From: Pete Fyfe
[petefyfe_at_aol_dot_com]
Sent: 18 May 2012 08:53
Subject: Pete Fyfe: Sunday For
Sammy review & sleeve
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VARIOUS ARTISTS - Sunday For Sammy 2012 (Mawson-Wareham Music
MWMDVD106)
Over two and a half hours of entertainment and boy, do those
Geordie lads and lasses know how to throw a party! Conceived to honour the
memory of Sammy Johnson (Jimmy Nail's mate "Stick" in Spender) in 2000 this
bi-annual concert always manages to turn out the goods. The line-up features a
North-East cornucopia of the music, stage and film world including Billy
Mitchell, Ray Laidlaw, Kevin Whately, Tim Healy, Chris Fairbank, Chelsea
Halfpenny, Denise Welch, Brendan Healy?sharp intake of breath?.well, I could go
on but the list would take up all of this review. The most notable additions
for me this year were the impressive talents of comedian Josh Daniels
(definitely one to look out for) and Nathalie Stern (originally from Sweden but
now based in Newcastle) and her looped acoustic guitar and sultry vocals. Of
course with members of the cast of "Auf Wiedersehen Pet" on stage writers Dick
Clement and Ian La Frenais contributed the script of "Camelot?Not" with plenty
of in-jokes and banter to keep the laughter level high whilst surprise guest
Joe McElderry gave a performance of the classic "Big River". It was also nice
to see Billy Mitchell singing a duet with himself (courtesy of some back
projected trickery) on Randy Newman's "I'm Different" and leading a rousing
finale with "Run For Home". If I've whetted your appetite enough to purchase a
copy of the DVD available from the Mawson-Wareham website then you'll be
pleased to know that you'll also be contributing 75% of that amount to the
Sunday For Sammy Trust. Finally?a bit of trivia for fans of Jez Lowe?the
Camelot sketch features a cameo by Mike Neville as famously featured in Lowe's
song "Mike Neville Said It (So it Must Be True)". www.mawson-wareham.com
PETE FYFE