Northern Renegades

Tonight we were treated to another great show from Natalie with songs old and new, lots different from her previous shows and every one enjoyed by our members.

She opened her concert with a song new to me but apparently adopted by the line dance fraternity, 'What Do You See', from 2006 by multi- award winning Canadian Trio, Doc Walker. Others to follow included, Mary Chapin Carpenter's, He Thinks He'll keep Her, the excellent Paul Overstreet / Don Schlitz's, There's No Heart So Strong, covered by Joni Harms, Jo Dee Messina's, Heads Carolina, Tails California, Kimber Clayton's, Train Wreck Of Emotion, Highway 101's, Somewhere Tonight, Heather Myles', Indigo Moon, Ann Taylor's, Home To Louisiana, Randy Travis', Three Wooden Crosses and to bring tonight's performance to a fine close, with enthusiastic applause from the audience, Pam Tillis's, Mi Vida Loca!

It was a welcome return to her home town tonight for Natalie and as expected she gave us a great concert of Country Music songs, mainly of the 'New' variety with a few golden oldies fore good measure.

Starting tonight with, You Were Right, from The McClymonts, she later included another song from these three sisters, Favourite Boyfriend Of The Year. Next came, By My Side, originally recorded by Lorrie Morgan and Jon Randall, followed by Hal Ketchum's, Small Town Saturday Night, Mary Chapin Carpenters, He Thinks He'll Keep Her, John Prine's, Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness, Shelly Lynn's, Restless and Does The Wind Still Blow In Oklahoma, from the catalogue of Reba McEntire and Jon Randall.

All songs were well received and appreciated by dancers and listeners alike. Other numbers featured were Hank Williams', Jambalaya, Don Williams', Tulsa Time, Rodney Crowell's, Stars On The Water, John Denver's, Leaving On A Jet Plane and George Strait's, Write This Down, two tohers worth of a note were one written by husband Tony Dallas, Falling Out Of Love Again and Heart Of An Angel, a song from a German Duo, Modern Talking.

Natalie's non - stop show included no fewer than forty songs and performances like this evening's can only sustain her popularity here.

Tonight the lovely Natalie was making her first appearance in our club as a solo artiste, having performed here before with husband Tony , and what a great show she put on.

Starting with Tanya Tucker's, If It Don't Come Easy, she continued with Joni Harms', You Don't Need To Knock, Steve Earl's, Galway Girl and Buddy Jewell's, Help Pour Out The Rain ( Lacey's song).

Modern songs continued with J.J. Cale / Eric Clapton's, Ride The River, Lonestar's, Two Bottles Of Beer and the Bellamy Brothers, Native American.

Older songs were also presented, featuring Don Gibson's, Ashes Of Love, Hank Williams', Jambalaya and Your Cheatin' Heart, The Springfield's, Silver Threads And Golden Needles, Crystal Gayle's, Why Have You Left The One You Left Me For and Merle Haggard's, Truck Drivin' Man.

Each song was well appreciated and applauded by our members, suiting both dancers and listeners alike. All in all, Natalie sang forty one songs and with shows like this, she will always be welcome here.

February 8th 2007 Natalie Diamond and Tony Dallas

Tonight's entertainers were making their first appearance at our club since their inuagual concert together in November 2005.

Natalie is one of four sisters and originally from Burton on Trent, she learned to play violin at school, eventually performing in an orchestra. She emigrated to Canada in 1992 and whilst there developed her music skills by writing songs for a couple of bands.

However, she always harboured a love for country music and three years after her return to England in 1999, started to sing songs of this genre, doing professional gigs from 2005.

Tony hails from Nottingham and was raised on country music making his first public appearance at age 11. For several years he played in ' Pop ' bands and on meeting Natalie decided to try his hand at country music, first appearing as a Duo in November 2005.

Each of them has a powerful, melodic voice, share lead and harmony vocals. Natalie plays rhythm guitar and Tony excels on lead guitar.

Having seen them on numerous occasions, I knew that our members would be impressed by their performance. Their concert was a lovely, lively mix of old and new enjoyed by dancers and listeners alike. Old numbers included, Louisiana Saturday Night, Tall Tall Trees, Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad, Coalminer's Daughter, and What I've Got In Mind. More recent songs included, Two Steppin' Texas Blue, Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off, Wave On Wave, A Little Past Little Rock, Suds In The Bucket and more.

Every song was delivered in fine style but I must make special mention of Natalie's interpretation of Julie Robert's, Unlove Me and Garth Brooks's, Calling Baton Rouge, and Tony's version of Keith Urban's, Somebody Like You and Rodney Atkins's, If You're Going Through Hell, and their duet of Dolly and Porter's, Silver and Gold, a special treat.

With shows like this it is easy to see why this duo is one of the most popular and sought - after on the country circuit.