It is not the first time that Show Of Hands have sold out the Royal Albert Hall. The Devon folksters have a loyal following who seemingly are quite happy to shell out to see the band at the venerable venue. They are fine musicians (Phil Beer has previously played with the Albion band and Mike Oldfield amongst others) who produce pleasant and melodic folk music. However, I found their music ultimately rather bland. They don't have the edge of others of their ilk such as Fairport Convention for example. They're basically just too 'nice'.
However, they do stand out for providing the most toe-curlingly cringeworthy moment that I have ever witnessed at a gig: when Steve Knightley proposed to his girlfriend who was in a box towards the back of the venue. The young lady responded with a decidedly uncertain 'maybe'. Let's hope it all ended happily ever after for them.
The highlight of the gig was when they were joined by Ralph McTell who sang (what else?) "Streets Of London". All in all it the Show Of Hands experience was a reasonably pleasant one, but not one that I would necessarily want to repeat.
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