Would you know my name, if I saw you in Brighouse?

Again it's been a fairly quiet week gigwise, so you're spared again this time. Just the one this week which was last night at Marshalls Bar, Hebden Bridge. It's the LiveSpace night formally run at Bridges Bar in Sowerby Bridge, this being before the latter decided it's scrotes karaoke to 5 people was more important.

Marshall's Bar is a dive in every respect. However, the owners are music-friendly, so the trade-off is the loss of a good facility (upstairs @ Bridges) for a more welcoming ownership.

I was the headliner, going on last. This is something I hate doing because it generally means most people have either left or long since lost the will to live by that point. I find nights saturate so easily and every promoter is guilty of putting on too many acts. Even though they do just 4 songs each, after around 7 acts have done this, you've already heard nearly 30 songs, this is more than you'd pay to see a top act do.

So 3 hours after the night started, I go on. It was a thin crowd by this point but what I did was fairly well-received. I played 'Message in a Bottle' and 'One of us' in addition to my regular set, which this time included the song about a scrotes bar: 'Old Wishing Well'. This song was very apt.

I had a good chat with the promoter afterwards about the pros and cons of these nights. They're looking to putting on 2 nights instead of one and thinning out the number of acts. I think that will work much better. Their advertising is first class, and I got my name in the papers, and their posters are first class too. I hope they don't fall foul of another venue, and that the night continues to prosper.

Other than that, I won't bore you with my trip to Birmingham nor the Atlanta Soul gig on Friday night where Craig Charles was there, it's really not that bigger deal! Suffice to say please keep viewing the myspace page and downloading the songs :)

This Tuesday I'm doing Milo in Leeds which is a new one for me. I'm actually only working half the week due to the all-important World Stock Car finals at Ipswich, incorporating three events in three days. Needless to say I will be absolutely knackered this time next week, but thoroughly thrilled by the experience. Then it's back to the PJ Band with 2 shows the week after...you have been warned!