Monday the 26th February was straight back to business with O'Donoghue's again at Wakefield. I played 'Your Shadow, Whiskey Coloured World' and the Beatles' 'You Got to Hide Your Love Away', complete with Wakefield's answer to Ringo on tambourine... the latter song is one of the covers from my set.

On Wednesday I took in The Grove again, this time with the express interest in playing some new songs! So therefore 2 more songs made their live debuts, these being 'Cold Steel Lover' and 'Lost In Love Town'. The former is a new song from the forthcoming album, which is also getting nearer to completion now, more news soon!

March began with, you guessed it, another gig! On Thursday 1st I did the opening spot at The Primrose-doing half an hour's worth of originals plus the Rocket Man cover. The originals were These Eyes, Shadow, Whiskey, Prisoner, Old Wishing Well and Cold Cold Day. It was busy but well-received, although the latter song didn't seem to capture the public's imagination on this occasion.

This week just ending featured 3 full-on gigs. On Tuesday it was Zephyr Bar, scene of the band's debut recently. The solo set went well too, rising to a strong reception at the end. There was a bizarre moment when someone requested Waterloo Sunset, a song that I've only just started doing and never done there before. Perhaps that's 3 people who read this!!

On Wednesday it was The Wardrobe in Leeds, for a 25 min set. This is the sort of venue us musicians are always chasing after, as it's the sort of place where people come to listen to the live music, and not just talk over it. I was pleased with my performance which contained 'Shadow, Whiskey, Gods+Angels, I Don't Need, Old Wishing Well, Life and Cold Day. Nice to see the latter went well on all three nights this week, and I was also the last act on of the 3 on the night.

Last night it was my first booked slot at O'Donoghue's and despite it being a 'quiet night' (or intimate as we prefer to call it), I did 2 one hour slots of covers and originals. As well as the normal numbers, I brought in 'Even', 'Young Lost and Hopeful' and 'Lost In Love Town'. Quite a strong gig and well received by those there, I was very happy with it.

In between all this, I've been working on some tracks at home which will be the mind-boggling 3rd album soon. Please follow myspace also for further gig updates. I'm playing at The Primrose this Sunday evening, doing another half hour, the next week will be quieter gig-wise with 2 rehearsal nights, and probably a trip to Doctor Wu's on Tuesday.