Aided and abetted by fellow White Denim band member Steve Terebecki and three other extremely well drilled Texan pals, James Petralli’s set at Sticky Mike's on Tuesday was certainly tight.

But it was also long – or at least it felt that way - with the one excellent album he's produced as Bop English played in full, interspersed with plenty of new material and a cover of Little Richard’s Lucille.

There was no doubt Petralli’s voice was a treasure, pitched somewhat unexpectedly in the same region of Stevie Wonder.

His guitar playing too – particularly when guesting with local support act The Spit Shake Sisters - was sublime.

But occasionally his music veered over into an all-too smooth, Santana-esque schmaltz that its recorded equivalents never do.

The encore, however, was surprisingly unimpressive, and found Terebecki and other band members take to the microphone for turgid run-throughs of 1970s rock 'classics' for ten minutes.

While it didn’t damage the evening too much, it did illustrate further how with just a little reining in, some self-editing, and with the restraint Petralli demonstrates in the studio, Bop English could very easily be the best live band around.

Three stars