REVIEW: Elias T Hoth @ The Colne Blues Festival

On August 29th at the 21st Colne international blues festival, Total Biker FM attended the awesome Elias T Hoth gig at the Colne & Nelson Rugby club, our personal highlight of the festival weekend.

Despite the band having to bring in a last minute replacement session drummer, Alex Atkinson, Elias T Hoth belted out crowd-pleasing tune after tune as if they’d been performing together for years! Alex did a fantastic job, with his own highly inventive self produced 2 min drum solo that sent the large chanting Colne crowds wild.

The band started out with their classic opener, “Mississippi burnin”, followed by a Total Biker FM favourite, “Wanted By The FBI”.  Their set also included “A Liddle bit a Sinnin”, “Louisiana train” and “Hex on you” as well as the ZZ Top cover “Tush”.  One of the highlights of the night was the bands unique southern drawling version of the AC/DC classic “Highway to Hell”!

Elias T Hoth finished the set with another favourite of ours, “Rollin Thunda”, although the crowds were not willing to let the band go without another couple of tracks for an encore!

Elias T Hoth proved once again they are one of the best live hard rockin southern bands around!  If you get the opportunity to see Elias at a venue near you, grab it with both hands!!

For more information on the band, visit their website: www.eliasthoth.com