I saw Peggy Sue live for the first time at the London Southbank Centre’s sold out Laura Marling & Friends show last August, and then again at last year’s Open House Festival supporting Beth Orton. Each time I’ve seen them, they’ve proven themselves to be interesting, intelligent and talented musicians and songwriters, and this year’s Open House show was no exception. Supporting Seasick Steve, the three-piece – Olly, Rosa and Katy – played to a packed out 2,000 capacity festival tent, and I don’t think there was one person in the audience who weren’t utterly impressed by the raw and beautiful sounds they created.
Playing a range of songs, old and new, the real highlight for me was ‘The Sea, The Sea’, towards the end of their set. This was the first song I ever heard by the band, and it’s great to see them still performing it. The passionate and sometimes chaotic nature of their music was received well by Steve’s older, non gig-goer sort of audience. I look forward to seeing them at a headline show sometime soon…until then, you can read my interview with the band, expected on The Blue Walrus next week.
