Jools Holland 2007/2008 Hootenanny

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The fantastic annual Hootenanny show is now starting to reach YouTube so let's have some thoughts about it here and share the videos

This band is quite popular now finally. Mika

Here are the videos from their appearance at the Jools Holland Hootenanny 2007 show

Ain't Got No Life

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Grace Kelly

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and here is the fantastic finale

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I quite like this Jazzy/Musical-ish "I Should Be So Lucky"

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and here is "2 Hearts" also Kylie Minogue

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and "Come On Strong"

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Thanks for poting these FP... looks like it was an excellent show.

Boy, Mika has really exploded on the scene hasn't he? I like the guy, definitely makes me think of Freddy Mercury but with his own brand of quirkiness.

Great to see Kylie back into the swing of things. I liked her "2 Hearts", though the rest of her songs were not too remarkable. She sure has come through her obstacles like a champ though.

I have to find the "Got To Get You Into My Life" performance.

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Here is the amazing Ruby Turner who I have seen with Jools's band a few times on stage.

This is a bit what you get at a Jools Holland concert.

Ruby Turner has done backing vocals for so many artists including the Rolling Stones, Ron Wood's solo album with George on it, UB 40, Brian Ferry, Steve Winwood....

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Here is a nice article

JOOLS Holland holds court in the middle of the studio. “Every time I say Hootenanny, what do you say in return?” he asks. “Hootenanny!” comes the response.

Billed by the warm-up comedian as “the glue that holds this show together,” Jools looks absolutely in his element geeing-up the small audience and crowd of celebrity guests.

First things first, Hootenanny is broadcast over midnight tonight, and is a perfect way to see in the New Year. It’s a lively mix of the best in music, interspersed with light-hearted chats with some of the on-looking VIPs in attendance, as well as the musical stars performing.

It’s not transmitted live - sorry to shatter any illusions out there - but the pretence is kept up to the last. Jools even jokes that anyone who tells the truth about the pre-recorded nature of the show after leaving the studio at BBC Television Centre will be “tracked down, along with their families, and slain by archers”.

In reality, it’s been an open secret for years that the show is filmed a few weeks before New Year’s Eve, but there’s nothing fake about the emotions on-set, from the jubilation of watching the bands play, through to getting carried away with the streamers, party poppers and of course, a big sing-along of Auld Lang Syne at `midnight’.

This year’s line-up consists of Sir Paul McCartney, Kylie, Madness, Kaiser Chiefs, Kate Nash, Eddie Floyd, Lulu, Ruby Turner, Seasick Steve and Duffy - an impressive blend of Jools’s old friends, and regulars on his Later show, while the latter two artists were invited back on because of their recent dazzling performances.

Duffy, only 23 years of age, evokes Dusty Springfield when she sings, and tonight, whether she’s belting out The First Cut Is The Deepest or singing a duet with soul legend Eddie Floyd, she manages to more than hold her own. You’ll be hearing a lot more about her over the next 12 months.

McCartney, ably backed by Jools’s world-famous Rhythm And Blues Orchestra, sings two songs - a Beatles’ classic and a special duet with Kylie - but you’ll have to tune in to find out exactly what.

“There’s a great vibe in here tonight, I’m very happy to be involved,” says Sir Paul during filming, before offering a few of his own predictions for the coming 12 months. “I think Liverpool is going to be a magical City Of Culture throughout 2008, and really show itself in a new light. Come on Liverpool!”

The stellar line-up of artists is only rivalled by the Who’s Who lurking in the audience. Top names from the world of Formula 1 racing are out in force, headed up by Bernie Ecclestone and family and Jackie Stewart.

David Tennant is also in the room, and between gaps in filming can be seen catching up with his new friend and Doctor Who co-star Kylie. He’s also something of a Kate Nash fan by the looks of it, walking right up to her stage to sing and dance along while she plays.

Former England manager Steve McClaren watches on while trying not to make himself noticed, although his cover is quickly blown when the warm-up guy, known as The Man With The Beard, points him out.

“Bless him, he’s got a bit more time on his hands to come to things like this these days,” he jokes.

Rory Bremner and John Culshaw, as one might expect, offer up a few impressions during their chats with Jools, while Lenny Henry calls for the BBC to increase the number of black men in their period dramas.

“I think I’d look very good in a bonnet,” he says, before Meera Syal, seated on the opposite side of the studio with husband Sanjeev Bhaskar, announces her plans for a TV adaptation of Pride And Prejudice, starring herself as Elizabeth and Lenny as Mr Darcy.

The mood on-set is, to say the least, jovial, and despite the fact we’re in reality faking New Year’s Eve on December 13, it feels more like an end-of-year celebration than many a genuine Hogmanay.

“I think we’ve captured something very special,” says Jools in the bar after filming has finished. “I might even say it’s the best one we’ve ever done. The balance of artists was perfect, and each of them performed beautifully. The atmosphere was just fantastic.”

Normally, Jools would refrain from picking a highlight on his own show, but, as only an hour earlier Kylie was laid stretched out on top of his piano seductively singing as he played, this occasion is slightly different.

“That piano will never be cleaned or polished again,” he says, still slightly flustered. “Any time Kylie wants to come back and do that, she’s very welcome.”

Life On Mars star John Simm is also on a high, now the cameras have stopped rolling. The stand-out moment for him, a well-known Beatles fan, is also quite easy to guess.

“It has to be seeing Paul McCartney,” he says. “I mean, it’s Paul McCartney! I’ve seen him once before at Glastonbury, which is obviously a slightly bigger set-up than something like this. Glastonbury was one of the best experiences of my life.

“I watch Later… every week, so I was really glad to see Duffy back on again. She has that smoky Dusty Springfield/Nina Simone thing to her voice that Amy Winehouse has. Duffy was amazing, and it’s been a brilliant night.”

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You can watch most of the show here on the BBC "Later With Jools" site

http://www.bbc.co.uk/later/series30/hootenanny/