Focus - La Cathedrale De Strasbourg

Focus performed on may 15, 2008 in Odeon in Zwolle. Absolutely fabulous!
Thijs van Leer - Hammondorgan, flute and vocals
Pierre van der Linden - drums
Niels van der Steenhoven - guitar
Bobby Jacobs - bass
http://www.nufoto.nl/2008/05/16/focus-in-zwolle-op-15-mei-2008/

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[BenMolen]

A FOCUS gig is always a mesmerizing and magical experience ...... and i can't get enough of it.

[peterwilliams56]

This is well played by the whole band. Focus music is challenging to play. The drumming seems to be going latin. The guitarist is a sensation and is well up to the mark and Van Leer is playing as well as ever. Awesome. So where are the bands that are taking up where Focus left off in the seventies? What happened to the 80's and 90's? Anyone know?

[budzugan]

I love this band, just love it

[manoelcaraballo1]

Thats just Tijs Van Leer, no Ackerman... but I like it all the same... this is a Leer's tune... very imediate and pure

[andzwe]

Special, to hear this one played with Pierre van der Linden on drums. He seems to show how it should be done! Much more lively and creative than the version with drummer Colin Allen, who replaced Van der Linden in the seventies.

[Motherboard46]

3:11 sounds like the ending Diamond Dust from Jeff Beck...

[gresach]

i like this version

[veegale]

I was lucky enough to be at the Dublin concert in Nov '06, Same lineup almost, 'cept for the guitarist but Neils is somethin' else! Saw the original youthful Focus on a Thursday in April 1973 in Dublin - 2 days before they did the Rainbow Theatre in London. Focus are so european I love'em, Vive Focus toujours!

[alexandergenov1984]

absolutely! the original version is incredible. this is really not.

[deepindercheema]

A bit unfair on the Focus band, because I'm sure they would have liked to have been responsible for the quality control of their material. Not someone with a video recording off their mobile telephone. This young guitarist is a sensation.

[ericclaptonm]

This is a poor version of a very great song, I think.