Crosby & Nash  at Manchester, Bridgewater Hall, 21st February 2005

The Bridgewater is a lovely venue, comfortable and good views from everywhere. Designed for classical music many bands, or their sound crews, don’t like it. Nash said that the room was very "Live" but the sound from row K was as good as it gets.
The set-list was much the same as we've seen from other shows but the band was impressive. Dean Parks on lead guitar, (from Steely Dan albums) was on superb form. The rhythm section from CPR was tight throughout, the drummer was a joy to here. Sensitive to when he should up the volume and play quieter.

The boys were in fine form vocally with James Raymond adding a third part to the harmonies. Graham was on home turf and got a very warm welcome; Crosby let Graham have his night.

Standout songs for me were Military Madness, Cold Rain  (this song was written about Manchester so to hear it sung here for the first time ever….), Cathedral, They want it all, Almost cut my hair and of course, I Used to Be A King.

We had a hilarious cock-up in the middle of Guinevere. Crosby sang the wrong words at one point and they stopped and he said "Did I just say..."

As  C & N are both 63, we should treasure nights like this as you never know if this is the last time you see them in the UK.


This is the tour basic set list; they tend to swap a number or two each night.

Military Madness
Marakesh Express
Long Time Gone
Lay Me Down
Immigration Man
In My Dreams
Southbound Train
Carry Me
Jesus Of Rio
They Want It All
Cathedral
Deja Vu
.....
Live On The Wall
Guinevere
Milky Way Tonight
Puppeteer
I Used to Be A King
Delta
Don't Dig Here
Wasted On The Way
Critical Mass/Wind On The Water
Wooden Ships
.....
Our House
Almost Cut My Hair
.....
Teach Your Children
 

Thanks to Graham (Not Nash) Baker for the review