Peggy & PJ - The Nightjar Club, Hereford Thurs 3rd Dec

[Nigel no longer of Lysander]

 A few tickets are still available for this gig at Hereford's Courtyard Theatre. Box office 01432 340555.

See you there !!

Cheers Nigel

[quodlibet (Ian)]

Tickets booked. Looking forward to it

[johanna/ulla]

How was it?

[quodlibet (Ian)]

How was it?

As expected, jolly good & as entertaining as any occasion I've seen them. Less well attended than it ought to have been, with quite a few empty spaces & a more reserved audience than turned out for the Unthanks recently. Odd, a downbeat act = upbeat audience. Upbeat act = downbeat crowd, (although the girls did well on Del Shannon's "Runaway"). That's Hereford for you. Good mix of material from LJE & few Fairport instrumentals + Sandy's "Bushes & Briars" & some Buddy Holly & Shadows (Shadows walk now off to a tee) among others. Highlights for me were "Lily Of Barbary" & "Flatback Capers". Had a nice chat with PJ about the recent "Babbacombe Lee" production and the pitfalls of sequencing tours without taking account of geography. Well done to Nigel for arranging.

[Lubiloo (Lorna)]

I agree with Ian's synopsis (don't know about Unthanks as I missed it ). I thought it took the guys a while to get warmed up in the first half.

The second half was great -yes, we did our best at "Runaway" (a lovely adaptation, as was the one of the Buddy Holly song"It doesn't Matter Any More") and Peggy's Lonnie Donegan story is always good