Mike Sanchez

MIKE SANCHEZ

Guildhall 26th June 2025

Thursday night Leicester historical Leicester Guildhall hosted one of the great gigs when Mike Sanchez and his band delivered a fabulous set of old time boogie woogie rock'n'roll with his superb band. This gig was a memory of old times.. the very good ones... and was a total breath of fresh air... no nonsense, just high class playing and singing on a host of familiar and less familiar numbers.

From the moment the band hit the stage, Mike looked into the audience and greeted us and in that instant had everyone in the palm of his handafter an introductory little speech Mike hit the keyboard and the rocking boogie woogie rhythms filled the room... backed by Nick on upright slap bass, Tom on guitar and Mark on drums the band rocked from start to finish....song followed hard on the heels of song, leaving little time to applaud beforethe next one started... when the band did pause between songs Mike's banter was always fun and upbeat...

Early on Mike said he didn't have a set list and they freewheeled through the set including a number of pieces that had apparently not been rehearsed or seen the light of day for a while... yet they all flowed with power and great energy and joy... though ending the pieces was often a voyage of discovery for the band, and I suspect Mike himself

The band were superb... Marks drums and Nicks bass pounding out the rhythm while Tom played superb guitar, at times through some guitar wizardry making it sound like a wailing sax...

The focus of the gig was on good time rocvking boogie woogie... delivered with brilliant musicianship... humour a great joy as the band appeared to be having a ball on stage and the audience to an audience memeber loving every moment...

An absolute joy of a good time gig... simply wonderful from start to finish

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