Dutch Air Guitar Championships

The 2007 winner of the Dutch Air Guitar Life Time Achievement Award has been awarded to guitarplayer Phil Tilli, from the start of the championships in 2003 a member of the judging team at the finals. Tilli has played in several well known Dutch bands, amongst others in Trockener Kecks, a Dutch punkrock outfiit with a large cultfollowing. Tilli is now touring with the new Dutch Britpop sensation ‘Moke’, currently in the Dutch charts with hitsingles ‘Last Chance’ and ‘Here Comes The Summer” as well as with debutalbum ‘Shorland’. The album is, after more than one year, still in the Dutch top 50 charts. Moke meanwhile, has played all major Dutch festivals, a.o. Lowlands and Pinkpop, as well as all major Dutch Venues. This year they will join Paul Weller on his European tour.

Phil Tilli has gratefullly accepted the honour of the 2007 award according to sources within the Dutch Air Guitar Championships organisation.

The Who? Do they still exist? Is one of the best rock live act of the seventies still going strong or just in business to cash in on an old reputation, as many old pop and rockacts do nowadays. On June the 6th, the band played the Ahoy-venue in Rotterdam, The Netherlands together with opening act The Cult. And what a show it was. Classics like ‘My Generation’, ‘Subtitute’, ‘See Me, Feel Me’ and ‘Pinball Wizard’ were played as if the band was just starting a career in rockbizz. A legendary band and a great performance.  (more…)