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Paul Skerritt's second appearance at the Glasshouse - it's becoming an annual fixture at the venue - was well-attended by an audience who were out to have fun. They were at the right place, at the right time, with the right performer to give then just that - fun!
This wasn't Gateshead, it was Vegas in its heyday with the Rat Pack compressed into one personality backed by a swinging big band.
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Most of the songs were medium tempo swingers and they were great, However, a slow, romantic ballad that would have had couples in the audience sighing and going all gooey-eyed wouldn't have gone amiss. I know that Me and Mrs Jones falls into that category but it's not quite one to go public on.
I loved Birth of the Blues. To me that was the recording that indicated that Sinatra was upping his game from the inane material of his latter years at Columbia to the swinging years at Capitol. Skerritt captured the mood to perfection.
Both sets had an unannounced Basie-style overture from the band. They were swinging and I knew that if anything was to go wrong it wouldn't be their fault.
Nothing went wrong - see you next year! Lance
Just Say Hello; Fly me to the Moon; Hooray For Love; I've Got You under my Skin; Artificial Flowers; The Lady is a Tramp; Hard Hearted Hannah; The More I See You; Happy Together; Me and Mrs Jones; Mack the Knife; Mooh River; Beyond the Sea; Ain't That a Kick in the Head?; Eye of the Tiger; Minnie the Moocher; Come Fly With me; American Boy; Birth of the Blues; Mr Brightside; American Beauty Rose; My Way; Can't Take my Eyes Off You; That's Life.
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