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CD REVIEW-THAT'S THE WAY IT IS
Before you ask yourself
"Wasn't he the guitarist with Thin Lizzy"
and assume this album is a rock album,
let me reassure you it isn't. Snowy White
is actually a very accomplished guitarist,
Who has covered many styles,
including having played with Peter Green
in the early 1970's, then after touring
with Pink Floyd, went into the studio
to record the (now collectors item)
Peter Green LP: 'In the Skies".
All of this before his tenure with Thin Lizzy!

 

This album is recorded with his band,
The White Flames,which is a four-piece outfit.
There is some great musicianship on this album
with a fair mixture of styles. There is a reworking
of his old classic (yes old, it was first released
in 1983!) 'Bird of Paradise'. There is a good
version pf "Black Magic Woman" but the track
that I just kept singing was track 4,
'What I'm Searching for". This isn't an
immediate album, one that you instantly
rave about, but after three of four listens,
you really appreciate it.The first time
you listen to 'Black Magic Woman" and
"What I'm searching For" you find on display
some Latin rhythms reminiscent of Santana
but mellower, and these take a little time
to sink in.Once they do, they are wonderful.
There are more rocky tracks such as
''This Time Of My Life" which makes you
dig out "Fire" by Jimi Hendrix and two tracks
that musicians can relate to, 'Angel Inside You'
(parts 1 and 2), that express what being a
working musician is all about.

The recording quality is excellent and it
really allows all Snowy's subtle touches
to come through. The album ends on the
mellow "Sweet Bluesmaker"
which just chills you out. A great album."
©-Rick Lacey, Blues Matters
www.bluesmatters.com

On this page you could let us know
what is your favourite top 3 of
Snowy White Albums.You can
send your choice to
cbm2005@whiteflames.nl

From Niels A. Danmark
As I like most of his albums, selecting three
is pretty difficult. But I shall do my very best...

 

1st: The Way It Is...Live. Really good songs
and the energy of the live recordings make
it a winner. In addition, I was among the
audience when it was recorded. :o) My
favourite track is Little Wing. I have more
than 10 versions of it with different artists
(including Hendrix himself). This one beats
them all! At first it's so plain and simple,
but if you try to pick up Snowy's tricks,
you are busy for quite a while.

2nd: Highway to the Sun.
The Time has Come is my all time favourite
and the guitar solo in Can't Find Love is
absolutely superb. All tracks are good and
the appearance of the guest musicians make
it very diversified. I can't get enough of the blues!

3rd: I would have liked to put one of the Blues
Agency albums here, as Out of Order always
cheers me up. But the prize goes to The Way
It Is. Bird Of Paradise, Angel Inside You and
Falling are out of this world. Like Highway to
the Sun, all tracks are good!

Review of the USTER Gig-Switserland 20-October 2007

It was a good gig. Not an excellent one, but a good one.Max

said after the concert that the sound was not very good,but

in the audience it was pretty good.First constatation about

the choice of the songs:Three of them are taken out of the

"No Faith Required" CD, which is the less commercial and

for me the most ambitious in Snowy's career.

But Snowy said several times to the audience that "No Faith

Required" is one of his favourites, adding that "nobody buyed

it, but nevertheless, I like it". The three songs have also the

advantage to allow some great work of Juan or Max,whose
place in the band seemed to me bigger than in the past.Many

songs were luckily re-arranged, and I have found Max's work

on "Land of Plenty" or"Wintersong" quite excellent. He is not

very spectacular, but he gives the band a solid groove.

The blues classics did not impress me: "Out of Order"and"Long

Grey Mare" don't bring anything particular to the gig, they are

even rather boring. It was good to hear "Highway to the Sun"

Live once again, it was a long time that I haven't heard it.In

the encore, "That's when I'll stop Loving You" did not reach
the intensity of the Rubigen gig,as there was in Uster no

second guitar! The three others in the band are taking much

more place than before, but it is not always a good result.

 

     White Flames Band -Switserland-©-Renate

The long bass solo of Walter, for example,(with all respect

for him!) is not as it's place, because the (very few!)people

who come to the gig come for Snowy's guitar,nothing else.

