Saturday Evening 30th July 2011
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Simon McBride  -  Philip Sayce  -  Jonny Lang
 

Originally Hokie Joint were due to open the Saturday evening session but due to family reasons they could not make the gig. The replacement was Simon McBride from Northern Ireland on vocals and guitar (PRS Single Cut) supported by bass and drums. The set was a typical power trio guitar fronted performance of mostly original material. Numbers included within the set were “Take My Hand”, “Still Waters Rising”, “Fat Pockets” from his first album, “Down By The Wire” from his second album, “Down In The River” and “Devils Road” a fast number delivered at breakneck speed worthy of Motorhead. One cover included in the set was a fine version of “Power of Soul” by the Band of Gypsies.    

Philip Sayce from Toronto Canada, one of the new breed of young blues/rock guitarists emerging on the scene backed by bass and drums performed a high energy set of Stratocaster strangling that more than satisfied the rockers in the audience. The set of mostly original material from his “Inner Evolution” album including “One Foot In The Grave”, “Slip Away”, “Taking Things For Granted”, “Wild Fire” inspired by changes in his life which included verses from “Can’t Find My Way Home” by Blind Faith, a slow blues instrumental dedicated to his old lady, “King of Mexico” and “Are You Ready”. The set ended with a cover of Neil Young’s “Cinnamon Girl”. The high volume of this set certainly shifted the ear wax.  

Headliner for the Saturday night was USA based guitarist and singer Jonny Lang supported by guitar, keyboards, bass, drums and his sister on backing vocals. Jonny on Les Paul and Telecaster featured material from a number of his albums including “Lie To Me” and “Turn Around”. Songs included with the set were “A Quitter Never Wins”, “It Never Too Late”, “Can You Make The Sun Shine”, “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright”, Stevie Wonders “Just Enough For The City”, a slow ballad “On That Grey Day”. The set featured a couple of numbers on acoustic guitar “I Want To Say Thank You” and “Lie To Me”.

The encore included the only blues of the set “Forty Days” by Muddy Waters, a jazz influenced “Rack Um Up” about shooting pool and an instrumental that featured solos from each of the musicians including bass and drum solos.
 

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