WinterStorm 2023 - Focus - Hocus Pocus

Booking Focus was really not that unusual for WinterStorm as we have never tried to be singular in our staging or genres. but for some it was a wee bit of a surprise. The biggest challenge? Probably humping that original Hammond Organ up those stairs to that stage tested the team to the max but boy was it worth it hearing it's wonderful sounds resonate through the Troon Concert Hall. And our first flute? For sure!
The whole performance was captivating with so many highlights but really we couldn't have chosen anything else for the first video release from the set so please, play this through your speakers on your big TV screen and enjoy one of the most virtuoso performances from any band in the history of WinterStorm.

[@georgerikken]

Drummer Piere van der linden ....77 years .here...full POWER !!!!

[@vitorbarbosa5656]

Fantástic This is rock n roollll Classic 👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@alessandroocchipinti4966]

A legendary Band for a legendary and unforgettable Song! A master piece of the Rock!!!❤❤❤❤

[@oldiedrummermarkus]

Absolut 👌👌👍👍🥁🥁🫶🫶🤘🤘🤘

[@rafehr1378]

Bravo. 74 years old, and still enjoy this tune, Band.

[@westgoten]

Thijs and Pierre still got it! :D

[@marianocuevas363]

Espectacular, alucinante 👌🥂🍾😎

[@stevesaltered]

Most excellent, thanx for the share WinterStorm, that tune never gets old.

[@rickytomato2055]

✌❤N' Rock&Roll,,,ReallyDigsMySoul😎

[@escommentss]

Wow, that intro was just sublime...

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

still love this music!!

[@mirrortime]

Thank you for this stunning ear candy. Yes, I'm old enough to have bought the edited single version when I was 8

[@lucsbinnen]

le plaisir de jouer super fan

[@ProckGnosis]

Geweldig! Thanks for the post! Great video quality. Saw them on the Cruise to the Edge 2019...definitely one of the highlights of the cruise. Thijs Van Leer is still quite the entertainer.

[@gavinskio]

I had been looking forward to thias track all year - and this version did not dissapoint - such a good counterpoint to some of the acts this year -this and Noturnall were 2 of my highlights and they could not have been more different! I first heard this track on a compilation album tape in the mid 80s, loved it ever since!

[@wladi435]

👌👍

[@PapaZannie]

Oh man! I would totally see these legends live if they’re still touring

[@ChicTumshy]

My reply with a link to the tour dates is missing so here you go. Just google "Focus the Band" tour dates. You won't be disappointed.

[@stevegreen5552]

They are. In the UK (November 2023) I annoyingly missed them playing in my home town due to a Google calendar error on my part. Thankfully, they are scheduled to reappear November 2024 and I have my ticket.

[@user-iw4ze7lt3z]

感動しました✨

[@valdemar4996]

Los sonidos musicales que me decían al lado uriah heep: eres un nuevo SER desde esta mañana de julio 😇👹 ni más ni menos!

[@silviacastillo5222]

Legends !!!!

[@rickytomato2055]

🍀Cheers 🍻🍺 I'll Drink2That🍀

[@rickytomato2055]

✌❤N' Rock&Roll,,,ReallyDigsMySoul😎

[@Flaalbim1]

👋👋👋🤘🤘🤘❤❤❤

[@producoesagrutaruifernande4893]

top very god ...

[@olivierriviere7527]

Oh, old and nice memories! 69 or 70?

[@mirrortime]

'73

[@steve-0493]

They can critique all they like,but i dont see any of them in a band, or up on a stage,and while holding down a few organ notes, playing a damn flute!!multi instrumental dont mean i can run 2 damn programs at once!!😜🤷‍♂️✌️🥃

[@Lauriedriver]

Again in English please.😂

[@steve-0493]

@@Lauriedriver yh gotta go and fix the shit..lol...

[@steve-0493]

@@Lauriedriver man,that shit was all over the place lmao!! When I typed it up the other day,it was In a rush and yh I admit I didn't go over it etc(was pissed that I was warned by yt about comments I said on other things at the time) when I looked over it,it's made me really go who the fuck typed that up??cause I didn't leave it a mess like that!!!oh well..looks tidier now 😁✌️ 🌟 the more you know

[@UKLiveMetal]

@@steve-0493 It was me who recorded the band and entire event, and for sure have no idea what you are talking about. If you don't like it just say so ;-)

[@steve-0493]

@@UKLiveMetal actually I did like it??I'm giving kudos for the fact that dudes still kicking it after 50yrs!!lol..I was saying the ppl that critiques these musicians that are in their 70s,they say they should hang it up etc!!my point is,if they did retire, they normally end up like Bob Welch,Keith Emerson etc etc..they feel useless and take their own lives,cause they can't cut it no more, and that's sad...got to see Carl Palmer last year in Akron,Ohio,my buddy (who took his own life a few months later)took me to see the ELP 50th anniversary Welcome Back My Friends...it was good to see Carl Smiling during the show...sorry if u took what i said the wrong way lol..😁✌️🥃

[@MegaPalesz]

5.10..but I had a good laugh 🤣😂🤣The drummer wouldn't be able to buy himself a proper equipment?🤣

[@infildibulum]

No better than 50 years ago. 3 of us went to see them in concert and all decided to walk out. Theres to much hype about some bands and singers who are not as good as they are hyped up to be.

[@paulbuxton1326]

Awsome band 👌🎼

[@WinterStormLive]

I guess we are all entitled to express opinions but the audience in that hall that day may respectfully differ. This was a full on indoor rock festival and in the late afternoon Focus came on and transfixed with their performance. No-one was there to see them but they captivated an entire room with a virtuoso live performance. May not be your style of music but Focus are not about hype.

[@mannyzorgan6324]

What bollocks you're talking!

[@infildibulum]

Well 3 of us went and we all had had enough after 20 mins. It was boring and not very melodic. we only went because they were supposed to be excellent, but were greatly disapointed, And just looked back at a video from 73 which is when we saw them and it just sounds terrible and amateurish.

[@paulbuxton1326]

@@infildibulum Weard they are all too knotch & I’ve gigged for 45 yrs