The Mekons live in Reutlingen @ "franz k" April 13, 2019 (blurry as ever, my gig photos):
If you wanna hear me swearing a lot, give me heavy snowfall at the start of my drive to a gig!
Fortunately it got better after a few miles, in Reutlingen there was nothing but a slight drizzle...
Trying to spare me the parking fee, I looked for a free (in every sense of the word) space behind the cemetery (nice place btw, looks a bit like the "Phantasmagoria" album cover) and walked over to the "franz k" (it used to be a French cinema, i.e. a good place for gigs, because you have a good view of the stage at the back, from where I took the pic).
Soon after I paid, I saw Lu Edmonds in the foyer, but he seemed in deep conversation with someone, so I didn't want to interrupt. In the audience I also spotted Mr Weber, who is the co-owner of Glitterbeat Records.
Support was okay, a duo called Slumpfoot or something (?), maybe a bit too quiet/slow. At least they had a song about the town of Gammertingen nearby (guess I must have a look at the town one day)...
The Mekons were great right from the first song ("Lawrence of California"), 8 people on stage playing all kinds of styles from folk to reggae and punk/rock'n'roll. I knew only a few songs ("Millionaire"), but enjoyed it nevertheless!
Lu played his "saz" plus a bit of electronic noise (John Langford: "Lu Edmonds, I don't know what he does there, but I love it"). All players/singers sounded good with what they did.
Afterwards I bought the new album, which is quite nice to listen to in the car!
