CHAMELEON DREAMERS - MULTIMORPH - PETER INGRAM
Musician Pub July 14th 2023
Well, this was a different show... a psychedelic swirl of music and words that i found hugely enjoyable.
The evening started with performance poet Peter Ingram who delivered a few of his own poems... strong words and feelings I am sure... Later in the evening Kenny quoted TS Eliot in that you have to feel poetry before you understand it... and sadly i didn't feel this at all... Peter did not communicate in any way, looking mainly at his words and the stage left... and it left me rather cold.. however, as said earlier... i feel that the poems were probably pretty good and well meant.
Then we had Multimorph... a multi dimensional psychedelic band who turn the clock back to those heady days of psychedelia musically, but are bang up to speed with the messages about caring for the planet and needing more love and understanding. The centre piece is the lyrics and delivery of the leader, Maureen Anderson (vocals/sax/flute) who tonight appeared more relaxed, happy and animated than i've seen her... while giving her usual theatrical performance as well as singing and playing. The band as a whole was cooking along beautifully getting feet tapping and moving... that is to say nothing about the dancing fish!!
Closing the show were the newly formed Chameleon Dreamers... (Kenny Wilson (vocals/guitar/accordion), Pip Greasley (poems/synthesizer) Jackie (drum/castenets). Their set started with a few poems delivered by Kenny over his accordion, then Pip delivered a set of poetry over his synthesizer before the centre piece of the show.... Kenny's Chameleon Dreams song... a flexible evolving piece celebrating the heyday of the Chameleon Cafe. This featured vocals and electric guitar from Kenny, Pip on synthesizer and Jackie on Percussion. The piece was the central theme of the earlier Chameleon Nights gig... another Chameleon Nights gig coming up in September!!
Overall... a hugely enjoyable evening delivered to a small but hugely appreciative audience...
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