The Sharon Lewis Band At Crigglestone Club...
And what a band this is, fronted by the lovely lady herself, Sharon Lewis; she looked fantastic in a pair of tight trousers and a sequined top. LTS... The band line up is Craig on keyboards and backing vocals, Lee on drums and Dean on guitar and backing vocals. A very tight sound from three top musicians, a good PA and lights programmed to each song. Sharon has a fabulous voice, (no falsetto from this lady). It’s not often I stay in one club all night but I did tonight. The song list was impressive and some of those songs were, ‘The Rhythm Is Gonna Get You’, ‘1 2 3’, ‘Love Is A Battlefield’. A superb version of Eric Carmen’s, ‘All By Myself ‘ but this was the Celine Dion version; there was a couple of Whitney Houston songs, ‘How Will I Know’ and ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’. I’m already looking forward to seeing, ‘The Sharon Lewis Band’ again...  The Sharon Lewis Band | |
Don't miss "McKenzie Duo " at Gilly’s CMC .... TUESDAY 29th MAY at WESTGATE COMMON CLUB, 5 Park Grove Road, Wakefield WF2 8TW. Starts at 8.30pm prompt! FREE ADMISSION ! Please buy a raffle ticket to keep Gilly’s CMC going. Gilly brings the best in Country Music to Westgate Common...
Please post this on even if you’re not into country music. Keep live music in our pubs and clubs! ...
wwwgillyscountrymusicclub.moonfruit.com
web address is correct, no dot after www  McKenzie Duo...
Top Hat Charity Show…
It was a very warm Friday night at the Top Hat, (Albion Street ) club in South Kirkby; the concert room was busy as it usually is at this club. The entertainment tonight was for a Charity show in aid of, ‘Maddie’s Dream’. Compering was Ashley Jackman a top class guitar/ vocalist and very good he is too. He opened the show with a couple of songs, one being Dire Straits, ‘Walk Of Life’. He introduced local artistes, Kevin Kane; Kevin is well known and liked in these parts, as always he is immaculately dressed on stage and has a fine voice which was in tip top form. He opened his part of the show with a few songs and lots of spontaneous comedy one liners. I liked the songs he chose especially, ‘Open Arms’ and ‘Got A Good Thing Going’.
After an interval for the bingo Ashley introduced the larger than life comedian, ‘”Big G”. well he was very funny and there were some more
spontaneous jokes from ‘G’. A great spot Graham... It was good to see Debbie marx and Ricky Graham there supporting the show...
I was told later that a young lady called Charlie Jade who is half of a two sisters duo called 'Just Us', did a smashing set; I’m sorry I couldn’t stay but I hope the show went well…
I called in at Westgate Common Club where Roy Biggins was playing his keyboard for anyone who wanted to “Give a Song”. There were plenty of volunteers and the night went pretty well for the first night. Roy played every Friday and Sunday in the now closed City Club lounge and had a good following. It would be good to see some of these people in Westgate Common and get the place going on Friday Live Music…
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Blimey, four requests for a visit tonight; where shall I go, Pontefract, Wakefield, Leeds or Bradford...
I Chose Willow Park Social Club in Pontefract where the Ricky Graham auditions were taking place; there originally three acts auditioning but only two turned up. The club was quiet inside but there were more on the outside, well it was really warm tonight. The first act auditioned was a young man called Joseph Braithwaite from Shipley near Bradford. He was
dressed in a grey suit edged in black with shirt and tie. He has a strong voice and sang in his set, ‘Red’, ‘Cry Me A River’, ‘Bridge Over Troubled Waters’ and ‘Angels’...
Next up was Castleford’s, ‘Katie J’. She looked good in a long flowing dress; Katie was limping a bit after an accident. Her PA is quite good and her voice is excellent. Some of Katie’s songs were, ‘I Drove All Night’,Adele’s ‘, ‘Someone Like You‘, ‘Alone’ by Heart, I loved this son one of my favourites and Katie did it well. ‘To Make You Feel My Love’ and finished with an Abba medley. Quiet but we had some good entertainment.
I did get to the New Inn, Walton, Wakefield where radio DJ Ray Stroud was in the latter stages of his quiz.. Good to see Ray and Maggie back their Australian holiday. He is now sporting a very close cropped hairstyle...  Joseph R Braithwaite |  Katie J |
Morley WMC Welcome Active Edge...
It’s been some time since I visited Morley WMC so I put that right tonight when I saw the boy/girl duo, ‘Active Edge’ on stage. Linda and Steve Fisher always look the part whenever or wherever they appear. Both have good voices, harmonizing skills and a good mix of songs. The sound and lights are excellent and well operated. It was a pretty busy club; the room was nice and cool in this mini heat wave we’re having. The first song was appropriate to the weather, it was the Bill Withers song, ‘Lovely Day’ with Steve taking the lead. Some more songs were, ‘Happy Together’, a Turtles song. Linda sang a super version of Alice Faye’s, ‘You’ll Never Know’. What a lovely voice she has and the song suits her perfectly. More of Active Edge's songs were. REM’s, ‘Losing My Religion’ and Chris Farlowe’s, ‘Out Of Time’. A great performance from, “Active Edge”...
