Upstairs at the Nag's Head was crammed full to see Joe in his solo guise, onlookers including his father Tom and Colin Henderson. Joe seemed pleased with the turnout and rewarded the faithful with a fine set, starting with a slide guitar blues accompanied by his own harmonica, an instrument he excels at.
Joe played many of his current favourites including "Dancing Flame", "Caged Bird", "Last of the Great Whales", "Throw me to the Winds" and "My Last First Kiss". Returning to the blues, he treated us to Clapton's "Walking Blues" and it occurred to me that the audience was not as responsive as they might have been, although this could have been down to the hot and stuffy room, most remaining quiet until the end of the evening.
This enjoyable performance was rounded of by Colin Henderson's song written for Tom Topping's retirement: "Swan Song" and Joe got a great round of applause. He is certainly very popular, and he has the charisma and the talent to go on to much better things – stardom beckons!
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