Belated small review number one...
... we went down to the Catholic Club last week (hallelujah) to catch the ever-wonderful Jack Hudson, singer, guitar player, national treasure... He was on good form, despite some noise from the other bar (unavoidable at this venue but the p.a. compensates), leading in with 'L.A.Freeway,' giving us his usual wry, good-humoured but intense set. I've written about Jack before here and here, suffice to say he was compelling as ever, a man who knows how to penetrate a song to its core to mine the emotional content and bring it back intact. The channel not the tribute, if you get the dichotomy... Other songs - a stirring version of the old Tom Paxton number 'Did you hear John Hurt?' which ran the Van Ronk version close, 'Pancho and Lefty,' and his own 'Driftwood and Nails' which displays his writing talents. Great stuff... music for adults: songs from the other side of midnight...
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