I went down to Mr Kyps in Poole last night to see Sandi Thom. I first saw her as a support act for Joe Bonamassa (who also started out at Kyps) after she had just released her new album "Merchants and Thieves" and was pleasantly surprised, she didn't disappoint at the smaller venue. Quite a motley crew had assembled for the gig with age ranges from early teens to late fifties but all were equally getting into it. Luckily, her newest album has moved away from the "punk rocker with flowers in her hair" sound and is more blues based with a harmonica making an appearance on a fair few of the songs. The rest of the band were good, none really awe inspiring players; the lead guitarist had a few Stevie Ray Vaughan fiddly bits and the keyboardist had a few flourishes but it was the drummer that caught my attention as he bounced about a foot in the air in time with some of the beats, also the fact that he looked like Brian Johnson.
Well worth watching if she tours in your area if you're a fan of the blues.
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