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The last time the World’s Greatest Rock’n’Roll Band graced Hamburg with a tight rock show in 2014 and the subsequent tour of the The Worlds Allmost Greatest Country Band a year latter needed to be candled as Eddie Spaghetti was diagnosed with oropharynx cancer and had to undergo surgery and radiation treatments.

Another one down with that goddamn big C i thought, but luckily Eddie made it through (thanks to fans putting in some $ and Eddie Vedder helping out too – the health system in the US of A is fuckin expensive!) and thus 2016 the Supersuckers are back on track.

And with the help of a hired gun on Bass the Supersuckers kicked off, allowing Eddie to concentrate on his acoustic guitar and singing. The Monkeys was well filled and thanks to some marketending free drinks from Sailor Jerrys Rum prior to the show also well intoxicated.

Key question first: Did that fucking big C do any harm to Eddies voice? Mmmhh, not sure – i found it a wee bit more raw and less powerful but who am i to judge. For the more somber country stuff for sure it worked and the band got into the rhythm rather quickly – they are a well oiled machine!

As always with Eddie and his troops the interaction with the audience was little but making a nice joke of the rock star stardom up to and including asking the audience to cheer on the well orchestrated song endings – incl. synchronised guitar moves in the air. Rock! And! Roll!

I do like a rare country song thrown into something heavier, a full country show just does not get me as exited as other stuff (though i wonder why the Supersuckers not also try to branch out into a stiff Surf record – besides the musical capabilities it would also fit their bill i’d say) but 2/3 of the audience where quite happy (the other 3rd left, i guess they did not expect an all country set but rather the rock one). And as always, Eddie took a middle finger pic of the audience, so above is how Hamburg reacted.

They did 70 minutes and included some of their hits in a country version – all in all a tight set, a welcome break from the hard&fast world and i was surrounded by friendly people (and managed to not intoxicate myself with any booze that evening). Good to see Eddie back on stage and now looking forward to World’s Greatest Rock’n’Roll Band hitting Hamburg hard in 2017!

nb: May i get that Surf record one time gents? 22 Albums and 43 EP’s – there must be room for that! As an alternative i would reluctantly accept an Enrico Morricone themed record too …