Gary Roberts

I went to Statlers bar in the gay village Saturday night, to watch my work colleague and friend, Ricky sing. She has a regular gig there and I'd already seen her perform on one occasion, but a few weeks ago I promised another colleague, Mary, I'd go with her and maybe throw some pennies at Ricky while she was onstage. Statlers is a nice little bar and the staff there are friendly and attentive, and this is where I met Mary as we watched Ricky wander around the bar before her act, greeting her friends and full of nervous energy.

We got a good seat near the window as the bar started to fill fairly quickly and Ricky took to the stage and introduced her pianist, Diane, and her drummer Tom; both of whom were excellent musicians! Diane has a deadpan look on her face pretty much all the time, which makes the comments and quips she throws at Ricky really quite funny. The pair of them had a good repartee going all through the show and it was fun to watch them both. Ricky has a fair set of pipes on her, too. She can certainly blast those tunes out, which is no surprise given she used to be a backing singer with Anne Murray during some of her earlier tours in the States.

Her act was great and she really drew in the crowds that night. All in all, the evening was a huge success for Little Miss Rické; she had the audience in the palm of her hand and did a good job entertaining us with her concert hall act and constant banter with Diane.

I just wish she could play the trumpet as well as she sings. You may need to turn down your speaker volume before hitting the play button in the video below...