Gig Reviews

Elaine, Thank you both for a brilliant gig on Saturday - all those I dragged along were pretty blown away and others besides! Hope you get the return big band gig in October - meanwhile I'm sure to catch you somewhere before then! All the best. Mike

WOW! Hi Elaine, I hope you are well, and apologies for the delay in replying! Thank you so much and to Clive of course for these excellent videos which I will share with my colleagues at Brooklands, and will certainly make available on our website as well as our Facebook group for ALL to watch and enjoy! You certainly caused a storm here at Brooklands, I have had tons and tons of excellent feedback from colleagues, listeners, and friends, and I feel grateful and blessed to have met you and to have shared two very entertaining and unforgettable hours. I hope we can do it again soon, and please lets keep in touch, let me know your movements and I will be more than happy to give you a plug now and again, and would even welcome the occasional impromptu visit! Once again, thank you and please give our warmest regards to Gavin, Annie, Mike, Clive and the absent Alan, and I very much look forward to seeing you again soon! Best wishes, David xx

Hi Elaine, It was a pleasure meeting you and your band this evening! You were great fun and fantastic musicians! I hope you had fun and enjoyed the experience too! Thank you on behalf of Brooklands FM and please convey our appreciation to Annie, Gavin and Mike, they were awesome! DD x "Dear Elaine, Once again, thank you so much for your fantastic company and musicianship last night, it was without a doubt a memorable 'Surrey Unsigned' and one of those 'special' shows I will always remember! The email below says it all! I understand our esteemed colleague John Cull is going to air the attached track on his show tomorrow morning around 10:15! Best wishes, David x" "Dear All, Please find attached a slightly mastered MP3 of the final track played by Kindred Spirits of David's Surrey Unsigned show last night. They were a great bunch and David did a brilliant job getting it all together and keeping them under control! Anyhow I thought that you might like to hear the "sound" of St1 on its first real programme last night. If David agrees then I think that we should give this track a good airing once or twice (or more) this week. It's called "Best Days Of Our Lives" and I believe that the Kindred Spirits can be seen and heard at the Crown in Chertsey this Friday evening. All best wishes, Lance."

Well, I felt I needed to put this in writing, not just for the wonderful entertainment but also the superb professional approach I observed. The music started after a brief warm-up with various cover versions we have all heard before but not with a flute! I remember clearly the Eagles - Hotel California sung so wonderfully by Elaine, Annie joining in with singing also playing the flute, such energy, I have trouble running for a bus sometimes! I noticed only a few words from Elaine between tunes and the sound was good in the pub on a wet and windy Sunday afternoon. The music kept flowing and I noticed customers' lips moving to Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here! Just how does Annie produce all that energy? An internal relief valve would be needed by me.

Annie made a switch to Sax from Flute, bang crash a transmitter clipped to her deep sea divers belt around her waist crashed to the floor, they both looked down as if an unwelcome pet had arrived! If this had happened to me I would need a dose of the Vapours to steady my nerves but no, Annie dropped to the floor like a snake and slid under the billiard table to retrieve the item, all clipped back into play and a loud note from the Sax said all was well again, so professional, forget the vapours I ordered another beer! The sound in the pub I thought was great with such effortless playing from both of them made it a moment to remember. California Dreaming sounded great to me but sometimes they brought in some their tunes such as Spiders Web!

Congratulations Kindred Spirit for such wonderful entertainment also to Lemonrock for the promotion. I look forward to the next dose!

Hi Elaine I caught the end of your set at the Albert on Saturday and was suitably impressed to purchase a couple of your CDs - I was pleased to find the next morning that my ears did not deceive me despite the amount of alcohol consumed celebrating my friends birthday! While the musicianship was very impressive, I think I was most impressed with the quality of the arrangements between the instruments - an unusual duet but it worked very well. It was also helped by the sound levels - the balance was just right. that said I have your gig list and will certainly make the effort to catch up with the full band - having checked out the Kindred spirit on You Tube... Good luck with the future. Regards Ian

Hi Elaine. Many thanks for the album; it is quality. Saw you guys at Weyfest and was blown away. Hoping to see you live again soon. All the best, Rhodri P.S. The e-mailing list sounds good. Please sign me up!

Hi. Just a quick one to insist that you place me on your mailing list immediately!! Thanks for a blinding set at the Belle Vue in High Wycombe and also for the Metamorphosis CD. Loved the gig, love the album, and I think I fell in love with Annie too on the night. Just wish i'd been sober enough to remember our brief conversation. Hmm...probably best that I can't! But seriously, thanks and see you soon. Vinnie x

Hi Elaine, Just to say that what an enjoyable concert it was! It was especially good to see Annie taking more prominence than she used to years ago. Along with Gavin,she is KS's USP (unique selling point)! (Although I'd like to see her use her saxophonemore). I also think Gavin plays as well as Sim did, although I do miss the latter's guitar riffs. Nevertheless, a brilliant concert - and the new CD is superb, too! With very best wishes

Barry

I would just like to say on behalf of so many members of Pyrford Club a very big thank you for a wonderful night on Saturday. I have been approached by so many who would like to congratulate you all on a first class gig, top music, and by such incredible musicians. as I mentioned on Saturday we do not normally book a band twice in one year, but have already been asked to try for a couple of dates next year (budget permitting) Once again thank you all for a first rate evening and hope to talk soon.