KEITH POTGER IN UNIQUE ONE-OFF SHOW WITH THE NEW SEEKERS
The New Seekers and Spiral Promotions are delighted to announce
that Keith will be joining the group in a unique, one-off show which will take place on Thursday, March 15th at the Fairfield Halls,
Croydon, as part of his UK tour next year.
Book Keith Now! Contact Shelley Bovey at Circle Music on +44 (0)1458 833033 Email
As many of you will know, Keith formed The New Seekers after The Seekers broke up in 1968, devastating thousands of fans. He
performed in concerts with his new group and recorded their first album with them in 1970: `Keith Potger And The New Seekers`.
In this history-making new show, Keith will perform solo for the first half. After the interval he will join the group for a
nostalgic and memorable reunion in much-loved hits like `I`d Like To Teach The World To Sing` and others. This will be
a memorable and exciting evening for fans to enjoy the music of today and also to turn the clock back for a little while. Tickets
are now on sale from the Box Office on 0208 688 9291
In the closing years of the last decade, three great singers lost their voice. Two, who you know well by name, never got theirs back:
Bob Dylan, finally reduced to the sub-basement blues born of a lifetime of smoking and "never-ending tour" shouting, and once silky-voiced
Gordon Lightfoot, whose lung problems have reduced his golden chords to a whisper. Thankfully, the third, the less-heralded (by name
at least, outside his native Australia) Keith Potger of the Seekers and Georgy Girl fame, has recovered his lost chords and released
a long overdue CD, Secrets of the Heart. Words cannot do justice to the scintillating syrup of Keith's voice; it is everything Lightfoot
had and more, and all that Billy Joel aspired to in his more mainstream ballads. You never ate a stack of griddle cakes with a warmer,
tastier topping than Keith's voice when poured over a song. And when this completely clicks, as in the title track and another heart-felt
number, Your Heart Will Always Be My Home, it is magical. Overall, a majority of the tracks on this eminently listenable and tuneful
outing reach a glorious harmony of voice, words and melody. A few, the first track, Good Friends, among them, stray a bit too far
into MOR for these ears, but even then Keith's vocals rescue every number. Easy listening is always a danger with a voice so smooth;
Dylan himself went there on Nashville Skyline. And Lightfoot, Tom Rush and others dating back to Belafonte strayed from folk to pop.
In that tradition, when any songwriter is so sincere, they run the risk of tasting saccharine, and thankfully Keith's syrup only flows
that way once or twice. The rest of the time, you just want him to go on singing forever. If there is a perfect Sunday morning or
sunset disc, this is it. Put it on and eat it up.