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John Peel OBE, 1939 - 2004
Maryport Blues Festival 2007
Saturday Evening 28th July
2007
www.maryportblues.com
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James Hunter Band |
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The evening session opened
with the James Hunter Band which featured Damian Hand - tenor saxophone,
Lee Badau - baritone saxophone, Jason Wilson - bass, Jonathan Lee -
drums / percussion, Carywn Ellis - organ and James Hunter - guitar and
vocals. A great set of fifties style R&B included Talking About My Love,
You Can’t Win, Don’t Do Me No Favours, No Smoke Without Fire, The Very
Thought of You and Watch & Chain. James resplendent in his smart pale
suit sang well and played some good guitar solos on his Gibson Les Paul
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Van Morrison |
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Van Morrison and his band,
consisting of keyboards, pedal steel/dobro, fiddle, guitar, bass, drums
and three backing singers were up next. Van cruised his way through a
country flavoured set including Talk is Cheap, Nothing Gonna Be Alright,
Tear Your Playhouse Down, Gotta Stop which included a great fiddle solo,
I Can’t Stop Lovin’ You, Help Me (Sonnyboy Williamson) and finished off
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Sharrie Williams and the Wiseguys |
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How to
follow Van Morrison and close the Saturday night? Easy - Sharrie Williams with her powerful gospel,
jazzy R&B and blues from the heart. The band kicked things off
with an instrumental before Sharrie joined the band for a high energy
set of blues based material. Songs included in this very enjoyable set
were Fire In My Veins, Song About Jealousy, Just You and Me and I’m Here
to Stay. A good end to Saturday night with a tight band providing solid
support for a great singer. Awesome!! |
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