Dr Hook, Assembly Hall, Worthing

10:36am Monday 12th March 2007

Dressed in a red waistcoat and ruffle-collared shirt, Locorriere skipped out energetically to the opening bars of Walk Right In.

Bounding from one side of the stage to the other, the former Dr Hook singer and guitarist was clearly glad to be back on this celebratory Hits & History tour.

Sticking to a collection of catchy country hits, comical offerings, such as You Make My Pants Want to Get Up and Dance, were woven in among classic Hook ballads, such as I Don't Want to be Alone Tonight, More Like the Movies and a cover of Sam Cooke's Only Sixteen. Locorriere remained faithful to the old records and his voice - sometimes a throaty rasp and often cracking with emotion - marked him out as the superstar he should have been.

His between-song banter was gushy but cute, as he paid tribute to one-time Dr Hook songwriter Shel Silverstein, and detailed his bemusement at hearing about the use of Sexy Eyes on a cat food commercial.

A solo acoustic version of Sylvia's Mother did the business and the crowd were upstanding following an encore performance of Years From Now. Locorriere's show was a beautiful wave of nostalgia from a truly entertaining performer and gentleman.