DBT photo by the Newt For me, it's always a good year for concerts when the Drive-By Truckers can be included in the year-end wrap-up, and their performance at the Vogue Theatre on April 22 was one of the two best gigs I attended in 2014. It helped that the Alabama/Georgia-based band was touring behind one … Continue reading Ear of Newt’s top five Vancouver concerts of 2014
Tag: Steve Hackett
Steve Hackett doesn’t think the job of Genesis guitarist is available to him
By Steve Newton Genesis freaks will be getting their fill of the band's "golden age" tonight at the Vogue Theatre's Genesis Extended show. That's when former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett leads his touring band in material from the prog-rock group's '70s heyday, when it featured him, singer Peter Gabriel, drummer Phil Collins, keyboardist Tony Banks, … Continue reading Steve Hackett doesn’t think the job of Genesis guitarist is available to him
Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett plays any solo he wants on “The Knife”
By Steve Newton Vancouver's hardcore Genesis fans are no doubt chomping at the bit for the upcoming performance by Steve Hackett, the legendary band’s former guitarist. On his current tour, Genesis Extended--which plays the Vogue Theatre tomorrow (December 11)--the 64-year-old picker and his five-piece band re-create the best-loved tracks from the group’s ’70s heyday, when … Continue reading Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett plays any solo he wants on “The Knife”
Guitar legend Steve Hackett vividly recalls traveling across Canada to Vancouver as a child
I interviewed former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett recently--in advance of his show at Vancouver's Vogue Theatre this Thursday (December 11)--and found out that he was a pretty huge fan of Vancouver--and Canada as a whole. It turns out that, when he was a kid, Hackett experienced an incredible journey from England to Quebec and then … Continue reading Guitar legend Steve Hackett vividly recalls traveling across Canada to Vancouver as a child
Genesis box set goes heavy on The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, DEC. 17, 1998 By Steve Newton Before paying the hefty list price for this boxed set, you’ll want to make sure you’re a big fan of Genesis’s 1974 double album, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, because a live version of it—recorded at L.A.’s Shrine Auditorium in January of … Continue reading Genesis box set goes heavy on The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Mike Rutherford looks at his watch and says Genesis will probably make it through tonight’s show
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, JAN. 6, 1984 By Steve Newton British supergroup Genesis--lead vocalist-drummer Phil Collins, keyboardist Tony Banks, and guitarist-bassist Mike Rutherford--will be appearing at the Pacific Coliseum this Monday, January 9. They will be joined in concert by touring members Daryl Stuermer on guitar and Chester Thompson on drums. I spoke … Continue reading Mike Rutherford looks at his watch and says Genesis will probably make it through tonight’s show
Steve Hackett says that everyone he’s ever played with in Genesis has managed to write at least one incredible song
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT, NOV. 5, 1993 By Steve Newton Whatever happened to Steve Hackett? Good question. Considering how visible all four of his former bandmates in Genesis have been, Hackett has been conspicuously absent from the music scene. Or at least it seems that way here in North America. But in actual … Continue reading Steve Hackett says that everyone he’s ever played with in Genesis has managed to write at least one incredible song