Frank Black plays at the grave of Herman Brood

Precore of Black Francis (Frank Black, Pixies) at the tombstone of Dutch rock 'n' roll junkie Herman Brood.
February 27, 2008, Zorgvlied, Amsterdam.

This afternoon, Black Francis (better known as Pixies leadsinger Frank Black) gave a 'precore' performance at the Zorgvlied graveyard in Amsterdam, a couple of hours before his show in Melkweg. At the tomb of Herman Brood, he played four songs, some of them from his new album "Bluefinger", that is a hommage to Brood. He also played the Pixies classic "Where Is My Mind".

I heard about the performance an hour in advance via Twitter and rushed to Zorgvlied with Kari-Anne. I shot some pictures and filmed two songs, including this one.

Zorgvlied is a big cemetary, so Black and his friends had difficulty to find Herman's grave. In fact, they were late for their own show.

Jeroen Mirck
http://www.jeroenmirck.nl

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[McDerrick54]

Respect to (our greatest Rock 'N' Roll Junkie) Herman Brood!

And respect to Charles K. Thompson, a.k.a. Frank Black a.k.a. Black Francis, for his great Tribute!!

[snitchinonfiddy]

@Jimihendrixtoo What sort of purist bullshit is this? Ever hear of the Pixies, fossil? Who are you to tell people to whom they can and cannot pay tribute, and because you went to a lot of HB concerts back in the day? Retard.

[Jimihendrixtoo]

@snitchinonfiddy

[PAULLONDEN]

@johanvdt ▬I stand corrected..je hebt gelijk, ik was de laatste jaren 'n zelfde soort suicide van mijn broer aan 't verwerken,ik dacht dat 'k al die onzin commentaren had verwijderd.ThanX.

[johanvdt]

@johanvdt spring zelf maar dan wel in stijl dus advertentie in de krant paul londen pleegt zelfdoding lol

[johanvdt]

@PAULLONDEN jij bent gestoord, ik ken herman en bart en dat waren echte maatjes, die zal jij nooit krijgen met zo,n attitude

[komopzegrukker]

@m1arco

Wat een onzin.....deze gast heeft meer de Pixies bereikt dat Herman Brood. Dus dit is echt wel oprecht.

[Jimihendrixtoo]

I reject this. Herman Brood was a hero for me when I was 16. Danny Lademacher too. Me and all my friends went to Hermans concerts. And now this Frank Black dude (or what's his fucking name anyway) is singin' songs about Herman. So easy. Go away dude. Go dance on somebody elses grave you parasite.

[edbeerepoot]

@PAULLONDEN

De een zijn dood is,....maar ik geloof wel in de vriendschap tussen hun.

Anders kun je alles in twijfel trekken,..niemand vertrouwen.

[Kryp2ni8]

Thank you Frank *****

[wungabunga]

a true troubadour.