It's been a long time since big Mike Markey climbed the stairs up to the club room and along with ace guitarist Nick Jones the wait was well worth it. Around 30 of us witnessed a bagful of songs of love, jealousy, pain, heartbreak, humour, alcohol and anything else those great bluesmen and women wrote about. Mike's voice switched between city and country styles effortlessly as his harp seamlessly punctuated the vocal lines. Nicks driving guitar work, whether on acoustic or slide was of the highest order, particularly impressive was the unison work with some of the vocal lines. Tunes such as Kidney Stew and It Should Have Been Me were belted out with vim and vigour and the enthusiastic applause from the knowledgable audience underlined their universal enjoymentof a thoroughly entertaining night.