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It was indeed. Eddie the bass player is a good guy as were the whole band.

We use a single source of printing for the set and we're each handed a copy on the night. The BL described it as Fawlty Towers The Musical.

On Friday our Blues band opened for an excellent Eagles trib at The Ferry in Glasgow. Ultra busy so what could go wrong? I've been with them since 2015 and it's a really tight well rehearsed band. Anyway, I stepped up to sing the 2nd last song which I've sung dozens of times. Carnage! 1234 drums and instruments totally out of time as in different song out of time. Stop smile and start again. Same result. Eek. Third time I kept singing through the cacophany until we reached verse one and it finally gelled. No doubt we'll reset the song at our next rehearsal. Such disasters seldom happen but wow. If C@rlsb3rg did onstage disasters.

See Amid The Winter Snow - Chas & Dave Christmas In Hollis - RUN DMC Christmas Morning - The Smithereens

Had my eye on a Mustang Sienna Sunburst for a year or so and when I finally got ready to buy I discover that Fender has withdrawn the model. Why would they do that?

There are lots of great ideas in this topic and I'll nick a few of them. My tuppenceworth is never ever mumble or speak too quietly. Always project and sound confident. It's not a private conversation.

Sunday and Tuesday rehearsals this week with each of my bands. Suffering from severe lurgy so both were sit down affairs with absolutely no singing. Made them fun by enjoying a session man approach to the bass parts.

Agreed. I played outside at The Dereham Blues festival thinking shorts and a tee shirt was a great look. Looking back at photos later my wife said "The shorts were OK but perhaps next time wear a better shirt so you don't look like a total tramp" Love is ❤️

After last night's gig in a pub in Paisley a random stranger tried to sell me a Vox AC50 that 'used to belong to the bass player in The Animals. He sold it to my dad. It's huge as f**k and better than yours' I don't need it I said. it's better that yours he said again. I still don't want it. I couldn't lift it. Was it Chas Chandler's I asked. Aye, he's English. This went on for several minutes before I walked away. Back on stage I asked my fellow bandmaster why all the idiots always speak to me. His answer was brilliant. "I used to think I attracted them but you're different league" 😄

For the last few weeks we've been working on nine new covers and last night we allowed ourselves a smug nod with the realisation that eight of them are finally ready to go into the set.

Played with the blues band in a tiny pub in Lanark. Didn't take many people to fill it so an enthusiastic audience of thirty created a great atmosphere. One downside was the access to the toilets door being immediately behind us. Two songs before the end of the first set I was aware of a most unpleasant honk emanating from said direction. Thankfully the air had cleared by the start of set 2. Man alive, it was grim for a while.

We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place - The Animals Mama Don’t- JJ. Cale Is There A Better Way - Status Quo

Brilliant bass player humour. Made me smirk.

Friday and Saturday was QuoVention, a gathering of Status Quo aficionados in Bilston's Robin 2 venue. Seven tribute bands over two evenings including guest appearances from Quo drummers Jeff Rich and Leon Cave and Rick Parfitt's replacement, Ritchie Malone. All the bands were excellent and gave the punters what they had come for. The backline and drum kit provided for us did the job perfectly and the sound engineer put in a sterling shift over the piece. The event took 18 months to organise and was a great success. Bands and fans came from England, Sweden, Belgium. Germany and Scotland. Back to publand for our next gig to bring us back down to earth. Ha ha.

I remember that performance well. Brilliant. I'll watch the youchoob tomorrow. Thanks.