Having seen Willy Mason a couple of months ago in the Barfly, I was keen to see him again as soon as possible. His album had spent the intervening 2 months on almost constant play on my iPod, so this really was a chance to see him having full knowledge of his music and words.
Support act was a bloke called Kid Carpet - who seemed to have a large array of plastic toy instruments, like Fisher Price's "my first guitar". Strangely, they were plugged in, and he actually played most of his songs on these instruments. That meant the songs were disjointed, shambolic, and very erratic in quality. The joke was funny, and the set was interesting, for about 10 minutes - after which it because a rather annoying, tedious 6th form prank-gone-wrong. Perfect for a students union venue!!
Willy Mason came on stage and initially started to play acoustic songs, but was then joined by a drummer after 3 or 4 songs, for an altogether more lively sound. This was amazing, and really gave a new dimension to seeing him. He is great acoustically, but the drummer really added something else to his songs, making it sound really special. Even more amusing was that the drummer was his 16-year-old brother, and that his parents were in the audience. Still very young, but an all-round brilliant songwriter and performer.
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