Daryl Stuermer On the Road with Genesis
Podcast #5: Katowice , Poland
Hello everybody, this is Daryl Stuermer from Hanover , Germany . Since the last Audio Notes from the Road we've played Bern , Switzerland ; Linz , Austria ; Prague , Czech Republic ; and Katowice , Poland .
I'm going to mainly talk about Katowice , because I think it's the most memorable show that
we've played so far. We've had good shows in Bern , Lindz, and Prague , but the difference was this was a show that was almost cancelled prior to even getting on stage.
The rain and the storm were so strong – the lightening – that it was almost dangerous to even play the show. But we went on anyway, and I have to say that within the first two or three songs, I thought that we weren't going to be able to do it because the rain was just coming onto the stage. It was covering all the pedal boards that we have onstage and the keyboards. In fact, in our second song, “Turn it on Again” Tony 
Banks' keyboards went completely out, probably two thirds into the song, so we had to finish the song without him, so it was sort of a trio of guitar, bass, and drums actually holding it down.
Can you imagine actually playing a song like that without Tony Banks? Almost any Genesis song without Tony Banks is impossible. But we kept going and finished the song.
I think it was the first show where you ever saw the entire band wearing jackets and caps. I think it's the first show where I've ever worn a cap. In fact, they're the caps you can buy at the merchandise table…I think they gave us a discount. 
So to say the least, it was a very different show. But where I have to give credit where it's due is two places. First of all our road crew who had to set this up in the rain, and then also had to take it down at the end because it stormed all the way through.
And also the crowd. There was no roof anywhere for this crowd, and they stood out there two hours prior to us even being there and they stayed for the whole show, and I think they were one of the greatest crowds we ever played to. So, my hat's off to them – or my cap!
We're hoping that this doesn't continue for the whole tour. It seems like there could possibly be rain for tomorrow in Hanover -- there is a little bit today -- we'll have to see. We're just going to have to cross our fingers and see how it goes.
So I'm going to sign off right now and I'll talk to you after the next couple gigs or so. Bye-bye.