On Wednesday we headed up to Camden to see Gavin Creel play a set at the Jazz Cafe. I've seen Gavin sing a few times in his role as Claude in 'Hair', but not seen him perform his own songs before, so I wasn't entirely sure what to expect.
On he came with a guitarist and percussionist (who also played the air trumpet) and launched into two new songs before alternating between songs from his album and ep, new songs and a smattering of covers (including a fun cover of 'I Kissed A Girl'). Gavin has a good stage presence, chatting away to the crowd, telling us his personal history with London, joking how some of our pubs are older than his country and then back into a song. His band were excellent too, creating a big sound with just the two of them. Gavin has a very natural and versatile voice, not stage-y at all, and his songs are what I can only think of as gentle. Here's a video of him singing 'Hot Ohio' at the Jazz Cafe:
We met him briefly after the show and he talked about the new record he was planning for late next year - the songs sound excellent so it should be good. He seems a very nice lad, willing to stay and chat to the many fans hanging around to meet him afterwards. It'll be interesting to see what he does next with his career.
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