Dan Ward-Murphy @ Bungalow 8 Tuesday 2nd March 2010
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Dan Ward-Murphy @ Bungalow 8 (login required) Tuesday 2nd March 2010 mySpace | FaceBook | TheSixtyOne | Twitter | Sellaband youTube | Bebo | LastFM | iLike | Stereofame The Bill:- Dan Ward-Murphy Faith of Merchants (though their mySpace profile is more use!) Dan’s Set List:- So Simple The Prettiest Girl At The Dance Who’s Sorry Now? The Queen Of Something New Make A Woman Cry The Sun Is In Your Eyes (f Jen) She’s A Knockout Act Of Defiance I love this part of town ‘cos one of my favourite pubs is right there ... did I ever mention The Chandos on the corner of St Martin’s Lane? No? I was having a Swift Half™ of Old Brewery when in walks Dan and the team. Sound checks completed they’d come to join me for a pre-match friendly at pub prices before we head for the hotel bar, as that’s what Bungalow 8 is. It’s a subterranean bar under St Martin’s Hotel and it’s a private club, which is why everyone had to contact Dan beforehand to be put on the guest list. It’s an interesting venue with a somewhat sub-optimal stage arrangement at the end of a long room. A pillar breaks the stage in two and ended up blocking the view of our Henry on bass/double bass (and also blocked the bass player for Faith of Merchants too). Some might describe it as quirky but I’m not so sure. Let’s just say it’s not my favourite venue and leave it at that! I’m liking the new stuff more and more, and Dan and crew kick off with So Simple, which I love, and The Prettiest Girl At The Dance which is also a cracking new track and then we get Who’s Sorry Now? which is one I’d not heard before (and yet another keeper!). The set is split in half and Dan finishes his first half with an old favourite The Queen Of Something New from his Sellaband funded album. A short break allows Dan and the crew to schmooze and get a drink before the second half kicks off with more tracks from his excellent album Until The Morning Light and yet more new ones as Make A woman Cry comes first completing the set of new tracks for the evening. Dan has so many wonderful new songs that it must be time for him to get back in the studio and produce another album soon! We finish the set with Jen tacking the lead for The Sun Is In Your Eyes before handing back to Dan for She’s A Knockout and finally closing out with Act Of Defiance. Another great gig from Dan and his band of consummate professionals and I can’t wait until the next gig ... This gig was a bit of a surprise, as I had thought that the next gig was at the Troubadour on the 1st April, with Julia Johnson playing too. Of course now I can be more confident that the next gig is indeed back at the Troubadour on the 1st April!
