Mardons Social Club said:

‘FULL HOUSE FOR JOHNY’S DAY OUT’

The Social Club would like to say a huge thank you to Tom, Sam, Lewis and Alex of Johny’s Day Out for their sensationalShowcase Night performance on April 23rd.

Local lads, Johny’s Day Out were Winners of The 2009 Somerset Guardian Battle of The Bands and also Winners of 2009 Midsomer Norton Mardi Gras …so we had high expectations. 

From the off, they far exceeded their reputation. Enthusiastically launching into their set and playfully interacting with the younger members of their audience - who quickly got to their feet and danced along.

The club was near its capacity (if not at it) and the age range of the audience couldn’t have been greater - yet Johny’s Day Out managed to please everyone. Impressively covering popular songs and interleaving them with their own well crafted material. Their obvious enjoyment of performing live and playing great music was infectious.

Their more mellow half-time accoustic set was equally impressive, with an excellent, stripped down cover of Deep Blue Something’s eighties hit ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’, a surprising but well recieved choice. 

One of the many highlights of the night was the performance of the bands self penned ‘Running’, an obvious fan favourite with a quirky bit of tuneful whistling thrown in for good measure.

Musically they were note perfect and the strong vocals excellent, a real feel good band, that we will definitely be seeing perform at the club in the future
…why hadn’t we booked them before???!!! 

A perfect ending to a glorious summer day!

The Somerset Guardian said:

With influences ranging from Nirvana to Green Day to The Eagles, there was no denying I was interested to see how the final band of the evening Johny’s Day Out was going to fuse such varied influences. But elements of all these (and more), could be traced in their no-nonsense hard rock sound which soon had heads nodding in the audience.

Looking comfortable in front of their large loyal following, Johny’s Day Out proved a tight unit and belted out their finely-tuned set with style and passion.

In frontman Tom, the band has a really talented vocalist and rhythm guitarist, while lead guitarist Sam showed genuinely impressive musicianship throughout. Ultimately, when those talents are combined with the stylish skills of bassist Lewis and drummer Alex, as well as a dedicated fanbase, what you have got is a winning set. A polished performance from a band which gave the heat stages of BotB 2009 a satisfactory closure.

The Somerset Guardian said:

I have to say hats off to Johny’s Day Out for not following fashion…In my opinion, not too many young bands today would entertain the idea of reaching for a copy of Hotel California by The Eagles and emulating it’s “classic rock” sound.There is a self-assured confidence in their approach to songwriting which reflects a desire to play the kind of music they obviously love. I don’t think I have heard a frontman perform a whistling solo since Axl Rose on Guns N Roses’ Patience, however, Tom Seymour throws one in for good measure on the track Running and there is more than one lighter-in-the-air moment during a set which is all met with utter devotion by their friends and family.Indeed, their fans hang on every word, gleefully bouncing and cheering along and, as JDO amp up the classic rock to 11, the haze of happiness felt by their followers spreads around the rest of the crowd.