VIKKI CLAYTON/CHRIS CONWAY
Musician Pub: 31st August 2023
Starting with a solo set by Chris Conway. Chris is a multi instrumentalist with a great voice, always a joy to listen to, whether solo, in a duo or band. His performances are always warm, entertaining and full of interest. His songs, often quirky are always wonderful. Tonights performance was all of this... hugely entertaining and enjoyable.
Headliner tonight was Vikki Clayton, always a major figure especially in the folk field. Vikki is blessed with a lovely voice and sings beautifully. She is a warm relaxed and reassuring personality and manages to make the room feel like she is singing in her front room, clearly enjoying the performance throughout. She opened with an unaccompanied "Rising of the Moon" followed by a song by a friend in New Zealand then one of my favourite Richard Thompson songs, " Dimming of the Day" before inviting Chris back to the stage to finish the gig as a duo.
So They ran through a host of songs from Vikki’s repertoire as well as a few of Chris's songs and went together like bacon and eggs, or fish and chips... a perfect blend and two quality entertainers thriving on the buzz of playing and singing together...
As well as the songs we heard some entertaining patter shedding light on some of the songs and their background.
The set ended and the duo came back to finally close with Sandy's masterwork "Who Knows Where the Time Goes"
This was a special night in the company of two special entertainers... wonderful
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