Another hectic week with just the 3 gigs this weekend! My voice is feeling it a bit today, so it's a good job I'm typing this rather than talking to you about it.

Friday saw our long-awaited (by us) return to the Puzzle Hall Inn, Sowerby Bridge. This is the cult music venue that was closed for a period of time last year. Now it's about to celebrate one year since it's re-opening and is fully up and running once more. We played a good set which towards the end of the night had people bouncing off the walls....literally, it's quite small inside! This was mainly thanks to a birthday party who got everybody up dancing about. They were up close and personal towards the end, but after all the gigs over the years where we've played to the proverbial one man and his dog, there seems little point in complaining about a more lively crowd! All said, a good night and we'll be back for more in October. Thanks to Martin for making my job easier by operating the PA system!

Saturday night was my turn on stage left with Atlanta Soul at the Last Drop in Bolton, most people think this is a home gig for me but I've actually never lived there...and I still had to drive home in torrential rain with the M62 about as bad as I can remember it.

Sunday afternoon, having dried out, brought us back to The Bridge in Huddersfield for the first time this year. Feeling like a real working musician, there's something about Sunday afternoon gigs that always makes me feel I've done a hard weekend's work.
Voted 'Music Pub Of The Year' by our local entertainments paper this was I think our best gig here so far. We had a good crowd throughout and didn't shy away from rocking it a bit more, this is a biker's pub after all. In the 2nd set we were joined by some genuine 1950s throwbacks Teddy Boys (and Girls), and while I couldn't quite fit any rock n roll into our set it made for a colourful afternoon. Is there anywhere else in the country where you can find authentic Teds in the town still enjoying good old rock n roll? Or is it something unique to Huddersfield?

The New Album cometh:

In the middle of all these gigs I'm still finding some spare moments to work on the record, with another song mixed last week. I sent out an email to everyone on the mailing list giving it a quick preview last week also, so I'm very excited about putting this one out, as I am with any new album.

Just a note to say the Fenton gig which would have been this Thursday has now been re-arranged for August 20th.

Bye for now.