So... I have also been a little bit disappointed by the "Whiteflames
Blues", a songwhich is certainly not a brilliant composition.So the

concert was quite relax, Snowy enjoying to play the music he likes,
and the others making their part. There was not much fire, neither

on stage or in the audience, but in a way or another it was a very

classical gig,with no surprise.

The mixture between rock numbers, classical blues and more

sophisticated songs was good. And the small assembly did

appreciate the music. Snowy himself was brilliant,as always;

he played very simply, very humble, with no emphase,without
any stress, and at the end the audience was satisfied.Some guys

in the audience were a little disappointed, for Snowy he did not

play any song of THIN LIZZY (!) or PINK FLOYD. And many of them

spoke loud during the bluesy numbers (but it is a problem which

goes far away of USTER, in LONDON also you have people who

CANNOT listen to the music: they HAVE to speak, and drink, and
smoke, and God knows what else...), which shows that they usually

go to heavy metal concerts, where there is no need to be concentrated).

The point is, that most of the poeople know Snowy because of his

part in Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd or Roger Waters.Not many of them

have followed his solo career. So they comme to see "the guy

who played with.... ". I think the audioence at the gigs would be

wider if Snowy played some classics of Thin Lizzy or Pink Floyd.

But it is another story.Another word about the USTER gig: I don't
know how it was organized and by whom. But there is something

sure: the venue owner lost a lot of money with that gig,Because I

feel that the guy in Uster had no idea of whom he let come in his

venue. And I also know that one week before the gig the guy sent

to Renate (webmaster of Snowy's Swiss fanclub) an E-Mail in which

he complained that he had not sold any ticket and that he feared a

financial break-out. 

 

                     

Set list:

That Ain't Right
I'll Be Moving On
Blues is the Road
Highway to the Sun
Shine on you Crazy Diamond
(short intro to Land of Plenty)
American Dream
Out of Order
The First Move
No Faith Required
Whiteflames Blues
Long Grey Mare
A Miracle I Need
Wintersong (Max Solo)
The EmmerlootPeirissa Express (walter + Juan)

Encore:
Working Blues
That's When I'll Stop Loving You

Marcel Gasser Switserland

Manifesto Hoorn-Nederland-30-September 2007

Na de stevige concerten van Pat Travers afgelopen week

was het wel ff omschakelen.In Manifesto-Hoorn speelde

Snowy White & The White Flames. De opkomst voor een
zondagavond was zelfs erg goed, Snowy speelde veel van

z'n nieuwe live cd .Veel ingetogen bluessongs met hier en

daar wat steviger instrumentaal werk, maar zo mooi!!!! En

tussendoor ook nog wat Britse humor

Wat wil je ook met zo'n band: Walter Latupeirissa (bas),
Juan van Emmerloot (drums) en Max Middleton op piano.

Heel verrassend was wel de intro van 'Land of plenty' ,

dat was namelijk van Pink Floyd's klasssieker 'Shine

on you crazy diamonds' Volgend jaar wordt Snowy 60

jaar ( 3. 3. 1948 ) en nog steeds fantastisch om de man

op z'n Gibson Gold Top '57 aan het werk te zien .
The Dutch Hammerheads www.pinkfloydfans.nl

 

 

Snowy White Concert Manifesto-Hoorn 30-09-2007-N

http://muziekcafe.weblog.nl/muziekcafe/2007/10/snowy_white_con.html

 

 

Snowy White and the White Flames -Live on Stage

at de Pul - Uden The Netherlands 29-09-2007

I'm not going to bother you all with what I did before Cecil

and I arrived at the venue in Uden (there was a lots of rain
and laughter)We where there before Snowy and the band

arrived but we could get in through the backstage entrance

and wait in the dressingroom.We didn't had to wait that long

before Snowy arrived.He was very pleased to see Cecil and

gave her a warm welcome and than she introduced me to Snowy.
He already knew my name so that wasn't such a big suprice any

more.....most of the time when I tell my name to an Englishman,
there are lots of laughs and giggles,I don't know why...I have a

very normal common Dutch name...Cock.

After Snowy the other bandmembers came in and I was introduced

to them....Juan....Walter and Max.It was a pleasure meeting them
although it was short...they had to get to work to get everything

alright for the concert .We witnessed the soundcheck wich took

a while before everything was perfect and to everybodys satisfactory

......I didn't mind that at all it was a pleasure seeing such proffesional
people do there work wich is not often seen by the audience and I had

the change taking a few pictures.After the soundcheck we went out for

something to eat and then it was time waiting for te concert to begin.

