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When his mandolin again resisted to be tuned David Eugene Edwards remarked that "she is very old" and that "she doesn't like the airplane". Airplanes don't only seem to affect musical instruments, but musicians too. Just out the jet way, jetlagged and with a set that still has to jell, some of 16 Horsepower's/Woven Hand's first shows on European tours have been sub-standard (For instance recently Woven Hand at the Eindhoven Effenaar or 16hp at the Pukkelpop Festival). At the end of the tour, when fatigue sets in, Edwards' voice can become hoarse. Well, we were lucky, because tonight, at the première of the Edwards/Ordy Garrison tour, under the "David Eugene Edwards of Woven Hand" flag, we got both :-)

The fist two songs are powerful. After that, unfortunately it's down the mountain. The show was seriously under-rehearsed and it showed. David had been in Europa for about a fortnight for the Brugge show. Ordy was still back in the States. And so there was probably no time to practise and be somewhat perfect. Clearly David and Ordy still had to get used to each other's ways and to the songs. Compelled by necessity Ordy had to fill elongated gaps when David took a long time to tune his mandolin or guitar. There was no roadie to do that. Which slowed down the show considerably. Before Blue Pail Fever, when David had once again trouble tuning his guitar and was considering whether he should change all the strings, he remarked with self-derision that "we got a slick outfit going up here."

The arrangements of the song were at times quite different from the album version. Especially Chest Of Drawers, with the line "He delights not in the strength of 16 horses", it had lost much of its melody and sounded much harsher than on Consider The Birds. Down In Yon Forrest was quite different from other performances too. And by that we don't mean, that David didn't hold his guitar over his head :-). But this was still a stuttering and uncertain version. Not the rock-monster (yes, you probably don't often associate those words with Woven Hand, but it's true) it would become during later shows.

Towards the end the set started to gain headway. But frankly, it was too late and the show left quite a few Horseheads as cold as the venue that was rather chilly.

This is not the cheeriest of reviews but like the Dutch Inland revenue, another bearer of bad tidings, says in its campaigns: We can't make it any jollier than it is! :-)

By TYFC (next stop: Groningen)

Actual Played Setlist:

Outlaw Song
Your Russia
Sparrow Falls
The Speaking Hands
Straw Foot
My Russia
Chest Of Drawers
Phyllis Ann
White Bird
Down In Yon Forest
Wooden Brother
Last Fist
Tin Finger
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Wayfaring Stranger
Blue Pail Fever

Setlist by Clasio