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Alan Nimmo, Blues, british blues awards, Derby, entertainment, Flowerpot, gigs, Glasgow, King KIng, livemusic, Lyndsey Coulson, music, photography, rock, Wayne Proctor
The Flowerpot, Derby is a brilliant venue that combines some fantastic real ales with exceptional live music acts that appeal to the crowds that turn up to be entertained. King King, the main act of the evening, were supported by a young band Devlin Blue who hail from Lincoln, and are currently studying music in Guildford. They are a talented trio who delivered mainly self-penned rocky numbers with a hint of blues, but what makes them stand-out from the crowd is the combination of the lead taken by the bass player who had a lovely voice supported by Dave Devlin who played excellent lead guitar, showing the potential skills in this raw but exciting new band.
Then King King raised the temperature and Alan Nimmo was on fire tonight producing the exciting guitar work combined with the great interaction with his band his regular rhythm section Lindsay Coulson (Bass) and Wayne Proctor (Drums); and tonight Bob Fridzema (Keys) together delivering an accomplished mix of the trademark King King heavy blues sound and the venue was buzzing from the off. Kicking off this musical magical mystery ride was the ever popular ‘Don’t You Get The Feeling (You’ve Been Had)’ followed quickly by the first track from their much acclaimed second album, ‘Standing in The Shadows‘, ‘Long History of Love‘. As ever the whole evening was an accomplished performance from a band who can be depended on to deliver, track after track of glorious blues with an edge of jazz and funk; no wonder they are so popular, with the voice, rhythm and great banter making the show inclusive and such fun. It is Alan as the Red kilted Glaswegian that binds the group together and his chatter delights the crowds, as typified by his vocals on Frankie Miller’s ‘Jealousy‘; a quite brilliant rendition of and a fitting tribute to the great man. The crowd responded to the great music commenting “Class Act” and they “Just gets better”
As ever included in the set was one of their signature tracks, ‘Old Love‘ but tonight King King was joined by Dave Devlin; who matched Nimmo at every riff and the crowd watched on spell-bound as they saw this young man shine and Alan so willing to share the limelight of the moment as the sound was taken down to near silence and the chords plucked on the electric guitars; everyone will remember it was at The Flowerpot; courtesy of Raw Promotions that they heard this raw young talent play with Alan Nimmo.
All too soon it was goodnight Derby; then the encore and a great cover version of Heavy Load; during this great version, if you closed your eyes you would be forgiven for thinking that the combination of Paul Rogers and Paul Kosoff were on stage; but no once again it was Alan Nimmo and King King delivering what they do best quality. Like all good acts they left the crowds wanting more and they are assured of another packed house when they return to Derby.
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