John Smith, Live at The Royal Albert Hall, London, 16 April 2007

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Can one guy with an acoustic guitar grip the entire crowd in a packed Albert Hall? If it's John Smith then the answer is yes. There to support John Martyn, he played a short but sweet set that showed off his talent as a performer and songwriter.

The tracks he chose to play from his album "The Fox and The Monk" were not all obvious choices (Green Man, To Have So Many, So so, Winter), but they demonstrated his vocal abilities and amazing guitar skills. In particular the variation on the album rendition of "So so", that involved paper in the guitar strings, was superb, and showed he's not standing still.

To stand up there unaccompanied and as a less well known artist takes real guts. John totally pulled it off, and even managed to crack plenty of jokes. Easy in a small venue perhaps; much much harder in a room that size. Top work John. Come back as headliner next time.

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