Next to me where 3 lovely ladys standing . A mom with her 2 daughters.

For the mom it was the third time to see The White Flames Band,for the

daughters it was the first time they only knew one song....yes off course...
B"ird of Paradise' but they where very curious what this evening would

bring to them....I told them it was for me also the first time to see this

band live...The youngest daughter replied to me by asking if I was going

to lose my virginity as well this evening with the music of the band.yeah

.....what could I say to that.....Yes of course!

Cecil told me that the concert of last thursday (Breda) was not as rough

as she was used to but a bit tamer than she had promised me....me

beeing a Status Quo fan would enjoy the great solo's of Snowy when

he lets himself go.Well...he must have listened to her because there

was never a dull moment in the set....great solo's from all the band

members..Walter on his bassguitar was really a great experience
to see and hear......Juan is a great drummer and formed a very powerfull

rhythm-section with Walter.Max was outstanding.....playing most of the

time with his eyes closed....playing with his heart and feeling and Snowy

proofed to be a great guitar-player with his precious guitar.

After the show Cecil asked Snowy to pose for a picture with me and his

guitar.....he let me hold his guitar for this picture ! Thank you Snowy for
this memorable moment and offcourse I have to thank Cecil for asking

me to join her that day...it was realy a day to remember with great music.
Thanks to Snowy and his band.It was great meeting you all.Hope to see

you again sometime©-Cock van Es-The Netherlands

Nederlands Concert Verslagen
Gitaarvirtuoos Snowy White In Uden

http://3voor12lokaal.vpro.nl/magazines/news/index.jsp?portals=435992&magazines=436000&news=653998

 

 

Snowy White & The White Flamesband-

28 September 2007-De Schaag Leeuwarden
Commentaar van mijn kant op het optreden van vrijdag is dat ik

in elk geval enorm aangenaam was verrast door de muziekstijl die

werd gespeeld. Voor mijn gevoel een prachtige combinatie van Blues,

Jazz en Fusion waarbij je als ware muziekliefhebber helemaal uit je dak

kunt gaan.

Ik heb begrepen dat sommigen het jammer vonden dat "Bird of Paradise"
niet werd gespeeld, ergens kan ik me dat wel voorstellen, zowel van gasten
als artiest, je wilt als gast natuurlijk datgene horen wat je kent, maar als
artiest wil je niet altijd vereenzelvigd worden met dat ene bekende nummer.
Het lijkt me voor de artiest in dit geval altijd een lastige keuze.
©-Ferdy Olijve-Nederland

 

 

More Duch Commets about Snowy's 
concert in De Schaaf  in Leeuwarden.
http://www.muziekcentrumschaaf.
nl/gastenboek/

 

 

2de Verslag
Snowy White & The White Flames
De Schaaf Leeuwarden Nederland 2007

Hoi, Ik zal proberen hierbij een indruk te geven van mijn ervaringen

op vrijdag 28 september. In mei jl. ben ik samen met een stel vrienden

bij Roger Waters wezen kijken in de Gelredome.(Arnhem)Ik was sowieso

al onder de indruk van het feit dat Roger die dag (tegen de verwachtingen in)
goed bij stem was, maar werd daar ook aangenaam verrast toen ik vernam

dat Snowy White één van de gitaristen zou zijn die Roger Waters op zijn Tour begeleidt. Enige dagen later vernam ik via een vriend (die toevallig ook nog

mede eigenaar is van MC Schaaf), dat Snowy White naar Leeuwarden zou

komen. Ondanks het feit dat ik van hemzelf slechts één nummer kende (wie

kent Bird of Paradise niet?) heb ik sindsdien uitgekeken naar dit concert.

