The Tea Party
Festival Hall, Brisbane, Friday 22 October 1999
by Rachel

Being a dedicated Tea Party fan, I have to say this concert was very spiritual in comparison to their previous concerts that I've had the pleasure to be at. I was disappointed that it didn't rock as they normally do but this could also have something to do with the crowd as it seemed that everyone was just standing back absorbing the atmosphere. They played songs from all of their albums and a couple of my favourites, one off their new album, Triptych, 'Heaven Coming Down' and one off their 2nd album, Edges of Twilight, 'Turn The Lamp Down Low' were just delightful but to my dismay, they didn't play 'The River' which normally brings the house down. Jeff Martin was in fine form but didn't play a majority of the instruments he normally does. I was quite surprised when he did a rendition of 'Hallelujah', it was like a tribute to Jeff Buckley, it was really beautiful and I think majority of the crowd really appreciated it. Overall, the concert was great (how can a Tea Party concert not be) but I wished that they came out for a 2nd encore. I would have loved to made to their Nambour gig as I heard that this one did rock!