Avid reader(s) of the blog will have noticed the lack of said blog over the past 2 weeks. The reason, quite simply, was I was on holiday in Spain. I don't like to publicise these things in advance too much. Obviously, I don't want to be pestered by fans in my hotel room and spend the whole trip beseiged by autograph hunters, paparazzi and randy women. Well, I do actually but it's just as well I kept my trip a secret.
Returning to reality for a moment, I can say it was a wonderful break. Particularly Barcelona which I thought was a magnificent place. Madrid perhaps less so as it's not really geared for tourists, but I can now add these and other places such as Toledo, Salamanca and San Sebastian to my list of places visited. The highlight of the visit was definetly the fountain display set to music in Barcelona. The lasers off the top of the town hall putting me in mind of Jean-Michel again. What a superb setting! And just to cap it off, the last piece for the dancing fountains was Freddie and Montserrat's anthem-just perfect!
So, now it's back to work again so without further ado there's a few pre-Spain gigs to catch up on. These were on the first week of June starting with a solo slot at Verve Bar in Leeds on June 4th. This one coincided with the bar's 2nd anniversary celebrations and featured a movie theme, leading to the bizarre situation of being served a beer by superman. I'd have preferred Supergirl but Hayley wasn't having any of it. Anyway, the music suffered a bit from the celebrations as it wasn't very busy downstairs. But my set, including 'Brian Wilson', went ok. It was good to hear that they've now expanded to doing Sunday nights as well.
On Friday the band played at the Cricketers in Horbury. This was I think our best session there to date so I was really pleased with that. Then on Saturday we did the Bell&Crown at Snaith which always attracts a good crowd, partly due to it's central location in the village (is Snaith a village or a town?). Both went well so I made my way to Spain content but also in need of a rest...July is going to be a really busy month!
I think that is all, so I'll get on with catching up on the myspace page and everything else that needs catching up on. The 3rd solo album is making headway so I will bring you more news on that soon.
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