Mede vanwege het feit dat ik buitengewoon geïnteresseerd ben in goede

gitaristen. Nou..... dat viel niet tegen, vooral de gekozen muziekstijl werd

ik heel erg vrolijk van, een mooie mix van Pop, Jazz en Fusion, die mij

deed denken aan een CD die ik in het begin van 90er jaren een keer heb aangeschaft. De uitvoerend artiest was Jan Somers en thuisgekomen keek

ik wie hierop de bandleden waren. Tot mijn grote verrassing maakten Walter

en Juan deel uit van de Band die Jan Somers op die CD begeleidde,geen wonder

dat ik de muziek tijdens het concert zo goed vond. Het is al sinds jaar en dag

mijn smaak en nu blijkt Snowy White met zijn muziek daar helemaal in te passen. Voor mij dus een nieuwe muziekheld en een aanwinst voor mijn muziekverzameling.

 

Over het concert zelf kan ik kwijt dat (afgezien van mijn enthousiasme voor de muziek) ook het publiek erg heeft genoten, tenminste afgaande op de geluiden

na afloop en tijdens het concert. De publieke belangstelling viel ook niet tegen
(ruim 400 belangstellenden) en ook het geluid was die avond goed verzorgd.

Snowy is er in geslaagd een aantal TOP muzikanten om zich heen te verzamelen

die het voor iedere muziekliefhebber de moeite waard maken om minstens
één keer te gaan kijken en luisteren.
©-Andrea Jonkers -Nederland

3de verslag-Snowy White
28-09-2007 De Schaaf- Nederland

Leeuwarden, was het ook zeer de moeite waard. Ik was aangenaam verrast

door zijn muziek en vooral ook de manier waarop het werd gebracht.Heel leuk

om hem eens live te zien spelen met zijn eigen band. Zalen Schaaf, is een klein gezellig zaaltje en het was redelijk druk. Het podium grenst direct aan de zaal,

dus als je wilt kun je het geheel van zeer nabij bewonderen. Zeer enthousiast publiek en een goede sfeer. Snowy was duidelijk in zijn element, vrolijk en

grapjes maken naar het publiek. Heel anders dan bij Roger. Mijn indruk is dat

hij dit vooral voor het plezier doet en dat is dan ook heel leuk om naar te kijken

en luisteren. Konklusie, hier stond een stel ras muzikanten! en wij waren erbij!

Wie nog meer?Dog-www.pinkfloydfans.nl

 

The White Flames Band -2007

27 -09 -Breda Mezz The Netherlands

 

 

              White Flames band-© Bas Swanenberg

With een great dose of eagerness, we made a quick travel

to Breda...to see Snowy and the band ofcourse! We really

wanted to arrive on time, but "thanks" to a too-late-served

meal in one of the restaurants in the middle of Breda's sparkling

centre, we missed Snowy's first song. Happily Hans found a nice

spot to stand, inspite of the crowd. A little fed up by all the rush,

I supported myself to enjoy Snowy's wonderfull sound...and a

joy. it was! I really went "crazy", hearing "Highway to the Sun"
live at the first time. I know, the song sounds a bit commercial,

but it is one of my favorites and...funny detail: it was danceable

(for me it was)! To my surprise, Snowy played a lot of old stuff.

I really liked it. There was a lot of variation: heavy guitar demanding

songs and relaxing, sensitive tunes, what unfortunately came along

with the noise of the, by the way, most annoying audience I have

ever been with.

One of those serene compositions was, the one after No Faith Required"

completely new, but breathtaking for me. Is this already recorded or

wil this be on his next album? Who knows? Thank you guys, for again

another fabulous,musical experience!
Hugs from Winny Mac-Lean/ Hans van Sloun
(The Netherlands)

Dutch Review-Snowy White

Breda-27 -09 2007-Zaal Mezz.

Precies op tijd komen beide aangelopen en als eerste laat een trotse
Papa Floyd de eerder gemaakte foto met Snowy zien. Zij waren al

rond half acht in Breda en tegelijkertijd kwam Snowy bij de zaal aan.

Shit, was ik ook maar anderhalf uur eerder gekomen.Inderdaad een

leuk zaaltje met oplopende vloer, zodat iedereen een goed zicht heeft

op het podium,dat voor ons maar een meter of vijf weg is. Geen idee

wat me te wachten staat, want van Snowy solo ken ik niets.

Met Papa Floyd en zijn concertmaat Guido om 21.00 uur afgesproken.

