I went out on Wednesday night to support The Lone Groover (TLG) at the Boogaloo in Highgate. He was playing a night called 'Voices', which is promoted by Zac Stephenson formerly of a band called Special Needs,who nearly made it, apparently (Sounds familiar - Ed).
As a result of playing more frequently in the last year or so, TLG has developed into a very confident and thoroughly entertaining solo performer, and is on something of a roll right now; A roll that continues to gather pace, and which will take him to various festival appearances over the summer. Watch this space for more details.
I was so inspired by him last night, I am much closer (again?!! - Ed) to doing something about going out there myself with my acoustic guitar (Believe it when I see it! - Ed).
The coup at 'Voices' is that each act gets three songs, which is plenty in some cases, but not enough in TLG's. When he isn't tied to the microphone he struts around the floor like a Weller/Townshend hybrid accompanied, in spirit at least, by his fantasy rock band; and when he is at the microphone, he continues the posturing which has now become his trademark: raising his guitar, Jimmy Page-style, in the air like a rifle, or lowering it like a shovel.
Truly inspirational; and one of only a couple of stand-outs in a series of timid and undynamic introspective singer-songwriters of which the world has a plethora. (Easy! - Ed)
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