They weren't only here for the beer
Nilbanter
Knaresborough House
IT LOOKED like being an inauspicious start to Nilbanter's performance on Friday evening, due in no small part to the inclement weather and the fact that Friday evening's beer festival had proved so popular that the beer was running low.
This is never an easy venue to play due to the fluidity of the audience and the movement of traffic in front of the stage.
However, the boys were on top form producing some tight vocal harmonies during their opening number of Lindisfarne’s Lady Eleanor. Their renditions of Summer of ’69 showed off the vocals skill of Steve Peacey and the guitar solo by Pete McLoughlin was remarkable. This one proved to be a real crowd pleaser and had the audience up and dancing.
More audience participation was required as Mark Wilson encouraged members of the audience to get up on stage and join in with the backing vocals to Steve Harley’s Come Up and See Me, Make Me Smile – surprisingly they were all girls!
Best song of the night was Sweet Thing by Van Morrison. Mark Wilson took a good strong lead vocal capably backed up by Chris Holden on drums.
Nilbanter have been performing together for over five years now. This shows in their tight three-part harmonies and their ability to swap their instruments with each other at will. Their broad repertoire means they hold a wide appeal to audiences of any age and many stayed to enjoy the performance.
Nilbanter are mainly a 'cover band' but I know they have been working hard on some of their own material. A particularly strong song penned by Mark Wilson – Thick as Thieves – can be heard on the Nilbanter web site, Nilbanter.com
Those who enjoyed Pete McLoughlin's stunning guitar work may be interested to know that Pete and his other band Redtrainblue will be playing at The World’s End on Saturday, August 16.
Sharon van Zelst
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Weather for Harrogate
Thursday 24 May 2012
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