22 May 2006

A damp Sunday night seemed a far cry from the Sixties summer of love. But it took Grimsby-based band the Imposters just a few great numbers to set their audience swaying and rolling back the years at Grimsby Auditorium.

The Ultimate 60s Show with The Imposters, Grimsby Auditorium This was a really excellent show - a slick and impressive production with almost 50 of the best hits of the last century and all played live by four terrific musicians, playing a hometown gig at the peak of their talents.

Music from the Beatles, Hollies, Cliff, the Shadows, and a dozen more massive names were not just performed, but given the full treatment.

Classic outfits, wigs and accents all made for a slightly tongue-in-cheek but marvellously effective piece of nostalgia where tapping your feet, swaying and clapping was simply infectious as tune after tune rolled out of this music machine - and that was just the first half.

Particularly good was the Monkees set with Daydream Believer to end a half that was especially rocked by the Hippy Hippy Shake, Summer Holidays, Needles and Pins and Orbison's Pretty Woman.

The second half began with the band's tribute to Sergeant Pepper complete with psychedelic outfits straight off the album cover.

For the Imposters, celebrating 25 years in the business, this was their forte after many years appearing under the alter ego of Beatles tribute specialists the Piggies.

We continued with the California sound of the Byrds, a vibrant Who with a seriously energetic Roger Daltry, Donovan's Mellow Yellow, Simon and Garfunkel rocking it up to Mrs Robinson and a major Rolling Stones set to finish.

For effort and enjoyment, long may the Imposters continue to thrill. They are Ian Latimer and Mitch Deighton alongside new boys Ricky Barber and Greg Webb. They deserved the cheers that accompanied every song and the dancing in the aisles finale of Hi Ho Silver Lining was pure gold.

David Peasgood