HECTOR GANNET/CHIEF SPRING/THE EARLY PURPLE/HUMBLE HE
Musician Pub 25th January 2024
Another gig at The Musician Pub... and a busy one it was with an early start and four bands performing.
To start with we saw HUMBLE HE... A duo with two voices and one acoustic guitar. Singing a range of their own songs, with i felt a hint of Nick Drake in the vocals and the harmony between the voices were good. There was some pretty good guitar work there as well... A very nice start to the evening.
Next up was a bit of a surprise, billed as the band THE EARLY PURPLE we got an solo singer/songwriter playing acoustic guitar. The band is based around leader Matt Saxon, who for logistical reasons was unable to bring the band, so played solo.Nice voice and some nibble finger picked guitar Matt delivered an enjoyable though slightly low key set
After Matt came 6 piece band, CHEIF SPRINGS, featuring two electric guitars, one acoustic, plus bass, drums and singer. The musicianship and vocals in the band were very good. Again they featured their own songs and delivered a highly competent set.
I can summarize the first three acts collectively.. they were all very capable musicians and produced some fine songs. I can see nothing to criticise except that they all needed that little extra something to raise them to a higher level.
As a general comment, the gig felt a bit rushed up to this point due to the logistics of fitting in four bands during the available time slot
Finally, the headliners, Hector Gannet were on. I have seen them before as a band, and Hector playing a solo set... both were excellent and tonights band performance was absolutely terrific.
Hector is a charismatic leader with a fine voice and plays fine guitar, both acoustic and electric. He has gathered together a really high class band who work together superbly and provide perfect accompaniement.
The set is beautifully paced, mixing in louder rocky pieces along with solo and almost solo songs in around equal measure. Hector sings all with huge assurance and commitment at all times and the band provide ideal support. The songs are predominently self written, but feature a couple of covers, "Blue Murder" (Alan Hull) and "Johnny Appleseed" (Joe Strummer) both of which are delivered with huge power and commitment. A highlight, for me, was a passionate and superb solo rendition of a great song called "Wailing Wall" which Hector had said he was reluctant to play live as he has been known to get it wrong.
Overall, an enjoyable bight topped off with an outstanding set by Hector Gannet
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