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Mark and I got to the gig a bit late (missing the support sorry!) and were quite surprised at how full the Met was for Iron & Wine<\/a>. When head honcho, the big bearded Samuel Beam lead his troops on, he too seemed a bit taken aback: “There’s a lot of you in here!” This incarnation of Iron & Wine saw 8 wonderfully talented musicians<\/a> on stage – how many drummers do you know that can double as an extra saxophone player?<\/p>\n The first couple of tracks had a real Zappa flavour to them with sax and xylophone interweaving. Incredibly complex melodies built around a wonderful rhythm section (with an extra guy on Vibes who was the dead spit of Dr Hope<\/a> from Holby City). The backing vocals were to die for<\/a>…….in fact its unfair to draw attention to any one of the band as they were all magnificent.<\/p>\n The last time we were at the Met was (to see the Guillemots) and Mark had got quite irate at all the students gabbing in the quiet bits – what’s the point of paying to get in, then not listen? The quiet bits in tonights show, of which there were quite a few, had no such problem – Samuel had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hand.<\/p>\n If you get the chance, you must go and see them – I just wish I hadn’t forgotten my camera thanks to Mark and his iPhone for the pic<\/p>\n