I opened things up with an acoustic set that verged on the boisterous (for me) and concluded with a certain amount of breakage. Curtis appeared with the full Escalation/StevieGeeDees band and they were on great form, having played the previous night at the Lovelight Romania benefit up in Kingsthorpe.

The Rev. D. Wayne Love (for it was he) joined them for a rendition of Warren Zevon's Werewolves of London which had all the Usual Suspects howling and bellowing like good 'uns before the Sensational Andy Harwood Band (as I now insist on calling them) banged out a rousing set of originals and well-chosen sixties cover tunes, ably assisted by Susana Figueira singing her heart out. Splendid stuff, all magisterially (if abusively) compered by the Reverend Love.

Special credit to Curtis and Steves Gordon and Davies for the ridiculous amount of work they put in to make the event happen.

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