Looking at the music of Dutch rock band Focus, started in the late sixties by Thijs van Leer (b /31/03/48) with Jan Akkerman (b 24/12/46). Van Leer still performs and records under the name today (official site here). Akkerman's site here.

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Focus Live at the 100 Club November 2018



It was good to be at the 100 Club on Oxford Street in London reccently to hear Focus in fine fettle on the day they released their new album - Focus 11. We didn't hear any tracks from the new album, although for the very first time they played Song for Eva as found on the previous Focus Family album. Otherwise it was much as usual, starting with the golden oldies Focus 1/Anonymus/House of the King and moving on to a nice version of Eruption then Sylvia and, form the more recent era, All Hens on Deck and finishing with La Cathedrale/Harem Scarem and finally Hocus Pocus. The encoure was Focus 2. No Focus 3 this time round. Two hours of sheer joy for most of us though some of the crowd appeared to be rather distracted. The support act featured Finnish Finnish vi=ocalist and slide guitar expert Erja Lyytinen.

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