Precies om half tien start Snowy met de band The White Flames.In zijn

band twee Nederlanders, de drummer Juan van Emmerloot en de bassist
Walter Latupeirissa. Volgens een programma boekje wordt zijn stijl

vergeleken met die van Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) en Andy Latimer
(Camel). Er zijn duidelijk blues invloeden, maar sommige nummers kunnen makkelijk onder de noemer progressieve rock vallen. Het concert is inderdaad

niet te vergelijken met de nummers van Pink Floyd of Roger Waters.Iets geheel
anders en soms ook weer niet. Lange uitgesponnen blues nummers,afgewisseld

met een meer rockend geluid. De bassist die een bijzondere solo akt laat zien.

Het concert duurt bijna 2 uur en vliegt voorbij. Toch heel leuk om dit een keer
mee te maken.

Snowy, normaal altijd op de achtergrond, komt nu zelf in het voetlicht.Zingt zelf

zijn nummers. Nog steeds met zijn goudkleurige gitaar, waarop al enkele slijtage plekken zichtbaar zijn. Na afloop nog een uurtje gezellig nageborreld met Papa Floyd en Guido. Hartstikke leuk om iemand van het forum weer eens live te ontmoeten.
Pinkenelis-www.pinkfloydfans.nl

 

Papa Floyd-Snowy
Snowy White Mezz-Breda

Hij speelde voortreffelijk in een leuke gezellige zaal, 3 à 400 toeschouwers,
helemaal niet het 'luie' Sneeuwwitje, hele boeiende gitaarsolo's, mooi en
aangrijpend om Snowy van zo dicht aan het werk te zien, verdomd geen

prutser.Keigoeie band met stevige drummer, op bepaald moment heft hij

aan met de intro van Shine On, maar ook andere nummers verklappen zijn

Pink Floyd invloeden, sferig, bijgeluidjes, fade outs stemmige avond met
krachtig slot. Een 'afdronk' in een hollandse kroeg, en een nababbel met

Guido, m'n concertgezel en met Pinkenelis, die ik nu wat uitvoeriger mocht

leren kennen, was een aangenaam besluit van het Bredas avondje

Papa Floyd-www.pinkfloydfans.nl

 

Photogallery Snowy White Mezz-Breda-N

http://www.mezz.nl/jointhemusic/gallery/default.asp?gallery=/jointhemusic/gallery/AA_09-07%5BSeptember%5D/29-09-07%20Snowy%20White

 

 

 

 

Snowy White & The White Flames
Spirit of 66 Belgium 26 -09-2007

Was in last April on the second row, just in front of the stage,

for the Roger Waters concert in Antwerp. I had been impressed
by all the musicians on this fantastic show, but in particular by

the guitar player Snowy White.

A few weeks later, when I saw he would come to play at the Spirit

of 66, I was one of the first to buy my tickets for his concert.I knew

that he had been member of Thin Lizzy, that he often played with

Pink Floyd, and when I was younger, I loved his main hit "Bird of

Paradise". That was all what I knew about him. I expected the concert

would be sold out, and however the club was not completely full. But I

think that everyone who came to hear it enjoyed it.

Accompanying Snowy, Walter Latupeirissa (bass guitar),Max Middleton

(keyboard) and Juan van Emmerloot (drums) gave some strong "jazz-rock"

accents to this music.©-Philip Maquet- Belgium

Snowy White & TheWhite Flames

Gevarenwinkel Festival  Herselt-Belgium

Friday the 26th of August 2005

Herselt is situated north-east of Bruxelles. And for the Lahouste family

(my wife Brigitte, my daughter Caroline and myself), it took us 3 hours

to reach this blues festival. But who cares ? Although I am 56, I am

used to go far away to see some good bands.We were very exited,

even anxious for it was to be the first time in our life we would see

Snowy in person. Cecil had planned everything for us, and we’ll

be thankful all our life for what she did: arrange a meeting backstage

with Snowy and his musicians !

 

The festival organizers have to be congratulated too; they organized

everything well: a big top able to shelter some 2000 persons,places

to drink, to eat, etc..And more over the weather was clement:not too

hot and a bit windy. The day was looking promising !When we arrived,

we showed up at the reception.Snowy hadn’t turned up yet,so we went

under the top and listened to a good blues band from America:“Little

Charlie and the nightcats”. It wasn’t bad at all. There were a good

harmonica and great guitars.

 

Then we finally received the authorisation to enter in Snowy’s bungalow.

