Wayne Hernandez produced another outstanding performance to the delight of his Hideaway audience.
My wife and I have seen Wayne perform live more times than we have seen any other performer. He is an outstanding singer, has a great rapport with his audiences and is a good song-writer. He typifies the talent performing at small auditoria and so often I believe that these artists have as much, if not more talent than many who perform in the larger stages.
As always Wayne surrounded himself with talented session musicians and outstanding vocalists. I did not catch the names of the trumpeter, the guitar player, the percussionist or the keyboard player but seen David Baptists (Saxophonist), Perry Melius (Drums) and Wayne Nunez (Bass) from several previous shows. Kemi Bramwell, Adenike Adenaike and Sharlene Hector provided the backing vocals. Kemi and Adenike sing with Wayne in the Kingdom Choir. Sharlene, who my wife and I have not seen for a long time, sang with Wayne, the very first time we saw him.
The first set, as always, featured slower songs (three of which feature in his album ‘Keep It Coming’). The highlights for me were the self-penned ‘Man Out Of Me’, which demonstrates the power and the emotion in his voice and his duet of ‘Beneath Your Beautiful’ with Sharlene which was the first time they had sung it. Wayne s duets are special; I have fine memories of many of them.
The second set was upbeat and had many of the audience on their feet dancing. The show closed with an encore of ‘You’ve Got A friend’ with the audience joining in on the chorus.
Wayne once again showed that he is one of the great small venue performers.
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