This was another outstanding Gospel Blues show which left its audience wanting more.
The line-up for this show was Daniel Thomas, Samantha-Antoinette and Yolanda Greaves supported by Jason Thompson’s excellent band. The show started slowly and was fairly average Gospel Blue fare until Samantha-Antoinette launched into an amazing version of ‘Go Down Moses’, when Samantha gives a song her all she not only takes us all to church but conjures up images of slaves in a chain gang. I had not heard of her three months ago and now I believe she is one of the premier UK gospel singers.
The second set was simply one of the best ever Gospel Blues sets. After an impromptu ‘Silent Night’, Yolanda opened it with a stunning version of Bridge Over Troubled Water and set the bar high, however Daniel and Samantha-Antoinette rose to the challenge and cleared the bar with their versions of ‘Be Grateful’, ‘Amazing Grace’ (which was the closer), ‘God Bless the Child’ and ‘A Change is Gonna Come’ with Yolanda responding with a spectacular version of Emeli Sande’s ‘Breathing Underwater’ in between. This was Gospel/Blues/Soul at its best.
The only downside was that the second set had to end prematurely because the set was over-running the time allocated and in the rush to finish there was no opportunity to introduce the band who deserved their own ovations from a very happy audience.
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