SAILOR SWIFT/PETE KENNY
Quirn Village Hall 12th September 2026
Shared with PubliSaturday night, if you wanted sone of the best entertainment that music can offer, Quorn Memorial Hall was the place to be.Opening proceedings was Pete Kenney.. Pete was hampered by a bad throat after a chest ifection... nonetheless as ever he delivered an enjoyable set of mainly his own excellent material.
Saturday night, if you wanted sone of the best entertainment that music can offer, Quorn Memorial Hall was the place to be.
Opening proceedings was Pete Kenney.. Pete was hampered by a bad throat after a chest infection... nonetheless as ever he delivered an enjoyable set of mainly his own excellent material.
Pete has played countless shows in support of the Papyrus Charity... which shamefully was pushed out of existence only a few days before the show... such an important and worthwhile chaity it is a crying shame... however, on the night proceeds went to the Samaritans
The building is clearly haunted, as the interval drew to a close a ghost appeared... the Ghost of Sailor... and Sailor Swift was among us.
if you haven't seen Sailor Swift this may make no sense.. if you have seen hm you will know what a great night it was.
Audiences can take some persuading to sing along sometimes... but I dont know what gift Pete Morton has...he is singing before he lands on stage and the whole audience was already in full voice singing along... and so it continues... Sailor Swift delivers around 2 hours of lunacy recalling the unlikely characters he has met in his 300 odd years as a ghost, bringing in choruses of random songs through the ages throughout, each one accompanied by the whole audience. He show is pure comic genius, but Pete has always had his finger on the pulse of political outrages and makes many social and politccal points... and the show includes on one extreme " Streets of Minneapolis" (Springsteen) and "Fascists will all die" (Guthrie) as well as "The Wild Rover", "All for me Grog" and "All you need is Love".
Throughout the show Pete is on point topically and the humour is sharp and clever throughout...
Highlights of the show include Pavarotti singing "Nessun Dorma" with the Erratic Leg movement Society... "Wuthering Heights" delivered by a solid Yorkshireman in broad dialect and the ultimate... "Bohemian Rhapsody" in the voice of George Formby.
Despite the clowning and lunacy Pete proves what a fine singer he is with the superb rendition of "Nessen Dorma' and a beautiful version of Dylans "To Make You Feel My Love"
Pete Morton is a unique talent, and in the guise of Sailor Swift is close to comic genius... you will never see a more entertaining show anywhere... absolutely fabulous
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