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by Klaus Narloch translation by Astrid Nolde-Gallasch World star to touch Chris de Burgh enthused with his open-air in Mosbach "The road to Freedom" lead Christopher John Davidson, that's his civil name, to Mosbach on Thursday night for a solo open air concert. Most of the 3000 concert visitors in the sold out Elzpark didn't rather know this name - Chris de Burgh, the uncrowned king of cuddle pop and permanent guest in the charts since the early 80s, sang himself with his uncomparible voice into the hearts of his still huge fan community in Germany. Preventively everybody collectively came wrapped up into rain coats to this open air event, but to say it in advance, the current summer weather remained, almost. Already during his inscription into the golden book of the city of Mosbach, one could sense clearly that the sympathical Irishman is still somebody to touch, even after 20 years of stage career, and that he loves the German food and the people here. The likewise affinity could also already be sensed during the reception of the small man from the island, and with the first songs one could suspect that this performance was going to be one of the category "unforgettable". He just is able to do a lot, and his perfect, uncomparable voice puts an unmistakeable stamp on his songs, whether to the twelve string guitar or accompanied by the grand piano. "Sailing Away", "Don't Pay The Ferryman", or "Lady In Red", you don't have to be a particular fan to have been touched by these hits once in your life. With increasing dawn the concert became also an optical experience, as his ballads and dreamy songs were set into a colourful stage light. The writer of these lines was flabbergasted, when Chris de Burgh to everybody's surprise started to bath in the crowd, and walked with guitar and headset microphone right through his fan community. Rarely photo mobile phones and digital cameras came in so handy, and for a lot of fans the long drive to the concert had now paid off. "You were always on my mind", "Read my name", "Living in the world", "The words I love you", with every song the mood increased and the meanwhile dancing crowd in front of the stage couldn't really believe that after two hours with "Snows Of New York" the final of the concert had been started. With an overwhelming applause the convincing world star however played some encores and so the friends of old Beatles songs also got their happy end. At the end of the concert the "weathergod" seemed to be a bit sad and sent a few raindrops into the Elzpark - the enthused audience didn't care anymore at this time, for "The road to Freedom" was best received with them, and Chris de Burgh had once again convinced everybody by his human, open and unmistakeable character. |
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