Cappuccino Froth On Monday Night
The third night of live music at The Kings saw local trio Cappuccino take to the stage for two sets of 10 tracks.
How does one describe Cappuccino if you have never seen them before? Two guitarists with a bubbly blonde singer means that this is not going to be Cream or The Police yet they can hardly be called Peter, Paul & Mary. Apologies dear reader if I’m showing my age here & you haven’t a clue who this early 60s poppy folk trio were, just click on the highlighted link to find out more!
Cappuccino present popular songs in their own way and made even more interesting by them asking you to guess what the song is by its unique introduction. The Beatles feature quite prominently in their repetoire with such classics as We Can Work It Out, Ticket To Ride, Day Tripper and That Boy however this trio is extremely versatile evidenced with such classics as Come Together, Bony Moronie, the classic James Taylor’s “You’ve Got A Friend” and Sylv was well into her element with the Nancy Sinatra hit “These Boots Are Made For Walkin’”.
For their finale the trio was joined on stage by Chris “The Hat” Gardner to round off the night were the foot-stomping rock & roll songs Blue Suede Shoes, Jailhouse Rock and one of the longest versions of Johnny B. Goode I’ve ever heard…excellent…more please.
A couple of stand out tracks you failed to mention - Fragile by Sting - Cappuccino only practiced this on the day before the gig but a resounding success - cant wait to be able to do a full recording of their version - Stunning!!!
Another track which needs to be recorded at G&T Studios is their version of Edwin McCain’s I’ll Be - this deserves to be heard by everyone!!!
Will comment more later - will be at Kings tonight (and every night this week) to do the sound for Chris “The Hat” Gardner’s musical guitar extravaganza.
See you all there.
More John Smiths please Sharon!!!
Thanks for your kind comments. Cappucino is still a work in progress but we had a fun night which was what its all about - music for everyone. Re: Cream and The Police - still working on “Sunshine of Your Love” and “Walking On The Moon” so they weren’t quite ready for human consumption. Peter Paul and Mary - probably too heavy for us but we could leave out the metal parts.
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I had nearly forgotten just HOW good Sylv and Pete’s voices blend together… delightful. And Steve… lovely bass playing and bass leads, Entwhistle! Loved the Something bass solo. Bass has every right to be a solo instrument in its own right. No, not the longest JBG… I can recall playing it as a teenager for nearly 40 minutes ‘cos we didn’t know any more songs… Another cup of Cappucino, waitress. Yes Get some down at G&T studios, by all means.