How was your gig last night?

[dmccombe7]

8 hours ago, Bluewine said:

 

Dave, I probably should have said bad performances. We're very selective about what gigs we take and have no problem saying " no ".

 

Daryl

I see what you mean Daryl. We spent a long time rehearsing before we started gigging with the Glam band.

I think its helped us be consistent with our gigs.

Dave  

[cheddatom]

I've been slacking again due to the venue we've just opened. I'll do a thread on that when I get time. 

 

On Saturday night we played the Lexington in Islington. Coming from Stoke we had to pickup a guitar that was left behind a few weeks before in Chessington. A total of 6 hours crammed into Vantanamo (named because I don't fit into the van, and so have to spend hours in twisted positions) had me pretty grumpy. Load in up a huge fire escape almost finished me off. The headliner was old friends Abdoujaparov, and I managed to relax while they sound-checked. The venue is very cool, classic old London venue. The set went very well, we won over some new fans, and I left the stage soaked in sweat. Ace gig! Then I had the pleasure of sampling the bourbon bar downstairs. Four Roses and Buffalo Trace were delicious. Here's a photo

 

 

The next morning we were up bright and early to travel up to Katie Fitzgerald's in Stourbridge where we played a matinee show. Load-in time was 1pm. We arrived at 1:10pm. The owner who actually lives there let us in at 1:30pm 🤷‍♂️

 

The place was full of our fans singing at the top of their lungs and we loved every second of it.

[asingardenof]

On 03/11/2025 at 08:19, MichaelDean said:

He runs on "Cornish time"

 

Dreckly!

[MichaelDean]

1 minute ago, asingardenof said:

Dreckly!

Yes, that was the term! Otherwise known as late/slow/unprofessional! 😂

[Jackroadkill]

2 minutes ago, asingardenof said:

Dreckly!

 

Sounds a bit like Welsh time - "I'll be there now, in a  minute".

[Bluewine]

I'm looking forward to this Saturday.  I'll get a chance to hang out with a bunch of our local musicians.  I'm glad we're going on first. It's a beautiful room on the marina in Port Washington. 

 

Daryl

[Norris]

 

The Black Horse in Whitwick was the first gig in a few weeks and a good job too - we've all had man-flu during the downtime. Luckily I am just about over mine now, but it was pretty grim at the start and then spent ages slowly trailing off. Anyway nothing that a bit of performance adrenaline can't fix.

 

Although I'd created events on Facebook the guitarist/vocalist didn't do any further plugging with a day or two to go like normal, because he wasn't certain we'd be able to play. So it was satisfying that we managed to fill the place on a dark, wet and gloomy Friday night. We played quite a few songs that we don't do often so that made a nice change too.

 

The Stingish bass is becoming a mainstay now - it's just so lovely to play. Boss GT-6B multi-fx into the Big Muff that I'm still playing with (more fuzz, more fuzz!) and thence into the fabulous Rumble v3 500 combo. Some nice compliments too to round off the night.

 

I think we only have one weekend kept free for the rest of the year now - the long run towards NYE has started