THERE must have been a few broken wineglasses and upturned candleabras on Sunday, as the sedate open air dining scene with the backdrop of the stately Shugborough Hall was transformed into a boogie-woogie mosh pit.

While dark clouds threatened overhead, the field was thankfully spared a soaking, as a more mature audience pushed their garden chairs aside to make room to shake their tail feathers.

Although Holland took centre stage, a stream of solos poured forth from a 16- strong pool of saxophones, trombones, trumpets, percussion, guitar, bass, drums and an organ.

First guest to step up to the microphone was singer Rosie May dressed like a china doll in a floaty grey puff sleeved dress, whose performance of Muddy Waters' classic I Got My Mojo Working roused most people to their feet despite generous helpings of sandwiches and sausage rolls. Followed by Lancashire lass Louise Marshall, the pair proved a great addition to Jools harem of performers.

Undoubtedly one of the highlights of the evening though, was guest singer Alison Moyet, whose unique deep sultry tones transported the crowd from a Staffordshire cow field to an intimate blues bar. The slimmed-down Yazoo singer dressed all in black, treated the audience to some of her greatest hits including, the well-loved, Only You.

It would have been a treat to see an entire concert of Moyet, or any of the other soloists, but to see them all together was a musical feast.

Gilson Lavis, the former Squeeze drummer, proved he still had the energy of a three-year-old on a diet of jelly beans, with a drum solo which left no section of kit untouched, so the contrasting performance by the almost horizontal reggae legend Rico Rodriguez was a real delight.

Introduced by Holland as the "Boogie Woogie queen", Gospel star Ruby Turner then cranked the crowd up a gear so swaying turned to serious bopping and hip bumping. Jools and Ruby have been a touring partnership for many years, and the result is a seamless night of truly quality entertainment.

Kerryanne Clancy