The night when Carly learned a very valuable lesson...

When the song Elusive played on my radio five years ago I became an immediate fan of singer Scott Matthews. I bought his Passing Strangers album and became absolutely obsessed played it constantly and told anyone who would listen that he was a Legend. I remember it being around the time I had come across and fallen in love with Nick Drake's old albums and Scott matched his music style just beautifully. Lo and behold a fan was born.

A few years back I remember being in Belfast on a night out and while the evening in question is hazy I still remember coming across a poster of a past gig of his and remembering being absolutely horrified that I had missed it by two days! TWO DAYS!! How could he have been in the country AND I MISSED IT??!!

Anyway my obsession calmed itself down over the years until I heard him playing live on the Dermot O'Leary show on Radio 2 a few weeks ago. I immediately went to itunes and got it on my ipod and I fell in love all over again. The album in question is What the Night Delivers and I cannot begin to even tell you how beautiful it is. I was talking to my friend about it by email and forced him asked him very politely to listen to the song that I had entirely fallen in love with - Walking Home in the Rain - he did, loved it (naturally) and then wrote that he was playing in Auntie Annie's the next weekend and did I want to go.....!!

I didn't even politely hesitate, I think I squealed YES while I typed YEEEEEEESSSSSS at the same time. One week later and Scott Matthews sang soley to me. And um, a packed room... but it may as well have been just for me. As my friend is completely uneducated in fine music hadn't heard too much of Scott's music (shocking) it was fun to see his reaction to him singing live and I have to say it's on my list of favourite gigs. I never believed I'd hear and see him play live so I had the biggest goofiest smile on the planet. He's on tour and I urge everyone to check it out!

As I was working Sunday I left after the gig and arrived home to then be texted by my friend:
'See what you missed lol' and to it he attached a picture of him AND SCOTT MATTHEWS!!!!

Not only did he get a photo with him but they shared banter and had a debate over Dylan and Morrison!! I sent some horrified texts because afterall my friend knew NOTHING of Scott Matthews until I made him listen to his music and there he was CHATTING to him!!! After I huffed up the stairs and threw myself onto my bed in a strop that Scarlett O'Hara would have given me a 10 for, I got a 2nd text: 'He told me to tell you hi as I was talking about you to him lol so there's the message passed on.'

While I'm pretty sure my friend spoke sentences such as 'I'm only here because my truly awesome ledge of a friend Carly made me listen to your music' and 'Yeah, she's got such good music taste, I'm totally in awe of her.' I still think he should have called me and then asked Scott to sing to me down the phone. I mean, it's ONLY fair right??!! ;)

So here's my lesson: Even if it's a work night, never ever EVER leave a Scott Matthews gig until after you've met him.

Anyway, here is the song that got me my lovely ticket to see the awesome Scott Matthews.
(Thank you Anthony :) !!)




And one more. You know you want to! :)




**Note added - Should these songs find you heading to youtube to hear more you should at least check out: Dream Song, and his cover of Bob Marley's Is this love**