It was really an AMAZING night for me too. We all - Nigel, Arthur and me - were in the guest list and went in the venue earlier. There were some tables on both sides of the hall, so we could sit at the first one.
At 8:00 started the supporting act by Polly Wood & Steve Picken. Polly is a very talented singer with a beautiful voice and songwriter and Steve is a very good fingerstyle guitarist. They performed 8-9 of Polly's songs and were really great.
Then on the stage came John, Greg and Chris and the main gig started. They performed some songs from the album Beautiful You and some of DS oldies. I like Greg so much - his voice and his songs and he also looks like a very nice man. John played on the lead guitar and I was surprised to see that he reminded me so much to Mark's playing. Chris was brilliant and charming as usual. I enjoyed the concert so much. The only one thing I missed was the R&J sax solo, but Chris told me they didn't asked him to play it.
After that we all were invited to an after gig party but Nigel and Arthur didn't stayed. I met there 2 very sweet Irish guys from the Bend - Steve Tiernay who played the bass and the drummer Lee Boylan. They were really kind with me and I made some pictures of them. I met also a painter who was John's friend and he introduced me to John. I think Greg and John were very happy.
I bought 2 signed copies of the album. The second one is a present for a friend of mine.
I would wish to thank to Nigel and Arthur for getting me to an English pub for the first time. We really had a great time. And the beer was so good. Both were big gentlemen with me. Thank you!!
I stayed in London 4 days and I loved it so much.
Will put pictures from the concert this night on Chris' site. I need more time to do that.
You could check Polly & Steve myspace pages here:
http://www.myspace.com/pollywoodandstevepicken http://www.myspace.com/peawoodmusic http://www.myspace.com/stevepicken
