STEVE HACKETT / ACE OF WANDS 2009 LIVE IN LUGANO

[dskinz]

think the flutes a bit distracting

[BiaginiAlessandro]

epic song, one of the most beautiful ever written (not only by steve hackett)

P.S.: the bassist has broken the 2nd string!!!

[onsen01jp]

Nice video

[RaysTrack]

A great composition and performance and you have to hand it to Dik Cadbury - if this was audio only you wouldn't know of the broken bass string - pro playing.

[8526821]

Steve even has a Floyd Rose on his Les Paul. Nice.

[8526821]

With the flute, the beginning of this song sounds so celtic.

[radioged]

I used to play in a band where our bassist played bass chords - he frequently snapped D strings... However, no plectrums were injured - unlike his fingers...

[pinkfloydrule27]

wow ive never seen that before the bassist is ussually the last guy too break a string

[floouk]

What a pro Dik Cadbury is. Losing his D string halfway through the song. Must have had to instantly remap his positions and fingering. Not that anyone would have noticed however 'cos he didn't pt a foot wrong.

Marvellous!

[Sonicmanash]

great track. i remember seeing this in leamington spa. it was great. i remember meeting him outside

[chrisofnottingham]

Great to hear this again. I always felt that the opening tune would made a great theme some type of TV prog "Nature Watch" or something :-) Now, someone is going to tell me it has already been used.

[nhito]

great,thank you!

[Satiaraha]

sorry wich brand of guitars does he's using?

[prog4evr]

It's looks like Steve has gone back to his trusty black Gibson Les Paul on this tour. For the Once Above a Time tour four years ago, he was playing a golden Fernandes...

[elisafab]

I wonder how this song sould ever have been played on anything but a tin whistle? It's amazing what it does to the song!

[Rochinator1]

Sorry to correct - the missing string is the D and not the G. Surprising that such a pro doesn't carry a backup-bass along, looks like he was playing the entire evening with this missing string !

I can't wait to see Steve and his folks in November...keep it on, guys !

Thanks for posting, un abracio da Germania ;)

[davestix]

I was a backline tech for steve at that show. I can confirm it was the G string and it was changed during the acoustic part of the set. Dik normally has a spare bass but because of logistical reasons we had to go with a minimal backline (typical luck eh?)

[BokjeDeGeus]

watch the missing G-string on the bass guitar, somewhere halfway the song. Great song by the way.

[ToccodelDestino]

Shot in my town. Great track, thank you Mr. Hackett!!!