Carl + Brett + Jon at JD set

Photo by Chris Pearson

Waiting for input for those who were there, enjoy this NME review!

Ex-Libertine Carl Barat, ex-Suede singer Brett Anderson and Jon McClure of Reverend And The Makers united last night (October 8) for the JD Set gig in London.

The annual Jack Daniel's whisky-sponsored brand gig sees three musicians a year perform their own songs, covers and collaborations for a one-off gig backed by the New Silver Cornet Band – a band of veteran US musicians.

The frontmen sang The Velvet Underground's 'Venus In Furs' together at the end of the gig. Previously they had played a solo set each backed by the band, while Sex Pistols' Glen Matlock made a surprise cameo.

McClure played first, his set including his own band's songs 'Heavyweight Champion Of The World' and 'The Hidden Persuaders', plus 'This House Is Not A Motel' by Love. Matlock joined him for a rendition of Sex Pistols' 'Pretty Vacant'.

Anderson was up next, playing Suede songs including 'The Wild Ones', 'Killing Of A Flashoboy' and his set-closer 'Trash'.

Barat played The Libertines' 'The Good Old Days' and 'What Katy Did'. He also played 'Truth Begins' by his other old band, Dirty Pretty Things, plus covers, including Bertolt Becht's 'Alabama Song', famously covered in the '60s by The Doors.

Barat was then joined by McClure and Anderson on stage for their set-closing collaboration.

Plus, a snippet from The World of Que Pasa blog:

Finally it’s Carl Barat’s turn, which starts with a shambolic cover of Belle and Sebastian’s Get Me Away From Here I’m Dying before plunging into The Libertines’ What Katie Did. His cover of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s Alabama Song beats the odd choice of Noisette’s Wild Young Hearts. Luckily he turned things around with The Libertines’ The Good Old Days.
The bar closes after the trio cover Velvet Underground’s Shiny Boots of Leather and we head home powered by the sweet taste of American whiskey.