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I saw Tyketto several times in the 90's in always liked their music, so I decided to go to Helmond (Netherlands) to see the band again, coz there were no dates announced for Germany. Opener at the shows in Belgium and the Netherlands were the Dutch band Sequoyah. I already so the guys in April as support of Y & T, but still I don't know more about them. Beside that the band played some new tracks, but also songs from their 10 years career. This time they sound a little heavier. You can call their music biker rock, but it also reminds me a bit of Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society... Anyway, it was fun to watch them. Good show which was finished with the Led Zeppelin cover version Immigrant Song.
Then it was time for Tyketto! The Americans come back to tour after almost a decade and for the first time they played on the European continent with the original line-up. They played with this line-up only a few shows as a support of White Lion in the UK. But bassist Jimmy Kennedy never made it to over the English Channel. After all those years it was the first chance to see the original line-up. Many rock fans came to see the Jersey boys again and as everybody expected they played only songs from their first 2 albums. Sure, they changed a little, got a little older, but as soon as they started playing the old magic was there. Songs like Rescue Me, Catch My Fall - time for guitarist Brooke St. James to show his ability, even if here and there he played a false note - , Seasons, Write Your Name In The Sky, Wings, Standing Alone and Burning Down Inside sounded fresh and even if singer Danny Vaughn seemed to suffer from a cold it was a great show. The guys had a lot of fun on stage and Danny was talking to the fans between the songs, explained things and told the fans how much fun it's too be back. It seemed that especially bassist Jimmy Kennedy was surprised about the warm welcome they got. When the four-some played Lay Your Body Down Vaughn tired to get some girls from the audience onto the stage to dance. Actually they first tried to talk a girl over to start stripping on stage... After several attempts Danny succeeded and a girl came on stage to get the chance to meet the guys after the show. But what nobody expected was that this girl was wearing 3 shirts! So it took time to convince her to take off one shirt after another, but when she was standing there with jeans and bra it was enough. Even if some would have wished her to continue, I would bet. Then more girls entered the stage to dance a little. Here the band put in a little Black Betty. With Sail Away they finished the set, but soon came back. After Last Sunset - here drummer Michael Clayton Arbeene could show again a little more of this talent - the band got a fan on stage to make a marriage proposal to his girlfriend. Finally the band presented Forever Young which was their big hit and ended this show. It was great to see them again on stage and I hope that these shows convinced them to continue. Danny Vaughn later told me that this tour was a kind of testing the waters, to see if there are still rock fans who want to see them and if the chemistry is right inside the band. But this was the last show, everybody was happy and it looks like they will start writing new songs soon. If they find a label there will be a new album somewhere in 2005.
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