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Artist: Rumer Title: Open Mic Night Venue: Cobden Club City:   London, England, UK Date: Tuesday, 10 Apr 2007 Collection:   Attended     Wishlist  Community:

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Rumer and award-winning TV and musical composer Steve Brown's partnership dates back to April 2007 when the former, at the insistence of her then‑manager, had reluctantly agreed to perform at an open mic night at London's Cobden Club. The latter was there, under similar pain, to watch his son Lenny play bass in his band.

"I was thinking, 'The only way I'm gonna get through this is with a lot of vodka and tonic,'” Brown grins, before recalling his first impressions of Rumer. "She looked like someone must have been pointing a gun at her to get her on stage. I could see she really didn't want to be there. She was holding a guitar like she was picking it up for the first time. She looked incredibly uncomfortable and I distinctly remember having the thought: 'This will be a shambles.'

"Then, within about 20 seconds, I remember thinking, 'Wow, I got that wrong.' She started with 'Come To Me High', she did 'On My Way Home', she did 'Slow'. I found myself impatient for her to finish the song, so she could get on to the next one. I wanted to hear more. I was just blown away. I thought she had a really lovely voice, but actually it was the songs that did it for me.”

This is taken from a March 2011 article in Sound On Sound magazine entitled "Steve Brown & Rumer: Recording Seasons Of My Soul". The full article can be found here.

The exact date of these performances at the Cobden Club in April 2007 is not known (a date needed to be included in the 45worlds database, but if anyone has accurate knowledge of the date, please let us know).

Neither is it known who else appeared at the club that night.

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