[javilu77]

For Roger Hodgson's fourth visit to Buenos Aires, Argentina the chosen venue was the Lawn Tennis Club.
Unlike the previous shows at the Gran Rex, this one was outdoors but luckily the night was beautiful and so was Roger's concert.
This time around there were other lucky cities in Argentina: Rosario, Córdoba and Mendoza enjoyed Roger's music too.
The fun started early when I was invited along with other fans to attend Roger's soundcheck.
It all started with us being greeted by Roger when we sang to him "Give a little bit" while Roger listened.
I even got corrected by Roger when I messed the lyrics to the second verse!
After this amazing experience we got to attend the soundcheck.
Needless to say, it was a great experience and we got to hear Roger perform a song that was absent from the main show, the beautiful "The More I Look".
After saying hello to Howard, Roger's sound engineer who's a very nice -and tall- guy, we left and returned on the evening for the main show.

After the usual opening with "Take The Long Way Home", we were treated to a faultless set of Supertramp and solo hits and favorites.
As nice as his solo sets with Aaron McDonald, multiinstrumentalist virtuoso were, it's so much better to hear Roger surrounded by a full, competent band who reproduce with great talent the sound achieved in the studio by Roger.
Aaron McDonald (saxophone and other instruments), Bryan Head (drums), Kevin Adamson (keyboards) and David Carpenter (bass) comprise an amazing band doing a great job at backing Roger.

The solo hit "In Jeopardy", from the succesful 1984 solo debut "In The Eye Of The Storm" made a surprise appearance on the setlist, and a welcomed one also. The song reached a big success when released in Argentina.
Fron the same album, the lovely "Lovers In The Wind" is always a joy to hear live, and the same can be said of any song Roger performs on the piano.
Another surprise solo song appearance was "Death And A Zoo" from Roger's last studio album to date, "Open The Door".
During the performance, Roger bangs a snaredrum creating an intense wall of sound with the band.
All Supertramp songs were performed faithful to the original arrangements.
A great moment happened when before singing "Dreamer", Roger asked people to stand up and get closer to the stage.
The -up to the point- polite and shy audience rushed near the stage and sang along and cheered for the rest of the concert.
Roger made a mention that he wished to return to Buenos Aires and spend a few days here to explore and made a point of how nice and warm people treated him here.
I couldn't point a highlight of the show because all performances were highlights but it's always a pleasure to listen to songs that reach deep in your heart like "Hide In Your Shell" or "The Logical Song".
Wheter Roger was on the keyboard, piano of guitar, his incredible voice still shines through.
When after the show I had the pleasure of exchanging a few words with him, I asked him how is it that after around 40 years he can still reach those high notes and no changes are to be found on his voice.
His response was, pointing to his chest "always sing from your heart".
A sincere thank you to Linda Tyler, Roger's tour manager for being an extremely nice and beautiful person.
Another thank you to Nicolas, you rock, mate!



Roger says hello to his fans in Buenos Aires singing Give a little bit before soundcheck



With Linda Tyler



Concert pics

[Scornet marie-josé]

Je n'ai pas pu lire ton compte rendu :rouge: Javilu77, parce qu'il est écrit en anglais :gene2: et que je suis archie nul :gene3: , mais j'imagine fort bien sont contenu vu que je me rend souvent aux concerts de Roger. En revanche merci pour les photos elles sont grandiose :ghee: , magnifique, en les regardent j'ai eu le sentiment d'être sur place :pleur4: merci du font du coeur, reviens vite nous donner d'aussi bonne nouvelles et encore de merveilleuses photos qui nous font, qui me font rêver. merci à toi uper:

[alice]

Thanks for this beautiful report and the pictures. I think it was a special day for you. We saw the video of fans singing "Give
a little bit" at its arrival.Roger was lucky. I agree with you that " Dreamer" is a great time for the show. We saw the videos concerts, thank you to all the south americans fans who share these videos.

[rhmila]

Hi Javilu77, thank you for your nice review et welcome among us. It is amazing to have the reviews of our friends! We can live Roger's show at distance. You write with your heart like Roger sings with his heart.

I saw some videos from there, and In Jeopardy was really magnificient. It's my fav (one of my very fav songs)..But I agree, every moment was highlight. You were an awesome public, which knows to respect artist at beginning and to be standing around the stage later..

I don't know if you are in picture with Linda, if yes, you sing very well! I also saw the video when you had welcomed Roger!! Wonderful, and your eyes had more stars than those you can find in the sky.

Thank you You rock guy too !!!

[FLO]

Hello Javilu 77,
Many thanks for this beautiful review and the nice pictures, I can imagine how Highlight it was !
I really love this wolrdwide friendship :love: :love: :love: :love:

[cbell35]

Thanks Javilu for the review and nice pictures. Thanks a lot.