Friday, 25 August 2006 - Colne 2006
- The classy John O'Leary Band opened the festival on the
International Stage on Friday with a superb harp / guitar led funky
blues set. A founder member of Savoy Brown all those years ago, John
has the musical stature to harness the superb Duane Allman style
guitar playing of Jules Fothergill, alongside Roger Innisss funky
bass lines and keyboard player Jools Grudgings' telling
embellishments. Particularly impressive was the hard hitting funk of
Black Cat Bone, and the reflective Who's Been Talking... With over
three thousand people in for the show, this hospitable Lancashire
town should have made enough for a repeat four days of musical
oblivion next year...
