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An excerpt from my second live review published on NZ Musician Magazine’s website:
Quintessential: adj : representing the perfect example of a class or quality
This was Dave Dobbyn as everyone should see at least once in their lifetime: In his element – a small venue packed to the bar-and-beyond with punters ready to rock. Fresh from headlining a sold-out Toast Festival in Regents Park days before, the famous Dingwalls at Jongleurs, Lock17 Camden, was a much more intimate venue, and naturally sold out well in advance.
Being 30 degrees outside (at past 9pm for goodness sake!), the 500 of us indoors were in for a hot gig whichever way you looked at it.
After the openers Devil You Know and Whaling it was quickly clear the crowd were in fine voice and everyone was up for a party. Introducing the third song, Dave said Welcome Home had really struck a chord with the NZ public, and he dedicated it to our families back home – currently enduring one of the worst winters anyone can remember. ‘We’re all pacific islanders, really?!’ got a good cheer. Come to think of it, pretty much everything he said got a good cheer…
Read the rest of the review at NZ Musician online.
