Last Week: (and a half!)

I didn't get chance to write anything on here earlier in the week, so just to recap: I had a fairly busy week and a bit with open mic/acoustic appearances at The Ship in Leeds, Bar 62, Horsforth and the New Inn at Headingley. These were all solo and it's been good to sharpen up a bit and play my own material!

The main gig was on Saturday (Aug 21st) with the Barwick-in-Elmet music festival. I played a set at short-notice and it was 45 minutes of solely original material, a rare event in that sense but really good fun to do. The festival was by all accounts a great success. The gig was also notable for a unique interruption after I'd played my second song: A heckler perhaps? A streaker? Nope, it was the local combine harvester and my car was blocking it in. So I had to leave the room and go move it. I don't know, it never happens to Cliff....

WEBSITE AND VIDEO NEWS:

Just very briefly, my website is currently under-going a complete overhaul. It's almost there and indeed if you go to my site you'll see a lot of the changes already. When it's all done I'll mention a bit more about it.

I've also posted another new film on my youtube channel, this time playing a solo version of 'Your Shadow'. A lot of people have asked to see live performances, particularly those overseas who can't get to the gigs, so I'm hoping these films will go some way towards getting the idea across, and getting more exposure for the material.

This week:

It's the final bank holiday of the year, if I'm writing another blog on Tuesday it'll just be over...I've no gigs this weekend but will be busy doing lots of things.

A-Z of Music:

I listened to another Bruce Springsteen album last week, 'The Rising' (2002). I'm a big fan, and I'm still learning his back catalogue, which is substantial of course! This album has a lot of material to digest, all of it new to me. But there's always moments on his records that move me straight away. In this case it's the refrain to the opening track and the 4th song, 'Nothing Man'. Altogether it just inspires me to write more songs....oh to have more time!