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| Lost Trades. |
Outstanding songs from their wonderful set included Old Man Of The Sea, Atlas, Long Since Gone, Little Blackbird, Valhalla, Fireflies and Best Foot Forward. In fact, every song was enjoyable. I predict a bright future for The Lost Trades. They deserve to be performing at Glastonbury next summer.
The final act of the evening were The Korgis. They
are mainly known for their hit singles If I Had You, and Everybody’s
Got To Learn Sometime which was a huge hit all over the world in 1980.
There is a lot more to The Korgis than that though. Although they became famous
in many countries, they are still a local band. Some of their early recordings
were made in Camden Crescent in Bath after they were formed from another
successful band called Stackridge. The only original member of the band
I recognised in the present line-up was the singer James Warren. 
They are presently a five-piece band, including a female member called Danielle. The opening song was the reggae influenced Sign On The Dotted Line, followed by a Stackridge song The Last Plimsoll and 10cc’s Wall Street Shuffle. One of the band Paul Smith used to play in a duo singing Paul Simon songs around the pubs of Bath with Roland Orzibel who later found fame with Tears For Fears. In recognition of this the band performed a mash-up of Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover and Mad World. After performing their hit If I Had You Danielle sang the lead on their version of Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse Of The Heart. A new song Oppenheimer was next. The band said it was a coincidence that there is a new film out now called Oppenheimer.
Don’t Look Back was next which was a big hit in Brazil because it was used as the theme song to a popular TV soap opera. Trevor Horn produced some of their early hits, so the band paid a tribute to him with their excellent version of Video Killed The Radio Star. Other highlights included Hold On which included a video filmed at nearby Iford Manor, This World’s For Everyone, and a stunning version of The Beatles A Day In The Life, and their world-wide hit Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime. They left the stage, but M.C. Leander persuaded them back for one last song The Best Thing You Can Do Is Love Someone. That brought a most enjoyable evening to a close. Thank you very much to Ian Cunningham, Leander Morales and all the team that work so hard to make The Westbury Festival such a success.
They are presently a five-piece band, including a female member called Danielle. The opening song was the reggae influenced Sign On The Dotted Line, followed by a Stackridge song The Last Plimsoll and 10cc’s Wall Street Shuffle. One of the band Paul Smith used to play in a duo singing Paul Simon songs around the pubs of Bath with Roland Orzibel who later found fame with Tears For Fears. In recognition of this the band performed a mash-up of Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover and Mad World. After performing their hit If I Had You Danielle sang the lead on their version of Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse Of The Heart. A new song Oppenheimer was next. The band said it was a coincidence that there is a new film out now called Oppenheimer.
Don’t Look Back was next which was a big hit in Brazil because it was used as the theme song to a popular TV soap opera. Trevor Horn produced some of their early hits, so the band paid a tribute to him with their excellent version of Video Killed The Radio Star. Other highlights included Hold On which included a video filmed at nearby Iford Manor, This World’s For Everyone, and a stunning version of The Beatles A Day In The Life, and their world-wide hit Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime. They left the stage, but M.C. Leander persuaded them back for one last song The Best Thing You Can Do Is Love Someone. That brought a most enjoyable evening to a close. Thank you very much to Ian Cunningham, Leander Morales and all the team that work so hard to make The Westbury Festival such a success.
