AS THE HOT weather continues, I've had another busy week.  I was down in Kings Lynn on Saturday night for the stock car meeting there.  After a night of warm ale I was back up North on Sunday in time to see the Bulls match at Manchester as part of the 'Magic Weekend'.  There was little of magic for my team though for in addition to losing the match we have subsequently lost 5 players with injuries ranging from a broken wrist to a heart attack. I kid you not.

GIGS
I played with BitterSweetShop at The Hop in Leeds on Wednesday night (23rd).  It's an interesting place to play, especially when a train passes overhead and the whole place rumbles!
This weekend I'm doing a solo set on Sunday June 3rd for the 'Barwick Big Lunch'.  This is part of a nationwide event started by the Eden Project, with the added bonus this year of being part of the Jubilee celebrations.  I'm playing an hour from 2:30 to 3:30.  As always with outdoor gigs, hope it doesn't rain!

STUDIO
Work is continuing on the BitterSweetShop project I mentioned last week and I've also been doing some writing.  I've so many new songs to work on it's untrue but I've also had fun re-working an old song that never really saw the light of day first time around.  It was a fascinating experience playing the original demo for the first time in 8 years!

LISTENING TO MUSIC
The Gotye album I mentioned last week is interesting.  It features some predictably quirky tracks but perhaps the biggest quirk of all is the inclusion of a straight motown track in the middle!  I was momentarily wondering if it was a rogue track by another band!  After all the years and years of record industry types talking about 'branding' and pigeon holing people into pre-determined genres I can only wonder how the A&R meeting went with this track included....perhaps that's the brand...complete diversity and unpredictability.
I've also been re-listening to Soul 2 Soul's famous 'Club Classics' album which is still sounding fresh and makes a great sound whilst cruising the streets of Brighouse :)

Enjoy yourselves, and especially enjoy the extra-long Jubilee Weekend!