Our greatest soul singer, or idol claim?

OK, Dwarfers, work with me on this one.

Guy Sebastian.

First try to get over the Christian thing. Good. Now forget about the virginity bit. Great. Now, set aside the ‘Australian Idol’ stuff. Fantastic. Now we are ready to acknowledge that Guy Sebastian is one of the finest exponents of soul and R&B in the country, and he is only going to get better.

At The Gov on Tuesday night, a relaxed Guy Sebastian showed why he is such a class act. Having risen to fame in what many see as a ‘singing competition’ it’s just too glib to write him off as a transient pretty boy who’ll be here today and gone tomorrow, and too easy to overlook what a complete musician, songwriter, singer and performer he is. He is absolutely comfortable across the whole soul and R&B range and he can either caress or belt out a lyric with equal aplomb. His band of acoustic guitar, bass and violin suited him perfectly and allowed that voice, kissed by angels, to do what it does best.

He hasn’t produced the ‘killer album’ yet that he is capable of but watch this space. If his recent sojourn to Memphis pans out, this next album may be it. You certainly don’t get Booker T & the MGs to be your backing band and Steve Cropper to produce you if all you have is a pretty face.

At the moment, Guy Sebastian is ‘only’ great. In the future he could be our Sam Cooke or Aaron Neville. Get out and see him before you need a mortgage for a ticket.

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