Duke Robillard – Ohne Filter concert
Picture: C+
Sound: C+ Extras: C+ Concert: C+
A blues
concert with a Country edge, Duke Robillard and his band’s appearance on
the German music series Ohne Filter was taped November 18th,
1994 and features the following tracks:
1)
Love
Slipped In
2)
Never
Let You Go
3)
Rule
The World
4)
Gee
I Wish
5)
Glamour
Girl
6)
She’s
Sweet
7)
Life’s
Funny
8)
What’s
Wrong?
9)
I
Think You Know
10)
Too Tired
I did not
think this concert is too tired, but it is limited in what it does with blues,
even if it is part of the style the band is doing. I though it was good overall and the under-hour performance went
a long way, but fans of the Blues genre may fare better with it and some energy
is there. Yes, Blues still needs
energy, even if it is spent differently.
The full
frame PAL color video is about what would expect for a taping of the time,
having the usual limits in its good color and limited definition. The sound is available in the usual PCM
CD-type 2.0 16bit/48kHz Stereo, as well as a slightly better Dolby Digital 5.1
AC-3, which plays better all around.
Sadly, this is smaller than usual and the Dolby sounds a bit more
compressed than usual. There is not the
depth in the 5.1 here heard in the Mark King, Tony Joe White or even the band
America’s DVD from the series, all reviewed elsewhere on this site. Besides repeating the same stereo cords ad
placement, other DVDs in the series, and Ohne
Filter producer interview, it has a biography of the band and is a Blues
curio. Others might want to try other
titles in the series reviewed elsewhere on this site.
- Nicholas Sheffo
