Terry & The Pirates – Rockpalast (1982) [2011, DVD]

It was December of 1982 when Terry & The Pirates embarked on what is now jokingly referred to by the band as the “Torture Tour” and for good reason – it was grueling.

This tour was going to be a little strange because their guitarist Greg Douglass had prior tour commitments with the Greg Kihn Band and would be unable to be a part of it, so Terry Dolan, John Cipollina, David Hayes, Greg Elmore and Nicky Hopkins would have to go on without him.
Terry & The Pirates played in a huge room and held the audience in the palm of their hands throughout the night. The band played an amazing and blazing set of pure adrenalin filled music for 100 minutes that just poured out of them, spilling on to the floor of the club and drenching everybody in its wake. The German audience’s response to their music was overwhelming as they watched in delight and awe at the site of Terry & The Pirates playing sixteen of their finest songs. This concert event was filmed and recorded for Rockpalast, a German Television program which aired it for years in Europe.
Aside from all the fun they had playing music over the last 72 hours, even amidst of all of the travails that they had endured while on the road; one boon to all of this was that Terry & The Pirates already had sold out shows waiting for them upon their return. They took much delight from this fact and after a few days of rest they were back to being their old selves again playing some remarkable “Rock-N-Roll” in their usual Terry & The Pirates style and fashion.

01 Rising Of The Moon
02 Inside And Out
03 Something To Lose
04 Genoa
05 Montana Eyes
06 The Train Kept A’ Rolling
07 Silverado Trail
08 Cobra
09 Inlaws And Outlaws
10 Writing You A Letter
11 I Put A Spell On You
12 Edward The Mad Shirt Grinder
13 Rainbow
14 River
15 I Ain’t Livin’ Long Like This
16 Into The Wind
17 Don’t Do It
18 Gun Metal Blues

Terry Dolan – Vocals, Guitar
John Cipollina – Guitar (ex Quicksilver Messenger Service)
Nicky Hopkins – Piano (ex Rolling Stones)
David Hayes – Bass (ex Van Morrison Band)
Greg Elmore – Drums (ex Quicksilver Messenger Service)

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