Tony Lindsay – Pizza Express Holborn 19/09/2019

Tony Lindsay gave a magnificent performance to the delight of his Pizza Express audience.
My wife and I took our seats without knowing any of Tony Lindsay’s music. The fact that he had sung with Santana for twenty-five years indicated that he ought to have a great voice. From the moment he took to the stage, we had a special feeling. His voice was superb and he exuded warmth from the stage.
The songs were taken from Tony’s albums, His debut album, the follow up ‘Something Beautiful’ and an album of Jazz Classics. However, the night was made even more special by Tony himself. He interacted wonderfully with his audience. During the interval, he shook everybody’s hand to say thank you for coming. He sold and signed albums and he happily poised for photos.
The music was fantastic; all of his own songs were very good with ‘In my Shoes and ‘It’s for the Love ‘ being my personal favourites. There was a classic cover of George Gershwin’s ‘Summertime’, a great version of Santana’s ‘Black Magic Woman’. During excellent covers of Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On’ and Bill Withers ‘Use Me’ there were clever pieces of improvisation.
Tony’s band were strong featuring Eamonn Flynn, a fellow resident of L.A., on piano and four British session musicians, Tom Gledhill, Marcus McNeish, Kieran Guy and John McKillup
This was a memorable performance which was Tony’s first ever solo gig in the UK. One hopes he will return and hopefully draw a bigger audience in a larger venue. His talent deserves a big stage.