A Trick of the Tail

July 21, 2008 in Personal

Randomly looking through some old bookmarks earlier this evening I happened upon the web site of “The Musical Box“. The Musical Box are a Canadian band who recreate the live performances of Genesis. I suppose people might call them a “tribute band”, but I would say they are a lot more than that. They do an incredible job of recreating the original shows, down to the finest detail.

I saw them play in Nottingham about six years ago, performing a recreation of the “Selling England By The Pound” tour. It was a spine tingling experience and the closest I could imagine to traveling back in time to the early 1970’s to see the real thing.

Tonight I noticed that they are going on tour this year with their recreation of the “Trick of the Tail” tour from 1976. “A Trick of the Tail” is the album with the distinction of containing my favourite Genesis track – Squonk, from whence my long used pseudonym derives.

I’m wondering if there is any chance at all that I might be able to get up to Nottingham to see them again…

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