Dan Ward-Murphy @ The Bedford Wednesday 21st October 2009

Dan Ward-Murphy @ The Bedford Wednesday 21st October 2009
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The Bill:-
Sherika Sherard
Dan Ward-Murphy
Holly Rubenstein
Kenny Bogan
Dave Gibson

Dan’s Set List:-
So Simple (w Jen)
The Sun Is In Your Eyes (f Jen)
White Decay
Act Of Defiance

You all know I love The Bedford, so much so that on at least one occasion when I couldn’t make it I fired up the old PC and watch the live webcast – the picture isn’t great but the sound was pretty good and well worth a try!
This is one of the regular The Bedford evenings with a bunch of artists all singing a couple of songs in the first half, then with often an order swap, singing a couple more in the second half. This breaks the night up a bit and allows them to put on 5 or so artists.

First up, a mention for the other Artists. Sherika Sherard is quite young but definitely has something, not least of which is her voice and demeanour. Holly Rubenstein sang very nicely, but not in a genre I’m particularly fond of, though she’s having some success apparently, while Kenny Bogan had a lovely soft lilting Irish accent to really set off his songs. Lastly, Dave Gibson is apparently a bit of a coup for The Bedford in that he’s recently signed to Sony and has not been allowed to gig for the last 6 months or so because of it (?). Perhaps more fun for those “OK Magazine” readers amongst you is that he had David Sneddon playing keys for him. He’s off to the US to record an album or something now ... so let’s see if he can become a household name eh!

After the cancelled DWM gig I’m still waiting to hear the full line up but I’m still not going to pass up an opportunity to see Dan and Jen singing and as always I’m not disappointed - So Simple starts the (Dan & Jen) night off nicely. This is a new one and a cracker – if you’ve not heard it you could have heard it last night on the webcast but you missed it! HA! Jen takes the lead for The Sun Is In Your Eyes which is as beautiful as ever. I don’t think there were many DWM fans in the hizzouse but the full room still gave a rousing ovation with a number of cheers and whoops – THIS is what Dan needs to do more of to build his fanbase and he’s out there doing it!
The second half sees Dan on his lonesome on stage as Jen joins us to watch. Was it something he said ... To be fair, it was funny, but oh so unrepeatable! Dan opens his second half with White Decay and finishes with the usual Act Of Defiance, though this time suggesting people click their fingers instead of clap and I’m not sure that works so well as it’s not loud enough to get quorum and it soon peters out – still a good song and still got an enthusiastic round of applause (and cheers and whoops) from the crowd!

Definitely looking forward to seeing the full band on Nov 17^th back at The Bedford, and on a PC near you if you’ve got broadband ...

Utt