Lex Cameron gave a performance that thrilled a packed 606 Club audience.
Over the last ten years my wife and I have had the pleasure of seeing Lex perform countless times, mainly as keyboard player for other singers in small venues across London. This was the second time we have seen him sing as the main performer and we hope it will not be the last.
Lex put together a fantastic band, Italian guitar player John Luca, bass player John Michael McKensie, drummer Richard Bailey and backing vocalist Susan Allotey. Lex played keyboards and took the lead vocal. Together they were an exceptional unit.
Lex opened with two of his own songs ‘Free’ and ‘Forever and Ever’ which warmed the audience up for an evening of soulful funk. The audience were magnificent, they joined in the choruses when asked, singing loudly and in tune. They were so good that Lex said that they were the best 606 Club audience he had performed for (he said he played at the venue seventeen times in the last year). We have been to the 606 more than seventy times and cannot remember a better audience. The atmosphere was friendly, noisy in response to the songs and at the end, even with the house lights up, shouted loudly for more and were rewarded with an encore of Earth Wind and Fire’s ‘September’
Lex gave his band members many opportunities to show their huge talents and they responded with some outstanding solos. Susan Allotey’s voice complimented Lex’s voice perfectly and when she sang Deniece Williams’ ‘ Free; one wondered why she is not headlining her own shows.
Lex has recently had a number two hit in Japan ‘Come On Up For A,While’ which was very well received. One hopes that soon Lex will have a hit in the UK; he deserves all the success he has. He is well worth listening to and watching.
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