Music review: The Waterboys, Glasgow Barrowland
The Waterboys, Glasgow Barrowland ****
The catchy, stomping London Mick, Scott’s freewheeling tribute to Clash guitarist Mick Jones, was characteristic of the instinctive nature of their latest material – so instinctive that the following ditty about Glasgow’s positive influence in Scott’s life sounded like it had been written in two minutes backstage. Ebullient organist Brother Paul, meanwhile, was the direct inspiration for rootsy rhythm ’n’ blues number Nashville, Tennessee.
All these tracks spoke of the vitality and power of music but it was fan favourite A Girl Called Johnny which amply demonstrated it, jammed out with forgivable indulgence across several false endings.
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