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March 2007
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Martin Speake's Change of Heart
Forty Thieves Orkestar
Adam Waldmann Group
Michael Garrick Quintet
Gee, Gallo, Minetto
Sylvie Courvoisier and Mark Feldmann
Cameron Pierre
Jamie Woon
Cameron Pierre
Phil Robson à Six Strings and a Beat
Tim Berne à Big Satan
Robert Mitchell

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March 2007 gig reviews by Chris Parker

Jamie Woon

Wednesday 21 March

Jamie Woon is described in his publicity as 'one man, an acoustic guitar and a Line6 DL4' (irresistibly bringing to mind a similar ad for a singer seen by Ian Shaw outside a Northern nightclub: 'XXX XXX: a man and a stool') and he indeed used both instrument and electronic gizmo on his second appearance at the club.

He began with a series of self-penned songs accompanied by intriguingly textured guitar and delivered in a swooningly lovely voice that at times called the late great Jeff Buckley to mind. It was his use of said Line6 DL4, however, that rendered his gig distinctive; he layers his sung accompaniment carefully on this machine to provide backing, then launches himself into highly emotional, keening vocals on top, producing a mesmerising sound.

He also, by visiting 'Wayfaring Stranger' as an encore, gave me another chance (you wait ages with no result, then two come along at once) to mention Jeff's father Tim again; Buckley pere used to weave this wonderful melody into his vocal improvisations, and Woon's version is in no wise inferior to that of the Great Man Himself.

 

 

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