"Spring in the air!" said Gordon. "Spring in the air yourself!" came the reply.

Gordon set the pace

Gordon's Spring Special

There were two mics and a PA, with Jason on sound, and Barry had turned the spotlights around  so that we could see the performers, and what a lot of us there were for Gordon's Spring Special at The Victory Hall Napton. Barry's legendary supper sustained the acts through the second half.

Soul Sisters 

Gordon's Napton music nights are gentle and good humored affairs, not always to schedule, but that's part of their appeal. The regular Napton faces were in evidence, giving a familiar feel to proceedings. Along with Gordon and Andy were Alan, wielding a new axe, and Jason, Racael and Harriet were on particularly good form.

There were a couple of highlights for me

Jason with Harriet or Harriet with Jason

tonight, one of which was Soul Sisters (or possibly now El Diva) who went from The Carpenters to Hazel O'connor in the first half of the evening, with a superb saxaphone solo from Deb, and finished with some beautiful harmonising in the second half.

Paddy Wex always delights. Those of us that were at The George, Kilsby, on the first Friday of March were familiar with Paddy's set for this evening. His Brexit analogy of turkeys voting for Christmas was bitingly witty, but also slightly uncomfortable to listen to. Let's not forget the inspiration that Donald Trump's election has afforded, though I suspect Paddy would be slightly offended if I suggested that he'd be inspired by Donald Trump.

There was an unexpected performance from Keith, supported on guitar and backing vocals by Andy, singing the famous Rupert Murdoch song, 'Won't let the sun go down on me'.

Acoustic Roots

Andy isn't afraid of the dark

Finally, the band to lead us into the chip break and to end the evening were Acoustic Roots with a range of music from Paxton to The Police with Dougie MacLean's Caledonia, a bit of Bob Dylan, and even a bit of The Searchers