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| The Move during their final appearance at The Robin 2 [Photos courtesy of Tony Smith] ... |
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| Great support from PRoM on the night ... |
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| Rockin' The Robin: Co-founders of The Move: Trev and Bev with Phil Tree ... |
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| Bev, Phil and Tony in perfect unison ... |
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| Phil and Tony complete this final line-up of The Move ... |
And what of The Move on this their final Midlands date [at the time of writing]? The familiar quartet of Bev, Trev, Phil Tree and Tony Kelsey displayed the fruit of a multi-date tour. The vocals, percussion and guitar craft were the tightest that I've ever witnessed with this incarnation of the band as they delivered another strong set of those Move songs we all know and love. Most of the hits were there, a miss and the odd cover. Once again the superb songs of Roy Wood were given the live treatment they deserve. "Mercury Blues" and "Something Else" were outstanding as were Trevor's wonderful, often comical introductions to each song and his fantastic personalised tribute to old friend Jimi Hendrix with "Hey Joe". This was a concert that was a real honour to attend with the lead vocals of Trevor and Phil perfectly backed by Abby, Tony and Joy throughout. And Bev 'Basher' Bevan had a real thrash too circumnavigating his kit with his world class prowess. Rhythm duo Phil and Tony on bass and guitars are the genuine article too and their contribution on the night was also faultless. The band nailed the classics all through the night with "Night Of Fear", "Wild Tiger Woman" and "Do Ya" particularly impressing. The reaction of the audience is always the barometer of a gig hence so the rapturous applause and hollering both before and after the encores of "Blackberry Way" and "Gimme Some Lovin'" said it all!
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| Piece Of My Heart: Movette Abby Brant backed by the classy backing vocals of Joy Strachan-Brain ... |
Set list: "I Can Hear The Grass Grow"; "Fire Brigade"; "Something Else"; "Flowers In The Rain"; "Night Of Fear"; "Hello Suzie"; "Piece Of My Heart"; "Goin’ Back"; "Wild Tiger Woman"; "Brontosaurus"; "Mercury Blues"; "Do Ya"; "Wild Thing"; "Hey Joe"; "California Man"; "Blackberry Way"; "Gimme Some Lovin'"
Last night, The Move were: Bev Bevan [Drums], Trevor Burton [Guitars/vocals, Phil Tree [Bass/vocals], Tony Kelsey [Guitars/backing vocals] plus Movettes Abby Brant [Keyboards/backing vocals] and Joy Strachan-Brain [Backing vocals]
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| Encore: Surely a good a proper farewell concert is the best way to say a final "Goodbye" ... |
An Appeal to The Move and their Management
Yes, the final line-up of The Move did not see the participation of Roy Wood or Ace Kefford and we all still mourn the loss of Carl Wayne. But The Move did do justice to their live legacy and impressive hit roster. For me, the passing of The Move into the history books is a sad affair with the current tour ending in August, away from their musical home. ELO Beatles Forever [ELOBF] believes that there should be a much more fitting finale to this magnificent and iconic band. This is an open and honest appeal to the band and their management to arrange a fitting farewell gig for the band in their Birmingham birthplace where both The Move and their fans can celebrate the band and also draw a line under it in the best possible manner. KJS@ELOBF
ELO Beatles Forever [ELOBF] recommends The Move featuring Bev Bevan and Trevor Burton to those enlightened folks who enjoy the music of ELO, Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood, The Idle Race, 'Brum Beat', The Beatles and related artistes.
Until next "Time" in the ELO [and related] Universe ... KJS ... 07-June-2014
Until next "Time" in the ELO [and related] Universe ... KJS ... 07-June-2014
It was a fantastic night on Thursday at the Robin, however I think their last performance ever, should be where it all started, in Birmingham and appreciated by a big audience, hope this can be arranged, and send a personal invitation to the 2 gentlemen mentioned to make an appearance for old times sake, as they are The Move as well!
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