{"id":7409,"date":"2015-09-11T14:50:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T14:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/live-review-ryan-hamilton-the-cross-keys\/"},"modified":"2018-03-14T19:30:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T19:30:09","slug":"live-review-ryan-hamilton-the-cross-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/live-review-ryan-hamilton-the-cross-keys\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Review: Ryan Hamilton – The Cross Keys, Knaresborough – 07\/09\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Knaresborough, North Yorkshire isn\u2019t exactly an established stop on the touring route for international musicians visiting the UK. But when AH\u2019s favourite bespectacled Texan singer-songwriter Ryan Hamilton<\/b> announced he\u2019d be visiting the town\u2019s Cross Keys pub for a bonus date to his house party tour, we were more than happy to see him in action in the cosy confines of a local boozer.<\/p>\n

It was, in fairness, one of the more oddly mixed crowds we\u2019ve been part of in a while. One part devotees of People On Vacation, the band Hamilton fronts alongside Bowling For Soup\u2019s Jaret Reddick, to four parts local music enthusiasts, bemused old blokes who\u2019d wandered in for a pint and assorted chums of the land lord. Hamilton took his motley audience in his stride though with a winning combination of his quirky Texan charms and his entertaining if moderately perplexed observations of the native British he\u2019s seen on the road.<\/p>\n

Hamilton broke out the picks of the tracks from his new album \u2019Hell Of A Day\u2019<\/i>, the most notable of which being \u2019Be Kind, Rewind\u2019<\/i> which within one verse and one chorus had the entire pub singing and doing various takes on awkward bops along to the song, despite a good ninety percent of them having never heard it before. Similarly the bright, irrepressibly upbeat and tidily melodied guitar pop of \u2019Karaoke With No Crowd\u2019<\/i> saw most of the people leave the show with a copy of Hamilton\u2019s album in hand. The tongue in cheek barbs and country-pop stylings of older track \u2019Oh My God\u2019<\/i> even drummed up a modest sing along of its own.<\/p>\n

Wisely Hamilton also chucked in a couple of well-chosen covers into the set, with The Rolling Stones \u2019You Can\u2019t Always Get What You Want\u2019<\/i> raising plenty of smiles among the older audience members, while Reo Speedwagon\u2019s \u2019Take It on The Run\u2019<\/i> here rechristened \u2018Take It The Bum\u2019, indicated he\u2019s picked up a strong line in sophomoric humour from his regular partner in crime Reddick.<\/p>\n

Throughout the show Hamilton was accompanied by regular the regular POV UK touring drummer, but with the UK touring bassist also in attendance we were treated to an impromptu performance to a handful of not quite full band performance of a handful of their tracks. These included \u2019Rainy Day\u2019<\/i>, \u2019Because Of The Sun\u2019<\/i>, \u2019All I Ever Really Wanted\u2019<\/i> and an extended set closing rendition of \u2019Lonely Fish\u2019<\/i> playfully reworked in musical styles shouted about by the audience.<\/p>\n

It really is impossible not to like Ryan Hamilton<\/b> or his music. It\u2019s catchy, heartfelt and damn it could make you feel better about pretty anything. Full credit is also due to Hamilton for making the trip off the beaten path from the traditional Yorkshire tour stops, as well as to the promoter for taking the gamble to put on the show in an area whose live music scene is in dire need of a lift.<\/p>\n

3.5\/5<\/p>\n

Ryan Hamilton<\/strong> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Dane Wright (@MrDaneWright<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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