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IT was suggested to me pre-gig that the only thing this show was missing was a picnic rug.
It was an apt observation.
One of these in place in front of the stage, where the crowd of about 150 could have sat down and really taken in the atmosphere that Kav Temperley created, would have been the perfect addition.
But, alas, this was a performance where you were on your feet for the entire 80 minutes, but you didn't even feel like using them.
Every ounce of attention you had was fixated on the Eskimo Joe frontman as he told the the crowd the story behind one of the band's most iconic albums, A Song is a City.
This was a story about attempting to break away from a record company contract, of questioning the future, of infidelity, of sudden song inspiration and of completing an album which at one point looked in question.
There were songs from others that helped shaped this one such as Bill Withers's Ain't No Sunshine, Listen Joe by Golden Smog and Elvis Costello's So Like Candy.
But it was the tracks that helped define Temperley and his bandmates to the music world, such as From The Sea, Life is Better With You and Smoke, that had the biggest impact.
Hearing these tracks in their stripped-back glory was a powerful experience to say the least.
It was almost a shame that the back-catalogue request was Black Fingernails, Red Wine, the later hit that drew in a whole new set of fans, because A Song is a City is a different kettle of fish entirely.
This was an intimate, emotive storytelling experience, with some brilliant songs used as its soundtrack.
A memorable evening indeed.