The first gig for 2022 (which was originally booked over two years ago) turned out to be a cracker. The support Roseanne Reid was an excellent Scottish singer songwriter with a raspy yet very tuneful voice and a good line in original songs. She started with the excellent 'All I need' and it was great all the way through her half hour set.
Teddy Thompson came on with an acoustic guitar and a lead guitarist ( Zak Hobbs) and went straight into a song I must have heard before perhaps on Transatlantic Sessions and I am sure the reason I booked the tickets in the first place. It is 'Delilah' ( but not the famous one) and it is a lovely song that immediately highlighted his soulful voice backed by chord changes that hit the spot. I suppose that was the big takeaway for me from the gig - how strong his vocals are, full of emotion, whereas I sort of thought that being the son of Richard Thompson there would be a guitar focus. Of course he is also the son of Linda Thompson so I should not have been surprised.
At times Teddy Thompson recreates an almost perfect Buddy Holly vibe and sometimes he sounds quite Everly Brothers but I particularly liked the stuff off his latest album 'Heartbreaker Please' which is his own sound. Near the end of his set he did the title track and he finished the encore with 'Record Player' both outstanding songs.
For the first few songs I was a bit unimpressed with Zak Hobbs as the timing and the accompaniment seemed slightly off but about four tracks in he had a solo and suddenly he was spot playing some original stuff both in solos and fill ins from then on until the end of the gig. He was a big plus to the evening's music.
I also enjoyed Teddy's stage presence which was sort of Eddie Izzard surreal chat plus some attempt at a very specific sound with many tunings and instructions to the sound engineer.
An A star gig to kick off 2022.
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