Another much delayed gig landed at last in St Georges. The support was as in 2018 Kim Richey who delivered a half hour of excellent songs good vocals and some strong rhythym guitar accompaniment. Always a pleasure.
Gretchen's band was also familiar with hubby Barry Walsh on Paino and Accordion, Culm McClean on lead guitar and Connor on Bass.
The gig was largely a selective trawl through the back catalogues with a few covers thrown in. She has so many classy songs that the selection is always different. Pretty much standard are 'Five Minutes' and 'Idlewild' which maybe her two best songs. I particularly like 'Disappearing Act' so was glad to see that included and her rendition of 'Independence Day' sung with just her on Piano was a highlight. An old song that I hadn't heard before 'Love and Texaco' was memorable. Other than that it was another tour de force from Gretchen. I am grateful we have tickets for her final tour next year and also pleased that she has just released a live album from her 2019 tour including several songs from when we were sitting in the exact same front row seats as on Thursday. She said that the live album audience noise was from St Georges even on the tracks recorded elsewhere.
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