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Thanks to my brother, Mark, and buddy, Steve, for accompanying me to see Glenn Tilbrook, best known for his days in Squeeze. His songwriting with partner Chris Difford was celebrated as new wave’s answer to Lennon and McCartney. While Squeeze’s last studio album came out in 1998, Tilbrook has stayed active recording solo albums and other collaborative efforts.
This set list was dependent on his post-Squeeze work (including several seemingly new songs) and the earliest years from Squeeze but strangely overlooked about a decade and a half (1984-1999) of his career completely. Still, there was no denying Tilbrook’s easy charm and light banter with the audience. Percussionist Simon Hanson added some nice touches with a toy xylophone and a frantic bongo solo using only his index fingers.
The small crowd – a couple of hundred at best – was comprised of mostly forty-somethings and up who were understandably excited most by the Squeeze songs, but hung in throughout. Not bad for a venue with a small stage and no chairs. Kansas Citians may remember The Riot Room, located in the Westport area, as the Hurricane.
- Up the Junction 2
- Best of Times 17
- Dennis 19
- Everybody Sometimes 19
- Another Nail in My Heart 3
- Pulling Mussels from the Shell 3
- You See Me 15
- Beachland Ballroom 17
- One for the Road 16
- Still 17
- Annie Get Your Gun 6
- If I Didn’t Love You 3
- Is That Love 4
- Resolve (sung by bassist)
- Parallel World 15
- Parsephone 19
- Ray 19
- Until You Come Back to Me (cover)
- Black Coffee in Bed 5
- Kev and Dave (sung by drummer Simon Hanson)19
- Rupert 19
- Chat-Line Larry 18
- Tempted 4
- Take Me I’m Yours 1
- Goodbye Girl 2
1 U.K. Squeeze (Squeeze, 1978)
2 Cool for Cats (Squeeze, 1979)
3 Argybargy (Squeeze, 1980)
4 East Side Story (Squeeze, 1981)
5 Sweets from a Stranger (Squeeze, 1982)
6 45’s and Under (Squeeze compilation, 1982)
7 Difford & Tilbrook (Difford & Tilbrook, 1984)
8 Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti (Squeeze, 1985)
9 Babylon and On (Squeeze, 1987)
10 Frank (Squeeze, 1989)
11 Play (Squeeze, 1991)
12 Some Fantastic Place (Squeeze, 1993)
13 Ridiculous (Squeeze, 1995)
14 Domino (Squeeze, 1998)
15 The Incomplete Glenn Tilbrook (solo, 2001)
16 Transatlantic Ping Pong (solo, 2004)
17 Pandemonium Ensues (Fluffers, 2009)
18 The Co-Operative (with Nine Below Zero, 2011)
19 Happy Ending (solo, 2014)
* Full discography listed, but he played nothing from albums 7-14!
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Glenn Tilbrook is an incredible live act and has a real connection to his audience: I think he prefers the smaller venues to make that connection. Always a good time and never any disappointment!
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