AT an age when most of his contemporaries are lounging on the supper club circuit, Uncle Edwin continues to tread the boards in rather less salubrious venues; a career move which brought him up to Glasgow's legendary dancehall as the second show from A & R Events who presented Tommy Hunt .

As ever, Edwin doesn't waste time getting on down: he simply slams you with hit after hit, powered along by The Team, an awesome 11-piece band who are one of the tightest bands you'll ever have the pleasure to see or hear.

So off we went at 100mph with SOS, Headline News, Backstreets, Time, Agent 00 Soul and 25 Miles getting around 600 sweaty punters onto the dancefloor. There was the obligatory "tribute" to fallen soul stars in the middle, including a steamroller version of Get Ready and a rather less convicing one of Dock Of The Bay, before he was back to his own hits, including an estatic Happy Radio and Contact.

Then he was off, portly and purposeful, smiling all the while and still giving the impression that he really cares, both for his musical heritage and his audience.

As for the rest of the night, it was oldies all the way - which suited a predominantly "oldies" audience of scooterists, skinheads, and Wigan old-timers (a few flares in evidence). Latterly we were treated to Jimmy uffin's He Who Picks A Rose, Ace Spectrum, and Gladys Knight but the evening was an oldies one although there were one or two interesting 45's which I hadn't heard for a while thrown in, including the fabulous Hold Hands With One Another by Terry Collins which had me reaching for the talc and dancing like an 18 year-old rather than a 42 year-old.

But hey - if Edwin can grow old disgracefully then so can I. And if James Brown's the Godfather of Soul, then Edwin surely remains the favourite Uncle of the Motown family.

Paul Massey