The whole family was anxious, but Snowy and his band welcomed us

so warmly that we almost immediately felt well.Snowy was defining the

set order with Richard, but he immediately took care of us. He’s a very

friendly person. Not a bit proud and soooo handsome (as my wife and

daughter said). In a few words: he’s a great man !We talked for a while.

He asked us where we came from, what we were doing. And we offered

him some good white wine from France, which he appreciated a lot.

Then, while we were having fun with Walter and Richard,we took many

pictures of our "star". Max was sitting on a chair,very calm and

visibly amused to seeing our complicity. I also have to say that they

were in good company with my two ladies.After 15 minutes of discussion,

we’ve let them go preparing the gig. They had to check instruments,make

the sound check, etc... And it wasn’t easy  with the festival conditions.

 

 

  Snowy -Belgium-©-Michel La Houste

The concert started at 23 PM in front of some 2000 persons.For the first

time we saw Snowy and his fellows live. What a concert ! And what a

deception to see the public, a large majority drunk,keeping on talking,

laughing, without really listening what was going on on stage.There

was so much noise that for Terpisah, Walter’s solo song, Richard

had to ask for silence. And what a surprise: no way to get a bit of silence !

Snowy had put “Bird of paradise” on his playlist, but because of all the

noise around, he finally didn’t play it. Apart a few technical problems,

the show was exceptional and the band on great form.Max seemed a

bit tired, but it might also simply be his nature as well.In any case,he

is a very talented musician. Walter spent the gig watching Snowy for

whom he seems to have a deep admiration. And last but not least:

Richard, who offered us a drumming lesson,never lost an occasion

of playing the fool and made us signs when he saw us in the crowd.

It has really been great to see and listen our long time idol. What a

talented musician, what a guitarist of great distinction !

 

It seemed to me that the show lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes

with a nice and complete playlist: No stranger to the blues;

What I’m searching for; Little wing; I loved another woman;

The answer; Land of plenty; Lucky star; American dream;

Terpisah solo; Working blues; Angel inside you; then the encore

with: That’s when I’ll stop loving you; "This time of my life" and

"Piece of your love".All the songs were great and perfectly

performed, but I have a preference for "I loved another woman"

"The answer" for its metal side, and also "Angel inside you "

(from Snowy’s last CD) which does it well on stage.

 

After the concert, we went back backstage to congratulate the

musicians with whom we had a last drink. We took another

pictures; Snowy signed some of his cds for our friends.And

all of this in a very friendly atmosphere.Then we had to go.

The ladies didn’t miss the occasion to steal some kisses.

In short, it has been a great moment. This day will be forever

in our memories: to rub shoulders with such a star wouldn’t

have been possible without the very efficient Cecil. A big

thanks to her ! To spend some time with someone who

played in front of some 350.000 persons (the Wall, with

Roger Waters), for sure that’s all what we could wish for.

So farewell mister Snowy and his band ! We’d like to see

you soon… maybe in France ?

Michel,Brigite & Caroline La Houste -France

Translation by Clint Gasser

 

 

Concertreviews 1997

Noorderligt,Tilburg,

The Netherlands
13 february 1997

 If you ever saw Snowy,Juan and Walter play live,you would know something
interesting might happen one day. "No faith required" is the CD on which it

happens. A bounch of very distinctive songs,styled to the earlier work Snowy

has done.Together with some creative input from these musicians,created a

style of their own for the band. All in all it was enough to get hopes up high for

 some memorable live performance and it was lucky Mr.white found his way
to Holland to play live!The show started with a slow,very laid back,completely

redone version of the Mayfield's classic"Memory Pain".After that things went

along with a mixture of the old and new.All the songs were played with great

ease and confidence and they took time to improvise when they felt like it.A

great performance with some beautiful guitar,firece drumming, a solid bass and

a nice solo from Walter(encouraged by his family in the crowd).Although it was

not the best of the Dutch shows,the mixture of styles went down really well with

the crowd.

