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Seán Kelly
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Harlow Museum 22nd October 2016
« : 22.10.16 at 21:47 » |
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So here was a thing to gladden the heart – Pete playing live to a rapt audience – after all he has been through this year - and in damn fine form too! Pete himself suggested it was such a low-key return to live performance that he would treat it as if he were playing to a group of friends, an impression only strengthened by the fact that we had gathered in the afternoon and were bolstered by a free drink and cake! Pete played two sets without a microphone or amplification for his guitar and only a low-volume speaker needed for the keyboard so it was indeed a very intimate business.
He began with Master of the Revels which merged into Touch Has A Memory. Pete played a number of songs featured in Ian Shircore’s excellent book ‘Loose Cannon’ which was published just a week ago and the afternoon was in effect an informal launch for the book. Ian was there manning a stall which also had Pete’s cds and apparently he sold every copy of the book that he brought along. There were a fair few people queuing up to get both author and artist signatures on their copies.
Back to the set-list, here is my rough memory of it, but I should say this is in the jumbled order of my recall not in the order played, sorry:
Master of the Revels > Touch Has A Memory
Canoe
Screenfreak
Search & Destroy
The King Is Dead
Senior Citizens - on piano
Beware of the Beautiful Stranger (a request)
The Way You Are With Me
Time To Burn
Session Man’s Blues
The Dancing Master
30 Year Man
Have I missed anything from this list? Quite likely – sorry I didn’t take notes. There were considerably more piano songs than guitar ones due to the recovering broken wrist- but Pete was in great spirits and if anything got more into things in the second half when there were some breath-taking performances, notably a 30 Year Man with what I can only call gravitas - a remarkable end to the second set.
Many thanks to John who introduced Pete and had also organised the gig and of course to Pete for an excellent performance – as John said (I paraphrase) what a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon! 
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Carole
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Re: Harlow Museum 22nd October 2016
« Reply #1: 23.10.16 at 07:40 » |
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Many thanks, Seán! A great review (and photo) for those of us who couldn't be there.
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Ian Ashleigh
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Re: Harlow Museum 22nd October 2016
« Reply #2: 23.10.16 at 08:42 » |
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Thanks Sean, I couldn't be there either but I'm looking forward to 5th November and seeing Pete at Pizza Express
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Though he had no great gifts of personality or mind, he was quite well respected.
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Mike Walters
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Re: Harlow Museum 22nd October 2016
« Reply #3: 23.10.16 at 09:06 » |
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Great review of a great little performance, Sean. Pete also did Have You Got a Biro..? at some point early in the set but can't think of anything else you've omitted.
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Rob Spence
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Re: Harlow Museum 22nd October 2016
« Reply #4: 23.10.16 at 09:10 » |
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When they said intimate, they weren't lying, were they! Great to have this documented - thanks, Seán.
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Seán Kelly
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Re: Harlow Museum 22nd October 2016
« Reply #5: 23.10.16 at 09:30 » |
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Thanks folks - consider yourselves all 'liked' Thanks for adding Biro Mike and my memory is also insisting on Thief In The Night. Sorry Janice, this is a backwards way to put together a setlist
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Pete Atkin
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Re: Harlow Museum 22nd October 2016
« Reply #6: 23.10.16 at 10:29 » |
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Huge thanks to everyone - to Sean, to Jon O'Connor for suggesting the gig and for organising it, and to all who came, some from quite a long way away. It was an important one for me, of course, for both non-musical and musical reasons, and, as it turned out, it was a perfect setting for getting back on the tracks.
Just for confirmation, here are the setlists:
Master of the Revels (keyboard)
Touch has a memory (k)
Have you got a Biro? (guitar)
Canoe (k)
Dancing Master (k)
The King Is Dead/The Way To Be alive (k)
Beware of the Beautiful Stranger (g)
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The Way You Are With Me (k)
Search and Destroy (k)
Screen-freak (k)
Thief in the night (g)
Senior Citizens (k)
Time To Burn (k)
Sessionman's blues (k)
Thirty Year Man (k)
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Leslie Moss
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Re: Harlow Museum 22nd October 2016
« Reply #7: 23.10.16 at 10:59 » |
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Can't wait to hear you and Simon Wallace at The Pheasantry - I'll be accompanied by Gill. Welcome back!
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Jan
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Re: Harlow Museum 22nd October 2016
« Reply #8: 24.10.16 at 14:36 » |
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Don't worry Sean. Sending in a dubious set list is a great way to get a reply from Pete on MV!
On one occasion I managed to get Pete to write down his set list for me. (OK, Yes I do still have it ) It was the first performance of some of the songs from Winter Spring and my excuse was that I didn't know the titles. To my eternal discredit I still managed to type it up incorrectly online.
Jan
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Seán Kelly
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Re: Harlow Museum 22nd October 2016
« Reply #9: 29.10.16 at 13:06 » |
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Cheers Jan - and thanks for the proper setlist Pete!
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Avner Greenberg
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Re: Harlow Museum 22nd October 2016
« Reply #10: 01.11.16 at 22:42 » |
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Many thanks to you Seán for the review. So glad to see Pete looking in good form there. Seems the comeback's well on track.
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Avner Greenberg
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Chris H
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Re: Harlow Museum 22nd October 2016
« Reply #11: 21.11.16 at 09:02 » |
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Many thanks for the report.
I was really annoyed that I couldn't make this gig. It was right on my doorstep but I was away for the whole weekend and couldn't re-arrange the date.
Good to hear that Pete was in such fine form.
Thanks again,
ChrisH
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