![]() All you want is for her to get to the instrumental so you can wallow in the spirals, twists and shimmies the ringing emotion dripping off her fretboard. That said, Shaw Taylor is such a compelling guitarist that sometimes the tunes just don’t stand up to the playing. ‘Outlaw Angel’ and ‘Watch ‘em Burn’ were both chock full of delicious boogie and swagger. It was the raunchier, low-down riff-driven beasts that connected best with the crowd. The band’s set up gave plenty of room for the emerging Queen of British Blues to claim the centre stage during her explosive solos and fluid licks. That meant no keyboard colour on some of the slower tracks like ‘Tried, Tested and True’, and the more jangly ‘Wrecking Ball’ but the stripped back, raw-boned delivery did them no harm at all. JST was berthed out wide to deliver her gravelly, blues-soaked lyrics, with bass guitarist Tom Godlington out right and brick outhouse drummer Oliver Perry looming large in the centre. Nor that she plundered her four albums-worth of material for well over 50 minutes, giving the night a substantial double header feel. As such, it was no surprise that the Forum was pretty rammed for her set. Support came from the prodigiously talented Joanne Shaw Taylor, who commands a sufficient following of her own to headline decent sized venues. Share the post "Gig review: WILKO JOHNSON – The Forum, London, 23 April 2016"
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