The Manfreds and Friends in Belfast - October 1999 Short

The Maximum R&B Show in Belfast's Waterfront hall. The Manfreds and their guests Alan Price, Chris Farlowe, McGuiness Flint and Colin Blunstone provided a show. The Manfreds -- under their original name of Manfred Mann -- had eight hits with Paul Jones as vocalist and another seven with his replacement Mike D'Abo and both vocalists have joined the reunion. Thus we had D'Abo animatedly delivering Ha Ha Said The Clown, Just Like A Woman and Fox On The Run, while Jones, a consummate showman, contributed the likes of 5-4-3-2-1 and the irresistible Pretty Flamingo and showed the evening's fleetest footwork when, at one point, he just narrowly managed to save himself from tumbling off stage.
The Manfreds' guests all impressed during their mini-sets. Colin Blunstone delighted many with his pure vocals on Zombies' hits like She's Not There and solo hits like I Don't Believe in Miracles; Chris Farlowe's raw soulful vocals were magnificent on Out Of Time, All Or Nothing and others; and Alan Price was outstanding on classics such as Oh Lucky Man and House of the Rising Sun.(From the Irish News 16th October 1999)