The house band set the standard – Need Your Love So Bad, My Babe, Hideaway – then stepped aside to
allow the queue of musicians a chance to get up but not before belting out I Saw Her Standing There. The Black
River Band threw their hat in the ring with a three-song set including The Sky Is Crying. Folk guitarist Bob
Hewitt played quietly, a quiet take on Moon
River being an unusual choice at a blues jam!
The star attraction at this monthly gathering is Mick
Cantwell. The best blues voice this side of the Atlantic ,
get to hear him sing Every Day I Have the
Blues, The Thrill is Gone and more and you will return to hear him
again…and again and again. He blows a mean tenor sax too!
A scratch band featuring Cantwell and a big-voiced vocalist
from north of the border hit the place for six, taking no prisoners on Free’s Walk in My Shadow and The Stealer. The long-established band
Right to Silence closed the show with a show-stopping Tainted Love. This month’s session was far from a blues purist’s
night out but it was a night out and a damn good one at that!
Russell.
3 comments :
Sounds like a fab night - should have put my walking shoes on for the stroll down Matthew Bank to the Brandling Villa!
Jamie, would the big voiced vocalist from north of the border be you?
Yes that would be me Ian Douglas, with Dave Burn on guitar and John Morgan on bass, plus I asked Mick to play some sax for us. Was a good night with a bit of a scratch band and went down well !
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