Joe Bonamassa play. For those of you that are not familiar with Joe, he is huge in the Blues rock world. He has been cranking out quality albums nonstop since 2000. Black Country Communion is his first foray in a hard rock band.
I was extremely impressed with Joe Bonamassa’s playing. He may just be one of the top 10 guitar players I have seen live. He was really THAT good! His solos were super tight, and very fun to watch. At times his guitar tones reminded me a lot of David Gilmour’s from Pink Floyd. I realize there is a fine line between blues & hard rock, but Bonamassa was far better than I expected him to be. I was also surprised to see him use a Theremin during the show. The use of the Theremin is nothing new in rock, but Joe is only the second guitar player I have seen to use it live, and use it well. (The first was Frank Hannon from Tesla.) I also have to mention that Bonamassa is pretty good singer. His vocal style reminds me a lot of former Bad Company front man Paul Rodgers.
I thought Black Country Communion was going to rattle the plaster off of the walls with their heavy tunes which included (in no certain order), “Black Country”, “One Last Soul”, “Crossfire”, “Save Me”, “The Battle for Hadrian’s Wall”, “Beggerman”, “Faithless”, “Song of Yesterday”, “Smokestack Woman”, “The Outsider” “Cold” , The Joe Bonamassa classic” The Ballad of John Henry”and the Encore of “Man in the Middle” and Deep Purple’s “Burn”.
There was some type of contest going on during this show where fans were allowed to bring in their video cameras, and tape the show. I am expecting a lot of this concert to turn up on youtube before long. While we didn’t videos at this show, we did take plenty of pictures. Check them out below!
Be sure to check out Black Country Communion if they come to your town, and pick up their new album “2” which is in stores now!
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Excellent photos you took Rockitt! I very much need to see BCC live! With Glenn Hughes at the forefront of this band, you documented a Rock Legend and Rock history very, very, well my Hard Rock friend.
Thank you my friend!!
BCC is a phenomenal band! with all due respect to Jason bonham, it’s a good thing that he didn’t do a drum solo. He is very good at playing great stuff within the framework of each song, but a soloist he is not.
I must have been real close to you while you took these photos. Really clear pics. The show was great. Got to meet Glenn and saw him walking around outside next to a cafe my brother and I were snacking at. My brother yelled that “Burn” was his best effort and I think Glenn got a kick out of it. We got some great photos too but you really got the photos in a professional manner. Nice.
Thanks a lot Sherm!!
Sounds like we both enjoyed the show 😉
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great review!!!
tony conley
Thanks Tony! Hopefully they will make another run through the States. I would like to see them again sometime.
The CD is fantastic, and the live stuff I have heard is great as well. I hope to see them live someday.
Damn It, Rob! Don’t you know that I am in the middle of the Every Album Challenge and you can’t entice me to want to own more albums! Sounds like you had a rocking good time! I’m gonna have to check these guys out if they come my way….
You won’t want to wait 3 years to hear this one…lol!