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Boy On A Dolphin-Sheffield City Hall Dec 11 2010

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Boy On A Dolphin-Sheffield Band

Boy On A Dolphin-Sheffield Band

Boy On A Dolphin are a great Sheffield band with a long history stretching back to the late 1980s and a large and loyal following in the Sheffield area and beyond.

It has become a Christmas tradition that they play at Sheffield City Hall each December with tickets getting snapped up twelve months in advance and several generations of the same family going along to hear the band play at this 2000 seater plus venue.

Boy On A Dolphin always try and do something a Little special on these Christmas shows and this year they decided that instead of having a support act they would invite six local singer-songwriters to perform one song each.I was honoured to be asked to open the proceedings.

Sheffield City Hall is a beautiful venue and even without the memories of the iconic bands I have seen there over the years it would be special to stand on the massive solid oak stage and gaze out at the  tiers of balconies,the enormous chandelier and the deco ceiling.Large civic buildings with this kind of grandeur made out of granite and solid wood paneling will not be built again.They were a product of their time built to celebrate the success of the local industry  built to last and to impress.

Besides this Sheffield City Hall was the first place I saw a live band (DR Feelgood with support from Mink Deville!!) and co-incidentaly the site of one of my favourite ever gigs (Morrisey -I have seen him three times at Sheffield City Hall but the last show I was three rows from the front and it was awesome.)It is also the venue featured in DA Pennebakers documentary about Bob Dylan (Dont Look Back) when the power cuts out and the electricians coming  to fix the fuse seem like they are from another age and over the years has seen everyone from The Beatles to JLS grace the stage.

I played the venue back in the mid nineties in support of Curtis Stigers but it was a great honour to be asked to play with Boy On A Dolphin on Saturday.

I bumped into many musicians that I know but rarley see including Paul and Steve from function band The Sharp Cuts, sax player Steve Beighton from The Paul Carrack Band,Boy On A Dolphin and Acoustic Angels,Julian,Shaun,local producer/guitarist Cary Baylis (who has worked with everyone from Take That to the Spice Girls and who I had the good fortune to play in a band with for a few years etc etc.

It was a great night followed by several drinks down at the Limit Reunion at The Casbah where again myself and my good friend John bumped into many old aquaintences and friends.

For me Christmas started on Saturday confirmed by a Baileys on ice at 2.30am in The Limit Re union with the sound of Wires “I am The Fly” blasting out of the speakers!


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