Headsdown - Tempestt - Jeff Scott Soto @ De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, March 6th 2008

On the 6th of march I went to see the gig of Jeff Scott Soto together with Silvana. The first thing I noticed was that there were alot of old school rockers at the venue. All people who used to go the great bands from the past, back in the old days. For me personally this was a really relaxed concert. You could stand anywere and there was a good atmosphere that evening.

The concert was opened by Heads Down, a heavy rockband, that plays covers from 70’s / 80’s bands.. This was the bands first performance since a while again, so they really head to put up a show. They also had a new singer, Don Feltges, who looked like a real rockstar from the 70’s / 80’s. He did a good job and it was nice to see that the band had fun on stage.

Setlist Headsdown

Doctor Doctor
Running with the Devil
Black Night
High road Easy
Jesus Saves
Why can’t this be love
Bad case of loving you
Fool for your loving
Crazy horses
Burn
Since you’ve been gone
Detroit Rock City

After Heads Down it was time from Tempestt, a Brazilian melodic metal band. I didn;t know these guys before, so it would be a suprise for me as well. These days it’s pretty hard to stand out above other bands in the same genre, but this band did a pretty good job. The sound of the bassplayer was amazing and the singer had a nice sound as well.

After a few songs it was time for Jeff Scott Soto to enter the stage. He performed this night with Tempestt, which worked out really well. They already had played together in the past, so it was a really good combination. They played a mix of covers and own songs from Soto. I enjoyed the songs like “I'll Be Waiting “, “Stand up” and “Detroit Rock City”, but they played so many good songs that night.. One of the other great things was the interaction with the crowd. It was great to see how Soto reacted on some shouts from the crowd.

Aftter the show we went to the café and waited for the bands to get over there. Silvana wanted to take some pictures from Soto and exchanged some business cards. After that it was time to head home again!

Setlist Tempestt and Jeff Scott Soto:

Bring em .. from the dark
Fallen Moon
Higher (i can land)
Bark at the moon
A life..s alibi
Too high
Insanity desire (with Jeff)
Eyes of love
Color my xtc
Crazy
Stand up
Tears in the sky
Livin.. the life
encore
15- I'll be waiting




Review: Roy van der Windt
Photos: Silvana Breur