The Deadbeats

The Deadbeats – Late N Live, Monday early AM

The main stages were silent now and we were heading for the car parks when we passed the controlarms.org tent and noticed on the whiteboard outside that the Deadbeats were due on shortly. We collapsed in the lounge, over emotional from another weekend of thrills and fantastic music to await their arrival on stage.

Not long after they bustled onstage and brought their country tinged blues tunes with them, and it was a fantastic end to our festival. Their music is simple and from the heart and although I can remember none of what they played I’m sure they did at least one cover I knew the words to.

Perhaps the songs I’d heard them do earlier in the weekend at the Acoustic Tent had stuck in my head but it mattered not, for this was music to soothe, to revitalise and even despite the blisters to dance to. They impressed me so much I bought the unsigned CD there and then, which they have contributed to.

The four of them play as though they’ve been together forever. Simple guitars flowed over the keyboards that add flavour and complexity to the solid backbeat of bass and drums. Front man Sam Hammond’s warm blues tinged voice was fantastic and wrapped us into the music. The delighted audience rapturously received each song and I’d have loved it to go on forever. Even though they did play for some time. They are clearly destined for greater things and it was a real delight to see how much they were enjoying the songs they delivered.

They tried to leave but were forced back for another encore and it was a memorable end to Glastonbury for us. We wandered back to the car arm in arm singing one of the lines they’d provided for us over and over.

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