At very short notice MC stepped in as a guest at the Robin Hood Bay FC last night 7th Dec. He was obviously unrehearsed and struggled to find songs that fitted the Bawdy Song Evening that had been scheduled, but that is no criticism. He sang some very unusual material and played an even more unusual but beautiful tune written by a WW2 POW.

It was not easy. While he was performing about a dozen of the audience were within touching distance, the place was that packed. At one point a couple stood up to leave the room in the middle of one of his songs, and he had to stop performing and let them through! Sheer ignorance on their part, but he shrugged it off and started the song again.

It was a memorable evening. It is gratifying to us lesser musical mortals that even Martin can occasionally forget the words and exclaim, "Oh bollocks!".

Maybe the voice is not quite the same now, but the charisma is. Not bad at 71 years old.

Great to share floor space with a legend.

Tone