** Kevin Montgomery and Trish Murphy,
at The Brook, Southampton, UK.**

Tuesday, 8th May 2001

It's not everyday you get the chance to see (and photograph) two great acts like Trish Murphy and Kevin Montgomery at the same gig, in a small venue, just 4 miles from your front door. It was one of the most exhilarating concerts I have ever been to.

I've put these pictures together on three pages - this one is of Kevin, the band and Trish all on stage together for the last hour or so of the gig. Kevin and band are here, and Trish's solo opening act is here.

The band just rocked so well on stage together, I can only hope we get to see them all on tour together again.

Several of these pictures include members of the audience - I respect your privacy so if you are one of those persons I hope you are not offended by including your picture here. Please let me know if you would like me to remove it.

All pictures can be clicked for a larger, less compressed image.

A lot of guitar strings had been plucked beforehand as Trish learnt some of Kevins material and Kevin and the guys learned Trish's material.

It was just brilliant to see everyone having such a great time on stage together.

Now, just imagine the audience is so friendly, that Trish steps down from the stage, and casually walks round singing to the amazement of everyone. WOW!

And then the entire band unplug themselves and join the audience. Amazing - just amazing!

What's going on? The band are on the floor in the audience, and I'm on the stage taking photographs!!

For a finale, the band play a 20 minute segue of some of the most rocking R and B songs from the past forty years. Buddy Holly, Tom Petty, Small Faces, The Who and more that I have forgotten. What a wonderful end to an amazing night. Thank you guys, it was just brilliant!

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All pictures were taken with a Kodak DC240 compact digital camera. Not quite as good in low light as my trusty 20 yr old Pentax used in my other concert pics, but still quite commendable. My thanks to the artists and venue management for their co-operation.