Last Week:

My only gig of last week was at Hoagys Bar in Leeds on Friday night (7th). This is essentially a covers gig which is fine by me, as I've plenty of other nights to play my own material. Then it was off to Skegness for the weekend. Stock Cars of course, not for sightseeing, and I stayed in the beautiful town of Boston on Saturday night.


This week....

I'm doing 3 open mics this week, starting with a return to the Abbey Inn (Bramley) tonight (Tuesday). Then it's into Leeds with Katie on Wednesday to see what the open mic at Verve Bar is all about. On Thursday I'll be at the Chemic Tavern also in Leeds, solo this time. So that's some form of gigging for the next 3 nights. This is more the kind of schedule I've been seeking since the band packed up: A nice run of mid-week gigs, all connected in some way with my songwriting, then a clear weekend to fill with other things!!


A-Z of Music....

Still been listening to Don Henley this past week, and I've now finished the greatest hits album I mentioned briefly last week. The highlights are 'End Of Innocence' and 'New York Minute', but there are others I enjoyed too. Don has plenty of angry tracks and in a way I think these would influence me in the future, as it's a similar style to my own writing. The only downside here is that the songs are mainly long, and I don't mean the 4mins30seconds tracks I get critcised for length on... most of these are 5-6 minutes, so I hope any session musicians were well paid ;)