As part of the Welsh Proms some enlightened individual had decided to book three West Country acts (although most were fellow Celts, being from Cornwall). The 3 Daft Monkeys seemed somewhat overwhelmed at being in St David's Hall, which is a grand venue and where I was presented with my degree fifteen years ago(!!) They started off with a song based on the traditional Cornish tune 'Ryb An Afon' which went down really well with the audience. The superb acoustics meant Athene's violin skills and Tim's lyrics could be much more appreciated than any other 3DM gig I've been to. The audience also dutifully swayed along to 'Social Vertigo'!
After 3DM came Fisherman's Friends, the Port Isaac male choir who were exactly what I expected - a small choir from a Cornish village singing sea shanties. Good but stage banter but somewhat risque for Cardiff!
Show of Hands were next up, and soon got the audience singing along to 'Cousin Jack' (for which Fisherman's Friends and Paul Downes joined them), 'Haul Away Joe' and even 'Roots'! They got a standing ovation at the end which has become almost expected now. 3 Daft Monkeys joined everyone on stage for the encore, which was a close-harmony rendition of 'Haul Away The Anchor' - possibly the first time Tim had sung a sea shanty?
Well worth the drive out to Cardiff once more.
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