The Ship Isis on Silksworth Row is an old school, wood-pannelled pub over two floors with a terrace. The handpulls were doing good business on this cold winter's evening. The first floor Vaux Room would play host to Tom Remon and John Moriarty, our guitar duo there to entertain an attentive full house.
Londoner Tom Remon, a regular visitor to the region, invited Dubliner John Moriarty to cross the Irish Sea to play a short run of dates, and Sunderland was on the itinerary. Without fanfare, our duo opened with Vincent Youmans' Without a Song. Melody stated, Remon took a first solo, Moriarty most impressive in chordal accompaniment. Our Dubliner's solo told us all we needed to know, he could play!
A luthier by day, at night Moriarty comes out to play. Oh, he could play! 12 for Oke, Remon's tribute to a friend gone too soon, first heard at Newcastle's Lit and Phil (Remon and Tony Ormesher), hit the heights, familiarity a welcome aide.
Alone Together and Darn That Dream are two compositions favoured by guitarists and our Ship Isis six-stringers are paid up members of the club. Two great tunes played by two fine guitarists.
Small, intimate gigs such as this are at their best when the musicians are easy-going types and Tom Remon and John Moriarty are just that. Encore won, a blues sent us on our way.
Set list: Without a Song; 12 for Oke; Love for Sale; Alone Together; Windows; All the Things You Are; Darn That Dream; Just One of Those Things; a blues.
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