With two albums now firmly under their belts, and a third due out later this year, it was nice to see a supportive crowd at Ashover's Black Swan giving them the respect they deserve.

Opening with Pride and Joy it wasn't long before guitarist Dave Robinson moved into overdrive.

If you've never seen him play and you're a guitar purist who likes to be entertained, go watch him in action.

In all my years I've never seen or heard of him doing a bad show.
Interspersing rock and blues covers with their own self-penned compositions proved a winning formula as bare-footed vocalist Phil Allen's voice was as smooth and powerful as ever.

Although not my favourite artist, we had the obligatory tunes by Hendrix, but it was the band's own songs that I preferred, like The Colour Of Love from The Devil Makes Work album.

Musically, The Idle Hands may not be to everyone's liking but there's no denying that this very likable and under-rated unit have more talent than many professional bands I could name.

All over Great Britain nearly every town has a music scene, but I'm starting to think that here in Derbyshire not only have we an extensive one, but we also have a talented one.

ROY GOODALL