Last Week (and the week or two before!!)
Yes, things are back to as near normal as possible this week. I've been away in Ireland having a much-needed break. I thought Eire was a beautiful place, both the city of Dublin and the West coast. It was a good trip, and it didn't even rain once!
The week before I left, I was out with Katie at the Yorkshire Rose Open Mic in Guiseley. This is certainly one of the friendliest open mics around, and we had a good night. It's nice to see the night is still continuing succesfully, as it's quite a long while since I was last there. After our set, I duetted with the host, Scouse Andy, on a few songs including 'Oliver's Army' which I used to know but now only partially know (!), and a couple of Beatles songs.
I then had my regular gig at the New Inn, Barwick-in-Elmet on Sunday June 6th. After recent PA problems, I'm happy to say my new amp worked like a dream, and the newish keyboard is now starting to sound the business. I got through lots of my own songs and covers as well. There were a couple present all the way from Queensland, Australia. No, they hadn't come specially to see me but they did take home a CD :)
This week
With the World Cup in full swing, it's time for live music to take a back seat until the finals are over. It's not because I'm obsessed with football, although I'll happily watch the games. It's just that, from past experience, it's a bad time to be sharing a pub with a football match and a load of drunkards. On one famous occasion I drove up to a pub the same day as an England match, got out of the car, saw a bloke come staggering out covered in blood, got back in the car, and went home!
A-Z of music
Roy Orbison: I could go on forever about my love for Roy's voice, but I'm still finding new tracks of his, particularly from the early days. This compilation covered the 60s hits in their original guises. I think I'm correct in saying that later he re-recorded most of them as he couldn't get his old Label to release them. Personally I prefer the newer versions such as the KD Lang version of 'Crying'. But the original version of 'It's Over', when it gets to that high note at the end....it is akin to seeing Christine Bleakley in the shower, honest.
George Harrison, Cloud 9: For all my years of love for the Wilburys/Jeff Lynne/Petty stable, I've never actually heard this album before. This is George's Jeff Lynne-produced album and sure enough it's got that sound of his I love. There's some great tracks and even those that aren't great still sound great if you see what I mean. I've been covering 'Got My Mind Set On You' for so long I can even remember the words, but the others were virtually all new to me. I must say it's good to be able to tick off another album I've kept saying 'I must listen to...'.
Moan Of The Week:
Who the bloody hell does John Terry think he is? How can anyone criticise their boss when they've just put in one of the most inept individual performances I've ever seen? I don't care what the formation was, it was tripe whichever way you look at it.
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