It was the first Sunday back after the summer break and the sun shone down on the Borough and threw a beautiful light upon the small stage at the front of the Libertine pub in Great Suffolk Street.
Wheres Spot, comprising Chris, Jan and Dean, as pictured above, opened proceedings with some proper singing and three-part-harmony-heavy cover versions including a Beatles medley, An Englishman in New York and....er, Lindisfarne. I must say, I don't know who they are, or why they want to buy dreams from a dream seller, but I'm a little too scared to find out.
The whole event was being broadcast live to the web by RTYD member and Kryptic Klu guitarist Liam Barnes, whose video gig promotion enterprise Gigvert.com is using RTYD gigs as a testing ground for a proper business in the near future. I am honoured, and it's also good because it shows RTYD to be employing all the latest in digital media to promote itself.
Paul Chatterjee AKA 'Chats', lead guitarist with London's leading covers band Creak, was up next, to challenge himself to his first ever solo performance, about which he was suitably anxious. He was chatty, as his name suggests, and the audience's reception of his song choices seemed to tranquillise him somewhat. Though not too much, or he'd have had to sit or lie down.
The Lone Groover is a regular at the RTYD acoustic afternoon as well as a RTYD gigs in London. He has grown in confidence as a solo performer and since I first met him. His songs are rife with romanticism, nostalgia and protest at the current state of the world. They are protest songs for the RTYD generation.
Finally, Aaron Zimpel is Antipodean. Nothing wrong with that. Nice bloke. Great voice. He knows the boys from Creak. He sang soulful renditions of funky songs including Sexual Healing, Superstition and MissYou which were enthralling. Great stuff.
See you next time.
1 comment:
Really enjoyed Sunday - sorry I missed Aaron but swimming coaches wait for no man and I had to get my daughter back for the training session :-)
Wheres Spot were brilliant - super vocals throughout - I was totally impressed and also inclined to give up my singing career.
I thought Paul did a brilliant job on his debut - I remember mine last year at the same venue and can understand his nervousness - you a guitar and a mike ... and nothing else it is the ultimate in laying yourself on the line.
Lone Groover was brilliant too. I like the lyrics of his songs and he is becoming a really accomplished performer.
All in all a great afternoon... the pizza was flipping brilliant too!
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