EUROPEAN FAREWELL TOUR 1st ANNIVERSARY

Today, August 16th 2009 is the first anniversary of the Stray Cats European Farewell Tour that kiccked off in Barakaldo, Spain.
I am very honoured to have witnessed such a wonderfull show.
Here you can see some pictures that I took that night:
http://slimjimphantom.com/PhotosStrayCats16Aug08.html

Hope the Cats make another Farewell Tour in a few years time!

Thanks Jim, Lee and Brian for all the wonderfull years and songs you've given us all.

me thinks it's time to finish that tour

Bit of a sore subject for me that one - I suspect the Manchester date may never be rescheduled.

By the way rockabilly guy I'm also in derbyshire - new mills -although hopefully not much longer as am trying to sell up!!

Great stuff Jon!
Here are my pics on Jim's site:
http://slimjimphantom.com/PhotosStrayCats25Aug08Page2.html

Oh wow, was that already a year ago? It was so cool how excited we all were, and almost everyday there were new reviews of the last show. I hope so much that they'll come back to europe again!
Here on Slim Jim's page are some of the Pictures I took in Cologne

http://www.slimjimphantom.com/PhotosStrayCats2Sep08.html

It wasn't just Manchester that was missed on that tour but Glasgow too.

Not long after I saw Brian's '68 Comeback tour I read an interview saying that Madrid, Spain and Glasgow, Scotland were his favorite dates of that tour.

Mark

Dont forget Dublin.

Damn, I missed celebrating the one year anniversary of seeing and photographing Stray Cats in Italy, a year ago Saturday, August 22. I can't believe it's been that long already. It's been a wild, WILD ride for me since then. Actually... I'm still on it.

Aug 22, 2008 - Stray Cats, Senigallia, Italy
Sept 4, 2008 - Stray Cats, Paris, France
Feb 26, 2009 - Stray Cats, Brisbane, Australia
Feb 27, 2009 - Stray Cats, Brisbane, Australia
Mar 1, 2009 - Stray Cats, Melbourne, Australia
May 16, 2009 - Brian Setzer & The Nashvillains, Doheny, California, USA
Sep 6, 2009 - Brian Setzer & The Nashvillains, Murphys, California, USA
Dec 23, 2009 - Brian Setzer Orchestra, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

(good thing I finally got a job, it would appear I have quite the habit to support!! )

After reading here that Brian said that Spain is one of his favourite places in what concerns the audience.... I don't want to sound very patriotic (when tbh, I've never been) but truth is that in Spain the audience is different and probably, together with the UK one, is the best by far (with no intention of offending the rest of the fans) - The way in which we scream for the encores or even the clapping is different; Slim Jim loves that "Oe Oe Oe Oeeeee" galore!!! - The best shows depend very much not on the country but on the phase the band is going through or on the part of the tour they are, but the audience is different and the band feels that!

We all know of Brian's love of Scotland.

Just awaiting the family holiday.
The Ullapool guitar festival is next month 9th-11th october.
Brian, live in a small venue, in the Scottish highlands, how cool would that be?

Mark

Just a long the road from me Mark!.

Must be a year i went up to Inverness to meet up with you as well!!.

Were has it gone for peet"s sake!.

Yeah..............Just on your door step!
Was up past inverness, last month.

Saw John Goldie, Very good guitar player, from Airdrie.
He is on the bill at Ullapool!
Fantastic little place!

Pity i mist you on that, last visit.

Mark.