Mark Seymour in the Gershwin Room

Band: Mark Seymour
Venue: The Espy Gershwin Room
Date: Thursday 27th September 2007
Reviewed By: Lyn

What a lovely venue for a special performance by Mark Seymour (frontman of the legendary Hunters and Collectors) in the infamous Gershwin room at The Espy. It was an early gig, starting at 7pm, and was recorded for a live DVD to be out at a later date.

Naturally late was the band, and unwelcomingly hot was the room. When Mark and co. finally entered, Mr Seymour welcomed us all to an uproar of clapping hands and cheers! Throughout the night the crowd were in their element, cheering on one of Benalla’s local boys and band.

A back catalogue of songs made an appearance, including ‘When the River Runs Dry’, ‘Do You See What I See’ and ‘Tears of Joy’, along with many new songs the titles of which I regret I didn’t catch. A packed Gershwin room included people from interstate, US and Sweden ! The show was stopped a few times by Mark, who wasn’t happy with a song or two and clearly wanted the DVD to be right. Nothing wrong with that - the beauty of the camera allows such moments.

After nearly two hours of songs and chit chat I left just after ‘Throw Your Arms’ which I thought was a fitting end to the night for me. On the way out I noticed many fans had left early, not unhappy but just content with what we’d all heard.