The
Daily Post It was an emotional night as Joe Brown played the legendary Cavern Club -- on the same stage Paul McCartney did his Rocking into the Millennium gig in 1999. Joe loves touring and the more intimate the theatre the better. But even in huge stadia he will always connect. Along with his band of Bruvvers, spiky-haired Joe went through 40 years of his material including his 60s hits. Lad-next-door enthusiasm never waned from the minute he took to the stage. Special mention must also go to support act Henry Gross -- an American singer-songwriter with a fine acoustic style. He has the lyrical and melodic power of Dean Friedman and James Taylor combined and this shone through on his own love-gone-wrong song It's Easy and You to Say. Joe's guitar
work was faultless throughout as was his technique on the tiny ukulele,
now a firm high spot of his concerts. Joe also chatters with the
audience as if he knows every one personally. On a Picture of You he
made the famous hit song sound as fresh as ever. Joe's lengthy tours are always well-structured affairs and yet this particular concert in a city that means a lot to him was extremely poignant. He paid tribute to Lonnie Donegan with a masterful skiffle tribute. Only last year Lonnie played the same stage with an audience every bit as responsive as Joe's wide-age group gathering. And then there was another moving sequence when he talked about the late, great George Harrison. |
