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Graham Coxon returns to solo life after Blur shows

Guitarist plays own London gig

Graham Coxon returned to his solo career last night by playing a gig at London's Roundhouse last night (July 23) as part of iTunes Live festival.

The show saw him perform all of his recent album 'The Spinning Top' bar one song.

The Blur guitarist, - who recently reunited with his old band - also played a cover version of 'Babe It Ain't No Lie' by Davy Graham – the late musician whose playing style inspired the album.

Coxon was backed by two female backing singers, a bassist and a drummer for the show, which was attended by competition winners and saw him play 'The Spinning Top' in order minus 'Far From Everything'.

The star played alto saxophone at the end of 'Perfect Love'. Despite his multi-instrumental performance Coxon later admitted ahead of 'Dead Bees' then even he struggled to get everything right when playing live.

"It always goes mad in the middle bit," he said before playing the song. "We all get lost – well, I get lost!"

Graham Coxon played:

'Look Into The Light'
'This House'
'In The Morning'
'If' You Want Me'
'Perfect Love'
'Brave The Storm'
'Dead Bees'
'Sorrow's Army'
'Caspian Sea'
'Home'
'Humble Man'
'Feel Alright'
'Tripping Over'
'November'
'Babe It Ain't No Lie'


 

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rocknrollstar_2000 

Jul 24, 2009

Lets face it... Grahams solo work is a little bland. After seeing blurs comeback gigs this set list would not make be the slightest bit excited.

fowls 

Jul 24, 2009

It would have been a decent gig if people stopped talking! No matter how far into the crowd I got people were talking straight through the acoustic songs, which were a good two thirds of the set.

nicnaks99 

Jul 27, 2009

To rocknrollstar_2000 - Admittedly Graham Coxon's solo stuff is very different to Blur (especially if you are comparing his gig to watching a medley of Blur classics).But then I do not pick up a Graham Coxon album expecting it to sound like ParklifeThe Spinning Top is more of a folk album – it is more like a tribute to Graham's favorite folk artists.I do see your point though, rockandrollstar_2000. I guess for a Blur fan that wants to hear Blur styled music then perhaps this project of Grahams might be less exciting – but it is not Bluri think it is worth being more open minded about solo projectsWould you expect the Gorrillaz or The Good, the Bad and The Queen to sound just like Blur?

nicnaks99 

Jul 27, 2009

On a separate note – I’m gutted I missed this gig. I think The Spinning Top is right up there in being one of Graham’s strongest solo efforts yet

davidlewis1979 

Jul 27, 2009

I was at the gig and although I love The Spinning Top, I have to say I was a bit gutted that he didn't play any older tracks. People were asking him to play stuff like 'Freakin Out' and 'Spectacular' and he just said he didn't want to because he had "played those songs too many times before", which I thought was a bit of an un-fan-friendly attitude. He's still my favourite guitarist of all time though.

Jack Jenson 

Jul 29, 2009

Graham is awesome, Blur is awesome. Hope they find time to get back together again. there's been a big void since they've stopped making music together.

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