![]() Three musicians, one voice, one blues harp, a grand piano & Hammond organ, one night never to be repeated.Ĭhris inhabited the moment, the music, engendered true inspiration, extended the form, a free dive into extempore. This immersive night captured time preserved, Chris’s extraordinary songs the paean ‘Hymn’, the extraordinary ‘The Changeling’, ‘Face in the Mirror’ funny/brilliant, the contained beauty of ’You Will Surely Love Again’. He didn’t tell us this was being recorded or perhaps we thought it was only ‘You Will Surely Love Again’ as there is a VHS of this floating around the internet, blurred jittery black & white footage, the only vision captured of the night, there seem to be no photos, thankfully … for the music is all one needs. Rooms would be transformed by his performance from brutal to joy to laughter & hushed tears. Three souls on stage, songs just under our skin, implicit direction to play unfettered…arrangements sketchy, no plan.Ĭhris was an incendiary performer & deep songwriter, more than just a revered bluesman. But I do know that something remarkable, something big happened that night at the Continental. In his liner notes Shane says, “ You know, I can’t remember the night … I vaguely recall rehearsing at Jex’s house grand piano squeezed into the corner, walking & talking through the songs as much as playing … it was pretty brief. Chris performed with Shane O’Mara on guitar, and Australian jazz luminary Jex Saarelaht on piano. ![]()
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