"A Flamingo night meant something entirely different to what it eventually meant to Blackpool clubbers. It was Jeffrey Kruger MBE's seminally important London headquarters of all things hip and happening, rather than the similarly named but very different Blackpool club, which inspired this tour. On stage it was far more inspired than that, this was so much more than a collection of golden oldies going through their paces to boost their pensions, this was a set of some of the best voices and musicians having the time of their lives combining what could well have been a jam night at the legendary club with the chance to revisit some of their former glories, for supercool guitarist Bobby Tench it was a reminder of who inspired Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and others. The flamingo flies again."

Robin Duke
LEP.co.uk (Lancashire Evening Post)

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 BLUES IN BRITAIN (issue 94 vol 1)

Interview by Fran Leslie (Editor Blues In Britain)
Photograph © Mike Russell (Mouse In The House)

 

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Van Morrison: Remasters at Last by Doug Collett
Published: April 12, 2008

Van Morrison
Wavelength (re-mastered + bonus tracks)
Bobby Tench: Production, vocal and guitar credits
Universal Music Enterprises 2008

"In contrast, the live bonus tracks from Los Angeles' Roxy nightclub on this expanded Wavelength  pack all the depth and punch of the studio recordings. The band is clearly well- rehearsed and energized by the emotional level of their frontman, who pushes the boundaries of the arrangements as proof he wouldn't be hemmed in by them....Borrowing one of his most oft-used motifs, that of the radio as source of inspiration, in its title and fleet tight band work, there's as much introspective soul as such tightly arranged and produced music can contain. As with the best blues and soul songs, skeletal lyrics such as that of "Take It Where You Find It" ignite with feeling and insight when processed through Morrison's voice, while Bobby Tench (once vocalist for Jeff Beck) imbues his fast-fingered guitar solo on the title song with all the joy of singing."