Solo artist Jason rightly relies on his guitar skills and gritty rock vocals to succeed, and succeed he did at The General tonight. A good Friday evening crowd made up for the under par Saturday evening numbers that saw him at the same venue a few months back.

Use of backing tracks can be frowned on at times but Jason's personality overcomes the doubters. If you need a guide as to what to expect from Jason, then Bowie, T Rex and Free would be a good collective description.

My favourites on the night were "Children of The Revolution" by T Rex and not forgetting Ziggy who played guitar, which isn't a track I hear every Friday; a nice change to see some variation.

At the end of the first set laughter broke out as pub landlord Gary put the pub jukebox on to keep the cracking atmosphere going. After being blown away by Jason's rock, Enya's "Evening Falls" was the first tune out of the box on the wall, some contrast. We were soon back on track as the large, happy crowd soaked up "Comfortably Numb" and my favourite of the later tracks, "Black Night".

A good night all round. If you like your rock, put Jason S in your diary. DH

Dennis Hodgkins

firstly sorry in delay in writing this. Have been following BAD PENNY for a couple of years now and they are fantastic . This was first time we saw Jason solo show and WOW just as good. keep on rocking. thank you x

SUE BOWERS

Hi Jason, just wanted to say we really enjoyed your set on Friday, especially your lyrical guitar leads which made such a pleasant change to all the guitar shredders out there. IMHO your playing was up with Mick Taylor, Gary Moore, Eric Clapton and David Gilmore etc and with your own style. It was disappointing that more people weren't there to applaud you, but everyone there gave you a standing ovation to show their appreciation. Thanks for a great night.

Peter Gorton