Sad Cafe played a blinder at Robin 2 last night.

With former lead singer Paul Young and sax player Lenny Zaskin no longer with us, the lead vocals were spread amongst 4 of the 6 with mics and through the blend of the voices, I'm sure we could all still hear Paul Young in the mix.

Ian Wilson has been my biggest musical influence since first seeing the band in 1980, straight ahead rhythm guitar and blinding harmony vocals, always working with the dynamics of the song, whilst Ashley Mulford has to be the most tasteful rock guitarist ever recorded on this side of the pond, although their studio recordings never come close to their live shows.

Do yourselves a favour and get out to see them this week, melodic rock at its roots and at its best