Another fine time was had by all present at the ROCK-TIL-YOU-DROP Acoustic Afternoon at The Libertine this Sunday. Tributes to John Lennon, who would have been 70 had he not been in the Beatles, were delivered by nearly all the acts who, as well as knowing John Lennon, not personally of course, all seemed to know Stevie Buckerfield of Live Wires, Bourbon Street Revival and acoustic duo Waterfield, the latter bringing him and his cronies to South East London on ths sunny Sunday afternoon. Thanks god for Stevie Buckerfield and his musical promiscuity!
Opening act Not Just Any Tom, Nick & Harry, brought two generations of the family, son Harry, aged just 15, playing bass in support of dad and mum team, Tom and Nick, on guitar/bvs and lead vocals respectively. And what a bass player Harry already is.
When they get together with two acoustic guitars and their shared love of 70s new wave music, Stevie Buckerfield and Paul Waterman call themselves Waterfield. On Sunday, they delivered a perfect mix of new wave covers and original Waterman songs of lost innocence and nostalgia.
RTYD member Doug Hamilton had come all the way from Frome near Bath in Somerset with his repertoire of funny songs about crashing computers, spam - not the processed meat - and Christmas - not the religious festival but the consumer-driven one. A real pleasure.
The afternoon was capped off by four-piece, the Acoustic Cavemen, who played a refreshing mix of 90s/00s covers including the Pixies, Echo & The Bunnymen and Arctic Monkeys, kept buoyant by some great percussive accompaniment.
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