After an amazing set by the Polyphonic Spree at Moseley Folk Festival last weekend, including all 14 of them joining the Monkees for an encore, I found myself wondering what on earth was going on with them. Where they serious, or is it a joke? As I set off through the crowd to those two essentials of festival life, bar and toilet, I found the keyboard player of the Spree walking towards me. He was easy to recognise, even without the flowing white robes, being 7 foot tall with striking hair. He looked friendly so I stopped him and told him what a great show it was. He smiled even more than before, and said: 'it's impossible not to be happy, being on stage like that 'So I asked him…’Listen….is the band serious, or humorous? 'He beamed down at me and answered,‘Yes’
Kevin Hand
