![]() ![]() Let’s face it if they really didn’t nail the tunes they would all be Dead On Arrival that I think was the first song I really noticed the Congas on. This being the case we had better all get Three Coffins Ready as she’s about to get ready evening up the score and the band are backing her like their lives depend on it. This time The Henchman has his trusty twin neck Gretsch for protection they are joined by Charlie Hangdog and his harmonica and Adie Hardy on sombrero congas and western vibes as they start to play the Sarah Vista theme before gunfire erupts and Sarah joins them onstage as the theme morphs into Killing Fever evoking the pain of the victims she’s shot down on her way here. They close the first set with Shoot Luke Or Give Up The Gun that has a real gunfight on Haverstock Hill feel to it as they leave the stage to huge applause.Īfter the break some classic Morricone comes wafting over the Black Heart as the Ecstasy Of Gold heralds Dime Store Kult to the stage who also designed Sarah Vista’s backdrop to do his best Camden Clint routine as slowly the band now all in black arrive onstage. You Know You Lie ups the stakes a bit with Jeff back on the Guitar once more slinging it like a colt 45 ready to rearrange the liars life prospects as The Sherrif ’s bass tries and fails to keep the peace once more. Jeff swaps back to the Lap steel for the melodramatic and deadly Now You Are Sleeping and in a very permanent way. Sarah then makes sure Madam Moustache shows herself before playing the murder ballad about her love of a double barrelled gun that got the joint jumping.īetter Off Never Than Late has some wondrous Lap Steel from The Henchman as this great song telling the guy to not even bother trying it on if he knows what’s good for him goes down a storm.įor Belle Star Jeff switches from Lap Steel to a rather cool looking Gretsch to make the song a good bit twangier as we hear all about the bandit Queen and her exploits. They made a more dramatic entrance than when I saw them at Camden Rocks earlier in the year after being introduced by London’s answer to Bill Monroe the band come on slowly and start to play A Day Late A Dollar Short as Sarah slowly walks on straps on her acoustic Gretsch guitar and starts singing about how it really was too late over the gentle country music the lyrics tell the dark tale.Īfter a few howdy’s these bad folks from the wrong side of town are gentle lulling us as Sarah sings and implores us Don’t Waste Your Lead On Me while sounding like Porter Waggoner’s natural heirs on This World It’s All Make Believe and well looking round she may be right. ![]() ![]() Sarah Vista played two sets the first of which was the Country set for which the band wore white mainly as Sarah is joined by her Companeros Jeff “The Henchman” Mead on Lap Steel and Gretsch Guitar, Emma “The Sheriff” Goss on Double Bass and “Freight Train” Frankie Riedel on drums. Sarah Vista are at the forefront of the Western scene in London and are some of the baddest folks west of the Holloway Road and as such attract a crowd of Cowboys and Cowgirls, many of whom look like they have just stepped out of a Spaghetti western. Sarah Vista album launch (Simon Partington) ![]()
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