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I just had to check this one out. There had been a lot of Chinese whispers circulating about this singer who'd been sighted, on YouTube, in Switzerland, New York, Asia and other points east and west as well as recording for Alex Webb's Copasetic Foundation.
More recently she'd been making waves at local jams and low key venues...
...Alexia Gardner.
I wasn't disappointed!
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The gambler's lucky streak hadn't vanished with It Might as Well be Spring. This was like hitting the Tote Double with a couple of longshots up the road at Gosforth Park!
Moon River had Jude providing vocal harmonies behind Alexia's vocal to great effect and One Note Samba saw Harry blowing a lot of notes. Bass too played quite a few.
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The set closed with It's Gonna be a Great Day and a spirited Milestones.
Interval conversations agreed that it most certainly had been a geat day (night) and there was more to come.
Harry blew St. Thomas with able support from Abbie, Alan and Jude before Alexia returned for Don't Get Around Much Anymore followed by Seven Steps to Heaven.
Mo Better Blues was another killer with Harry even besting his best. Black Coffee was as bluesy as they come with its saga of a lonely woman although our vocalist managed to inject (jokingly?) a reference to her own marriage!
The evening drew to a close with Turn Your Lights Down Low, Stand by me and What a Wonderful World.
The applause raised the roof with a volume that wouldn't have been out of place at the Gallowgate End of St. James' Park.
Gardner, Keeble, Law, Murphy and Finn - carve their names with pride then catch them again at the Globe on Dec. 29. Lance
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The years she performed in Switzerland, I was at almost every show! Looking forward to be in the audience on December 18th when she will perform here again. (Janice.🇨🇭 )
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