It's been a while since the last blog, and I've realised the longer I leave it the longer it will take me to do it, so I thought I'd better catch up. Ok, not a very positive way to start, but you must have wondered why my material is so depressing.

As mentioned before, the last week in June involved some recovery from the week before, and after getting rained on at all the weekends' wedding gigs it was Tues 3rd July before I did any of my own stuff again.
This was at The Abbey open mic, where I've made many friends and contacts since I started going there. I played 'Words', '7 Shades of Grey' and 'One Of Us' on the night.
I spent a long time on the Wednesday sorting out the 2nd album, bringing it to the point where only a few last minute adjustments remain, it'll be here soon.
On Thursday I was at the Primrose supporting the first night of their new self-run Open Mic. It was pretty busy and I was playing first. I did 'These Eyes', 'Gods And Angels' and 'If He Knew You'. I managed to sell a couple of discs which bodes well for the next show there on July 18th.

Saturday the 7th was finally a gig-free night. So in the best tradition I went to watch one instead! I say gig loosely because it was Genesis in front of 60,000 at Old Trafford. I've been a fan of there's for years so it was great at last to see the 5-piece line up. Despite being sat far back the sound and the show were great and it had a superb atmosphere, reminding me just how many fans they still have, despite what the music press would have you believe.

There was almost an exciting moment on our row when a punter to my left turned round and bollocked the 3 pissed up scrotes sat behind. Quite why these 3 wise men were there I'm not sure, but fair play to the gent for shutting them up, perhaps I could employ him at my gigs.

It seems reunion tours are going to shape this decade's 'memorbale gigs', which says it all about the current state of the industry. The Diana concert at Wembley was a flat fart. There are those who are not what they were combined with those who never will be. I thought Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli were the highlights by far. When you think back to the original Live Aid (and yes it was that good), it seems we've taken an alimighty dive when it comes to putting on a show and it's difficult to see where an improvement will come from. Perhaps it's time to 'try a little Freddie'.

So thank heavens for Genesis for proving it still can be done and I hope the Police play with the same energy.

I digress.

At Doctor Wu's on Tuesday I played 'These Eyes', 'If He Knew You', 'Your Shadow/One Of Us'. This was one of the better Wu's nights with a good music audience.

This takes us up to Sunday when I played my first show at New Roscoe supporting Jon Strong. It went very well with a great sound and at last a listening audience. I'm pleased with the way it went and hope to be back there soon.

This week it's the Primrose on Wednesday the 18th and then the Abbey Festival, Dare Cafe and Santiagos on the weekend, so a quiet weekend by current standards.