I like this club, the lady on the chair does a great job, the seating is very comfortable and there is a smashing atmosphere...In the room were Gordon and Joan Kellett, Ken and Amanda,(Crazy Diamond), Paul and Julie, (Fifth Avenue), Billy from Leeds, and Arthur Shaw from The Northern Club Review. A great meeting point on a Wednesday night...
On my way out I noticed that there is Rock and Roll night at Morley WMC from 8pm to 11-30 pm on Friday nights with a £2 door charge...  Steve and Linda Fisher are ACTIVE EDGE
Gilly welcomed Alf Berry to the country music club on Tuesday night; there was a fair crowd there to see this amazing gentleman. He was billed as Alf Berry, Countdown Country; why? Well Alf appeared on the ITV, channel 4
programme,‘Countdown ‘ about 15 years ago when Richard Whitely was
the host. In fact he won a Countdown Teapot on the show which he displayed on stage. Chris Gill, (Gilly) has added Count Down Country to Alf's publicity... Well done Gilly...
Alf has a terrific voice similar in sound to country singer, Russ Carlton. His PA is excellent and he plays guitar along with recorded bass and drums backing. He opened his show with ‘Hey Good Looking’, (he must have noticed me in the room), ‘Oh Lonesome Me’, A George Strait song called, ‘I Wanna dance With You’, Hank Locklin’s ‘Please Help Me I’m Falling’there were the songs of Don Williams, Billy Ray Cirus. As I have said on many occasions, Gilly’s audiences are listeners and will join in the songs when asked. It was a very pleasant night at Gilly’s. If you like Country Music, then Gilly’s, situated in Westgate common club is the place to be on Tuesday nights...  Alf Berry &his Countdown Teapot
Glasshoughton WMC welcomed Steve Richards tonight. The club was pretty busy at 8pm, Steve was dressed smartly for the stage in a suit, shirt and tie and polished shoes; he has a good voice and an excellent sound system. Whilst warming up and doing his sound check he sang a few bars of Elvis Presley’s ‘Don’t Cry Daddy’. I thought we were in for an Elvis tribute show but he only sang a couple, he is good enough, the voice is pretty close and his mannerisms are good. Some of the songs he did sing were Billy Fury’s‘Jealousy’ from 1961; Bobby Darin’s, ‘Things and Beyond The Sea’, Steve has a super voice with a good range, and a strong controlled vibrato.
This was the first time I had seen Steve who is from Seacroft and I was very impressed... Check him out when you see his name on a poster near you...  Steve Richards
Batley Working Mens Club Welcome Simply ‘H’.
One of my best friends is Simply ‘H’ who is to me Harry Clark; he appeared at a very quiet Batley Working Mens club; Harry was in fine voice singing the songs from the 50’s and 60’s. This seemed to suit the age group who were in the club. Harry was casually smart on stage and he has some good sound equipment and good backing tracks. Some of his songs were by, Peter And Gordon, The Searchers, Matt Monro, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Danny And The Juniors and The Everly Brothers... It’s a shame more members weren’t there. It’s not so long ago this very club was closed and some artistes from clubland stepped in and with some help from other clubs in the area came to the rescue. I hope it doesn’t come to that again...
KT Starr In Staincliffe Cricket Club...
This club was very busy when I called in to see, KT Starr; what a super singer she is. In the club were Craig Harper (who sings in a duo called Bel Suono with Katie), and her agent, Mike Hainsworth... Katie went on stage looking great in a sequined dress, LTS. In this set she sang the songs of The Ronettes, ‘Be My Baby’, ‘I’m Alive’, by Celine Dion, Jessie J’s ‘Price Tag, Ceelo Green’s Forget You, a couple of Adele songs, (Katie does a superb Adele tribute show), Bonnie Tyler’s ‘Holding Out For A Hero and many more. What a fabulous voice, Mike, Craig, record producer Keith Appleton and I think Katie is pitch perfect... you gotta go and see her. I will be going to see KT Starr in an Adele show next week. Look out for the review...  Harry (Simply 'H') Clark |  KT Starr |
Let The Poster Tell The Story,
Saul: Michael Buble, Austin Gill: Neil Diamond,
Melissa "Diamonds Are Forever" Shirley Bassey,
Aaron Martin "The Sound of Elvis" and
Caitlen Bailey "A Night Like This" Caro Emerald.
Westgate club was reasonably busy tonight; I guess most clubs suffered a bit because of the Champions League cup final but nevertheless they still did good business. On stage at Westgate was the band, Carefree, who are always popular wherever they go. It was the dance set we saw there when this very smartly dressed band played the songs of The Killers, Dire Straits, Status Quo, The Monkees and many more. Rob, Graham and Mark were in fine voice. Look out for the Carefree Harmony Band...
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