Beverley Skeete – The Pheasantry Chelsea 04/10/2019

Beverley Skeete delivered another outstanding vocal performance to the delight of her audience at the Pheasantry.
My wife and I have had the pleasure of seeing Beverley perform live on a number of occasions and the reason we keep returning is that she is one of the UK’s best vocalists and an excellent interpreter of other song-writers songs.
Beverley was joined on stage by four excellent musicians: Jason Thompson – Keyboards, Clint Williams – Bass, John Jackson – Drums and Wayne – Guitar (if anyone knows his surname please let me know). Beverley shared vocals with two singers Kevin Leo (who we have seen in several occasions) and Katherine Ellis (who we saw for the first time).
Kevin is a very versatile vocalist and sang a variety of genres of songs, my favourite was his interpretation of Ray Charles’ ‘Georgia on my Mind’. Katherine’s voice has an abundance of power and she comes across as having a very sassy approach. She often focussed her gaze on individual members of the audience. These elements gave some songs an unusual edge including Carole King’s ‘ Natural Woman’ and Incognito’s ‘Always There’.
The star of the show was Beverley. She sang outstanding versions of Etta James ‘ I Want To Make Love To You’ (the show’s opening song)and Screamin’ James Hawkins’ ‘I Put A Spell In You’ (The first song of the second set). The highlight for me was her interpretation of Elvis Presley’s ‘In The Ghetto’ which she said was very relevant to our current time in London.
The vocalists combined towards the end for an outstanding version of The Whispers’ ‘When The Beat Goes On’ which had a majority of the audience on their feet.
Once again Beverley gave a very impressive performance, catch her next show if you can.