Last Week:

It was a busier week of gigs, with one for each of my current projects. Following on from The BitterSweetShop at The Hop on Monday night (as mentioned in last week's blog), I was out with the 3-piece at the Chemic in Leeds on Thursday night. The Chemic now having witnessed all 3 of my projects.

Despite it being student holidays the pub was packed and I really enjoyed the atmosphere. Especially when we played '39 and there were premature applause before the song had finished. There are certain songs that have pauses near the end, or 'false tabs' as we sometimes call them, and if the audience are up for it you can sometimes get a cheer going at this point, without having to milk a big U2-style ending in order to let people know the song is about to finish!!

This was one such occasion and I was half-tempted to do a Freddie and hold the song up and keep the applause going for longer!!

On Saturday I had a full night solo gig at the Rose & Crown in Greetland. I'd previously played there for the LiveSpace night back in February. The pub are really into live music which got things going well from the start. I played a lot of covers and it was good to do this type of show, as I haven't done too many '2 45s' gigs lately. A throughly enjoyable night and I'll be back there in December.


This week...

A slight change in plans means the acoustic 3-piece will now be back at the Chemic this Thursday!! Who knows, we may even get some more premature applause! On Saturday afternoon (at about 4pm) it's the Yarnbury Beer Festival, in Horsforth, Leeds. This will be with Katie for the main part but I'll be doing a couple of songs solo as well.

A-Z of Music...
I'm part-way through another attempt at Fleetwood Mac's 'Say You Will' album from 2003. It's a long CD, with about 17 songs (why?), and ranges from brilliant tight tracks such as 'What's the World Coming To' to others that sound very experimental. When you compare this to the Eagles double album from 2007 which is quality throughout, one wonders why The Mac didn't just stick to the stronger tracks. There's a lot of acoustic guitar picking, similar to 'Big Love' and an awful lot of shaker on there. I just wish it was a shorter album then it would be really good! Having decided to take a break from the shaker, I switched back over to Radio 2 who were playing.....a Fleetwood Mac song!