Face Of Cheam

After watching the second half of Blackpool Southampton in a pub where it was £5 a pint of Moretti, and with the Saints heading towards their heaviest defat of the season some cheering up was necessary. So we headed to the White Lion via a couple of other hostelries. This was a charity giog for a cat charity, ticket price of a fiver with cans of cat food also compulsory when going in. First up was Brijette West who I did not know much about. However, her thirty minute acoustic set was so good, I had to get both her CDs, one with her band NY Loose and one under her own name with the Desparate Hopefuls. Songs that made the instant impression were Pretty Suicide and Hey Papito. She ended her set with a cover of Beth originally by Kiss. The Peckham Cowboys were next who were the main reason for going. Guy Bailey a founder of the Quireboys is the guitarist and their south London blues based rock went down a treat though lasted just short of half an hour, just when you thought it was getting going. A shame but impressive enough to keep an eye for some more shows. There then was an auction where I think someone got a bargain for £20, a signed copy of the late Ronnie James Dio's last album. Tyla J Pallas was the headiner who played a great acoustic set for just under an hour and a half. Drinking wine and guiness between songs, it was rather like an irish poet school. Did not know any of the set as he omitted the Dogs D'Amour big hit of Satellite Kid, though when you have 18 solo albums and a batch with your band, it must be difficult to choose what you are going to play. A definite improvement on the football and managed to get a train back to Sutton gone midnight.