Brian in 1993

In light of comments about how Brian's voice isn't what it used to be... Well, here's what it used to be: And it wasn't overdubbed. They say a man's voice peaks around age 47. He was 45 here. At age 47 he recorded What Are We Made Of with Sissel. Bang on, whoever came to that conclusion. This is how good he and the band were. I'd actually forgotten. Blisteringly good. And the confetti hammers are perfect.

Yeah, I`ve seen the show in Düsseldorf back then. Brian was in good shape. He missed a few of his vocals ( timing wise) but the background singers coverd it well. The dutch support group played a version of "Dear Friends" and get "booooooh"...too obviousliy their were fishing for compliments :)
Hell I´ve seen Cozy playing live !!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hiu7RYi0SGU

They had this brilliant guitarist too, Jamie something, that just was a much better live solo guitarist than Brian. I think they got rid of him though?

Jamie Moses.

Better than Brian? What are you basing that on? As far as I've seen he's the perfect side man with no ego at all.

Unlike Mike Caswell, who was probably fired after those first five gigs in '92 where he did his Satriani clone thing and tried to upstage Brian.

To musicland: I was there, at Düsseldorf, too!!!!!!!!! Support was Robby Valentine, and he was really great!!!!!!! Like him since then!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Can`t remember they were booooh'ed. I remember they got a lot of positive reactions!

Seeing Brian at Whitley Bay Ice Rink on that tour as a 15yr old, was fucking mind blowing. My first Queen related show. Also remember the support band coming on and saying hello Scotland.....!!

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[b]The Real Wizard wrote: [/b] Jamie Moses.

Better than Brian? What are you basing that on? As far as I've seen he's the perfect side man with no ego at all.

Unlike Mike Caswell, who was probably fired after those first five gigs in '92 where he did his Satriani clone thing and tried to upstage Brian.[/QUOTE]
That must have been the guy I was thinking about. Sorry, not that into Brian's solo stuff. 

I stand by my comment. Brian was superb live in the early-mid 70's - then things started to go downhill, and I really don't consider him being a particularly great live guitarist in the 80's and 90's. It's all majors and pentatonic minors and over the top treble booster hyper-vibrato-squealing on top of that. Have a look at Brian's face while Jamie does his solo here: http://youtu.be/Hiu7RYi0SGU?t=14m22s

I just love Brian's solo era 1992-1993

Thank you Sir GH for reminding us how well he sang. His voice was indeed blisteringly good back than. He was daring at those shows but his voice is kinda thin... you don't hear that much power which is always present in Freddie's rendition of Hammer to Fall.
During parts of Q+AL shows there were gigs when Brian was really trying to endure high note (e.g. LOML) and you could hear that he was grasping for it, that he is going to crack...... but fortunately he pulled off a nice performance. Anyway, comparing Q+AL era and the Brixton show... man he was vocally rocking it back in the day !

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Have a look at Brian's face while Jamie does his solo here: http://youtu.be/Hiu7RYi0SGU?t=14m22s
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Well, he chose to have Jamie on board for the next 15 years, so he couldn't have been that pissed off ! There are plenty of other guitarists he could have hired.

And he could have chosen not to show a full stage view of Jamie running to stage right while doing his solo. Brian surely makes all these final decisions with edits.

I see your point, but something tells me you're looking a bit too deeply into it :-)

I saw him at the Royal Albert Hall in 1998 and his voice was still strong then. At least it sounded strong in the hall. I;ve never heard a bootleg of it. That show was filmed and advertised for release but obviously never was. I wonder then if it wasn't as good as I remember it. Or maybe they just decided to pull it for commercial reasons.

Ugh my brain is so dull at this time of night.* I;m off to bed.


*shut up.

I think Brian's voice might've been at its most mature in the later 90s - he sounds even more confident on Another World than Back to the Light, and he sounds amazing on No One But You.

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To musicland: I was there, at Düsseldorf, too!!!!!!!!! Support was Robby Valentine, and he was really great!!!!!!! Like him since then!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Can`t remember they were booooh'ed. I remember they got a lot of positive reactions![/QUOTE]

Yes for his own stuff he get a warm ovation but as he startet to sing "Dear Friends" he get "booooohed"...only for that song of course.

I've read it elsewhere, probably here, but if Cozy Powell hadn't died, I imagine Brian would still be actively working on his solo career. Brian always glowed about Cozy's drumming, and was certainly more than "just a drummer" to Brian – he was definitely more like a silent collaborator, and Brian always seemed to get off on Cozy's drumming in ways that he didn't seem to with Roger. (Not putting Roger down, just that Brian always loved to rock out, and Cozy was especially good at that.)

Saw Brian in 1998. His voice still sounded very acceptable.