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On stage: Doc Holliday



- U.F.O., Quiet Riot & Doc Holliday - Dec. 1993 - Hamburg (D) -
- Doc Holliday - June 2011 - Bochum (D) -


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- Doc Holliday - June 23rd 2011 - Bochum (D), Zeche -





Doc Holliday - live in Bochum 2011

Doc Holliday - live in Bochum 2011

Doc Holliday - live in Bochum 2011

Doc Holliday - live in Bochum 2011

Doc Holliday - live in Bochum 2011

Doc Holliday - live in Bochum 2011

Doc Holliday - live in Bochum 2011

Souther rockers Doc Holliday are celebrating their 30th anniversary with an album called From The Vault and a tour, but it's not just an anniversary tour, it's also a farewell tour. And it's even more special as they tour with the original line-up. Unfortunately only a small crowd gathered at Zeche when a support band entered the stage - Sir Edward. I don't know the band and after learning about the circumstances, I won't judge their performance. But they deserve respect, coz as we learnt during the short set their singer passed away on the first day of the tour. So one of the guitarists took over the vocals and so nobody could expect a perfect show - but they delivered a solid set.

After a short change over it was time for Doc Holliday. The Georgia boys walked on stage, took positions and kicked off with Last Ride. And they took us on a last ride with songs like Never Another Night and Bad Love - and with these songs they had already won over everybody in the venue. Fans started singing along. Keyboarder Eddie Stone was obviously enjoying being on stage and having a place close to the audience. Fans of Doc Holliday noticed that guitarist John Samuelson took over the bass from Daniel Bud Ford, unfortunately I have no information why he was missing, my guess is that as he isn't part of the original line-up he was taking a break...

After thanking the audience Bruce Brookshire and his pals continued with Fire On The Mountain - one of many highlights. "Thank you very much for being here! Cheers!" Brookshire said, took a sip from his bottle of water and added "30 years of Southern rock, some of you were there with us from the beginning, others weren't even born..." and they headed into Magic Midnight. During the song Bruce announced: "I don't want to see people standing there, I want to see smiling faces!" Then he asked the fans to clap their hands. "Let's do it a bit more difficult...." Now Brookshire was smiling and he added: "Everybody's in the band, do your job!" and they continued with Hey Bo Diddley. Keyboarder Eddie Stone took over a lead vocals for a bit, then he and Bruce sang together and led over into Trudy! Again Eddie sang a passage, obviously enjoying it a lot. "Thank you for 30 years of rock. We lost a lot good men... Ronnie Van Zandt, Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy) and last year we lost one of the finest men of rock'n'roll. He was a fan of this band, his name is Ronnie James Dio!" And they surprised the fans with playing a part of Heaven & Hell. Songs like Redneck Rock'n'Roll Band and Song For The Outlaw were pure fun. Sure, partly a second guitar was missing, but 99% of the time it worked out very well, especially as John Samuelson partly took over the rhythm guitar part with his bass. Again they thanked the fans for coming out and spending their money on coming to see the show, an honest statement which made the fans applaud. With Highway Call they came to an end, but not without introducing the band and for the first time that evening it looked like drummer Danny Lastinger had fun - when Brookshire introduced him. "... my favorite on the drums - Danny 'Cadillac' Lastinger!" But I bet he enjoyed the show like the fans did. "Sing, if you know it!" Bruce Brookshire ordered and they headed into Lonesome Guitar. With this melancholy tune they came to the end of the set. It seemed that everybody was singing along, even a small crowd can make a lot of noise - and that made Brookshire smile. After the last note they thanked the fans and left the stage.

But the fans wanted more and so after a few minutes the guys returned for a medley. They started with Nat King Cole's Route 66, then headed into Chuck Berry's Roll Over Beethoven and ended with Johnny B Goode. In the medley embedded a short drum solo as well as bass solo, but Eddie Stone got his moment too. Mainman Bruce Brookshire stepped back to give everybody space to shine, he is a real entertainer and knows that it's the band who gives him the chance to show his skills, who's giving the support he needs. They finally said goodbye, but promised to show up at the merchandise booth in a bit to hang out and talk to the fans.

Doc Holliday delivered a great show and so fans were happy about seeing them rock the stage on more time, but also sad that it was the last time they tour. 30 years of Southern rock and one wonders why they do a farewell tour as they seem to enjoy being on stage... Hopefully there will be a DVD of this tour... Meanwhile head over to the band's Facebook profile, there you'll find some links to fan recorded live footage from this tour. If you saw them at this run, it will revive your memories. If you missed them, then this will tell you it was a mistake!

Thanks for 30 years of Southern rock! Thanks to Doc Holliday for all the great songs and shows!




Claudia Ehrhardt

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