Javier and the Pacemakers

The name of this band is “Javier and the Pacemakers” (little homage to the Talking Heads here).

On tour today with performances in London, Islip, Tewkesbury, Chepstow, Labourn, and Henlye on Thames.

GC Denis at the climbs, Bidders at the rest of the instruments, Javier always at the back.

As always their concerts started with a version of Ike & Tina Turner’s “Working together”. A song the band uses to invite other musicians onto stage. Even if they normally chose to take an accompanying role, never interfering with the protagonism of the three artists. 

In this tour Tom Rosenthal’s Go Solo was played only a couple of times. Something the public really enjoyed, as allowed Javier to show his famous “steady pace” virtuosism. 

Supertramp’s “It’s raining again” was not very well received though. Some argued it left them cold. 

Remarkable performance by Bidder playing "Puncture Repair" by Half Man Half Biscuit. A song that was played at speed and with efficiency.

The band felt cared and loved by the public at Labourn. Bidder’s performance versioning The Wiggles’ "Rice Pudding" and GC Denis’ excelled at The Toy Dolls’ "Beans on Toast" was specially celebrated. Quite a success that tour stop.

The crowd at Henley-on-Thames, as always, shown their preference for the band’s version of 10mm’s "Gas Station Coffee"

Bob Mareley’s "Is This Love" closed the tour. Impressive hearing the crowd and the band singing together “"Is this love - is this love - is this love - is this love that I'm feelin'?”. 

What a way of finishing a tour.

The tour in Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/18352260364/

Take care of yourself

Javier Arias González