by the ghost of guitarplayer » Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:17 am
Here in the UK... loads. You couldn't escape them and Mac, Will and Les more or less had the press eating out of their hands, so to speak. I think they were probably one of the main bands in 1997-1998 that every review said that seeing them live was a must do. I remember reading those kind of live reviews a lot particularly in the broadsheets.
While reminiscing and related as such, I'd stuck some of this on twitter after clearing out a load of old cassette singles and albums. Found my old copy of Terry Hall's Forever J and Home album, forgetting who the bass player was. That led me to seek the videos out on youpubes, some of the live performances with Les have only appeared in the last six months or so.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g-kfaji9Ck[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsd4lxXiN4Q&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlioWnw9BEc&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=119n6cM4wgA&feature=related[/youtube]