Harmony – vocal, instrumental, professional and probably marital – was demonstrated powerfully by the country group My Darling Clementine on tour with their album The Reconciliation at Shoreham’s Ropetackle.

In a very grown-up gig indeed, seven marvellous musicians of a certain age and a very great deal of talent and experience, sang, plucked and strummed classic numbers such as A Good Year For The Roses, Departure Lounge and No Good In Goodbye.

Lead singer Michael Weston King, of the chocolate baritone and porkpie hat, opened with a pastiche wedding to real wife Lou Dalgleish, whose comically acid melancholia flavoured many of the heartaching lyrics.

Feet-stomping tempi and ear-bashing rhythms came from Martin Belmont, Kevin Foster and Alan Cook on guitars, Liam Grundy on keyboard, and Neil Bullock on percussion, but perhaps just a shade too consistently heavyweight for a small hall.

And a little monotonous? Maybe. Singer Shauna Parker, of the Saloon Bar Band, described herself as a warm-up, which doesn’t do justice to her warm rich voice nor to the clever vocal harmonies and guitar skills of her partner Mike Ross.