Review: For the FOLK of St Vincent gig

Enjoy a light-hearted review of our benefit gig in January, written by The Fair Traders Cooperative member Nick Batty.

What a great night Friday 28th January was! Hepworth Village Hall packed full of local folk fans. Stefan Melbourne was an impressive first act and got the audience in the mood before the multi-talented Owen Philips took to the stage. A veritable one-man-band, Owen played a guitar, a banjo, a saw and about every other instrument that you can think of. At one point he was playing notes on the underside of a live dog’s tail!….ok, so I made that last one up, but judging by the way Owen had mastered every music making device around, I’m sure that if it could have been done, Owen would have done it (assuming that it didn’t hurt the dog in any way).

Leo Brazil sounded polished,

Leo Brazil and Dave Haigh performing

as regular listeners have come to expect. Leo’s bassist Dave Haigh made it a particularly memorable performance with his enthusiastic mimes. These included Dave impersonating both a drunk and a tiger at different points in the set.

Sail Pattern were an interesting lot. Nothing like a sea shanty or two to end the night. We don’t get enough nautically themed bands from Halifax for my liking.

Ben Doherty was a compere without compare, but it was disappointing that the banana costume we had all heard rumour of wasn’t on show! For the FOLK of St Vincent was a very enjoyable and entertaining night, and I hope it raised a lot of money for the cause.

We would like to say a big thank you to all the musicians who performed, and to everyone who came along and made this event such a success.

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