On Saturday morning my wife informed me that we have been offered 2 tickets for "Jools Holland & His Rhythm And Blues Orchestra Tour" in the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.
Now I like and admire Jools Holland from seeing him on TV, but I didn't associate Rhythm And Blues with being my type of music.
How wrong I was! We had a fantastic night. Jools Holland was excellent. His "orchestra" was excellent. His singers were excellent. The music was outstanding.
As well as being a superb pianist, Jools is not a half bad singer!
High point of the night were the performance by Ruby Turner. Here's a sample of Jools and Ruby (and a cast of thousands) blasting out a song: