Leven på Glæden

Mostly positive review of the same Bodø concert (13.04.1997, a good 150 visitors): reflective and atmospheric, solo with acoustic guitar, most songs from the new album; Leven in the Dylan songwriter tradition, but with a form of his own (sitar-like guitar turns, drum solos on the body of the guitar, throaty singing, a whistled western theme à la Sergio Leone – unfortunately in at least three songs). In the middle of the set one of the most beautiful ballads the venue has heard; at times long-winded. Stage patter: he could go back to the hotel for the porn channel, wanted to open “Jackie Leven's Scottish Bastard Pub” in Bodø; plus a minibar anecdote from Hamburg. At the end he threatened to come back next year.