{"id":167,"date":"2005-07-14T10:43:15","date_gmt":"2005-07-14T13:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewlamarche.com\/news1\/?p=167"},"modified":"2021-02-02T12:58:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T17:58:34","slug":"david-gogo-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/2005\/07\/david-gogo-review\/","title":{"rendered":"David Gogo Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawacitizen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ottawacitizen.com<\/a> &#8211; July 13, 2005<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ZZ Top deliver big ol&#8217; slice of blues-rock<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lynn Saxberg<br \/>\nThe Ottawa Citizen<\/p>\n<p>Is Bluesfest still a blues festival? ZZ Top and David Gogo answered that question last night with a deafening &#8220;hell, yeah.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A capacity crowd of at least 20,000, most with lawnchairs on the grass and Harleys parked along the street, welcomed a great, big old slice of blues-rock delivered by the same three guys who&#8217;ve been playing the same three chords for the last 35 years.<\/p>\n<p>They made that old joke again last night, about 30 minutes into a concert that began with a plunge into the back catalogue. There were plenty of hits to choose from, a gritty Under Pressure to open, a nasty Jesus Left Chicago and an even nastier Nation Wide. By the time a new song, the boogie-blues number Buck Naked, came along, it was indistinguishable from the vintage stuff.<\/p>\n<p>To the crowd of blues-thirsty 20- to 40-year-olds, it hit the spot like a shot of Jack after too many warm beers.<\/p>\n<p>For David Gogo, last night&#8217;s show had to be a career high. Backed by his Ottawa-based band, he gave a blockbuster performance in front of a huge crowd of blues-rock fans.<\/p>\n<p>Although the axeman had the same sort of opportunity last year opening for the Tragically Hip at the festival, he cemented the bond with last night&#8217;s performance, grabbing attention from the start with his twisted-blues take on Personal Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>The West Coast guitarist&#8217;s set included a searing, but soulful, take on Hootchie Cootchie Man, a guest appearance by the Texas Horns, another by Ottawa guitar hero Tony D., and several spots by the sultry-voiced Becky Abbott.<\/p>\n<p>Like last year, Gogo chugged a beer and then used the empty bottle as a slide on his electric guitar. The crowd loved it, even more than last time. It looked like Gogo will be heading back to Vancouver Island with a lot more names on his mailing list.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n\u00a9 The Ottawa Citizen 2005<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From ottawacitizen.com &#8211; July 13, 2005 ZZ Top deliver big ol&#8217; slice of blues-rock Lynn Saxberg The Ottawa Citizen Is Bluesfest still a blues festival? ZZ Top and David Gogo answered that question last night with a deafening &#8220;hell, yeah.&#8221; A capacity crowd of at least 20,000, most with lawnchairs on the grass and Harleys [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-press","tag-david-gogo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5798,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions\/5798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}