Mark Hazenberg-The Netherlands

        Michel  & Snowy

The White Flames Band- France

New Morning -Paris-France-20 September 1996
The concert started at 9.10 pm.There were two of Peter Green' songs and several tracks from Snowy's recent album"No Faith Required" which were full of feeling

and warmth.I was very impressed by Juan's powerfull drum playing...tremendously effective and joyful.Walter sang a great solo;he made the samesound as his bassguitar.Really impressive.During a new track Snowy gradually reduced his amplifier until there was no sound and thinking it was finished,the audience

started to applaud...but they loved when he turned it back up and continued playing.What i noticed was the empathy between the three musicians they were brimming with inspiration the whole time.I discovered two long compositions,more jazzy and professionally orientated.Afterwards my two friends and I went backstage to see our hero.I got his autographs on my two "Blues Agency" Cd's covers.

The Previous day Peter Green had attended his gig in the UK,and the good

newswas that he was getting beter and better.Briefly Snowy is a gifted artist

who deserve more recognition.
©Michel Bornibus-France

 

Snowy White & The White Flames Band 

Live-Shephers Bush-London-1996-
http://www.dprp.net/concrev/snowy2.htm

 

Concert Review Germany-1996

Snowy White & The White Flames
Sallerhalle,Winterbach Germany-July 1st-1996
It was more or less by change that I heard the news four weeks before the

concert took place:Snowy White,one of my musical heroes since the days

of "Bird of Pardise" was going to play in a small town.Winterbach(near Stutgart) about 40 miles away from my hometown.There were two bands announced for
the evening"Snowy White & The White Flames which had been flown in for this single concert in German,and Roger Chapman + The Shortlist.The quite small

hall(Sallerhalle) was visited by about 500 people;most of them seemed to have

to come for Roger Chapman,who is very popular in Germany.Only a handfull of Snowy White fans could be identified,so I was curious about the way the audience would react to him.

Snowy opened with a 6 minutes version of "Looking For Somebody" a Peter

Green written blues song which had been Snowy's contribution to the Peter

Green tribute album "Rattlesnake Guitar".The band was welcome by the

audience very friendly,those not being familair with Snowy's music were suprised
about the virtuosity and the unique feeling of his guitar playing,and the handfull of
harcore fans like myself were just happy to see this highly gifted musician and his bandface to face.The second song was called 'Welcome To The Blues' in spite of

the title not a real blues song.but a hot rock song with great work by the rythm section Juan and Walter (their playing in this song reminded me a bit of Golden Earing's "Radar Love") and a catchy rif guitar by Snowy in the second half of this
7 minutes song. The next song was announced as the Title track of the forthcoming album"No faith Required,that should released in september as Snowy told the audience.

This song was one of the highlights of the show,soulfull guitar playing,dynamic
rhythm work and as much as I could understand with my very knowledge of the English language,very thoughtfull lyrics.Following was"Memory Pain" an old Curits Mayfield song that Snowy had learned in Thin Lizzy.Another song of the new album
"In The Name Of The lord" was the highlight of this wonderfull evening for me. Minutes of inspiring melody,suprising changes of rhythm and good lyrics again
I'm curious how the studio version of this song,which could become one of Snowy's classic'ssound.The next song called "Working Blues"(aka" Keep On Working") was announced by Snowy as follows 'I'd like to dedicate it to everyone here who can' get up on a monday morning" and someone in the crowd yelled"I can't get up on any morning".Then two more new songs followed"The More You Give" and a 20 minutes version of"A Miracle I need'.The latter being a real" tour de force" featuring an extended bass solo by Walter and outstanding drumming by Juan.

By the way I wasn't suprised about the brilliance of Snowy's playing because
I had known that for many years,but I was really suprised about Juan's drum

work.he must have been the best drummer I've seen for many years in any

concert,and the people standing around me agreed with me.An encore followed,
the well-known "Long Hot Saterday Night" and then Snowy's part of the evening
over much to soon.The audience was left really enthusiatic and I'm sure Snowy

and The White Flames won a lot of new friends.Afterwards I went backstage with some friends to congratulate Snowy with his great show and to collect autographs.

I had bought a gift for Snowy.He's such a kind hearted and humble guy.He told us

he regretfully had to shorten his show (that lasted 80 minutes in Winterbach) for about 20 minutes and promissed to come back for a tour in autumn.I'll be there

Snowy and I'm sure your next album featuring nuggets like "A Miracle

I need" and "In The Name Of The Lord" will be a big step forward in

your carreer.
©-Richard Eck-Germany