word up you crazy cats!! how the devil's are ye?!
last night was the walrus gumboot show at lock 42, supporting young minds... and i had me a most excellent evening right about there... i like
there was of course the usual leicester-related travel disaster... you know how it goes (and this has always been so...) every-time i go over to play in leicester i either : -
a- get lost on the way to leicester, and then seamlessly navigate the one way and get straight to the venue (the best example of this being when i drove to the outskirts of manchester in a moment of northbound/southbound related confusion)
b - get straight to leicester and then grow considerably older as all the roads i need to be there are not... godamn one-way madness grrr....
yesterday was an a, i headed up from the sunny mk, and owing to a "police incident 'on a bridge'", i think it actually took me longer to get there than the manchester episode, so the less said about that the better, one day i will have a helicopter - problem solved.
but enough of that...
there was a whole raft of quality musicians on show yesterday... (and me)
my man rhett was essential as ever, droppin' some quality tunes (first up on his own guitar before unfortunately snapping a string and moving onto ian's guitar)... to misquote zz top, dude got a voice, and he know's how to use it... but seriously, he was over this way for the luau and if you haven't caught up with him yet... you really should. i defy ya to listen in, and not mooch off singing along...
owing to an extreme case of non-organisation i played the 'rhett barrow request' version of my set... its more environmentally friendly as i don't gotta write the set-list down on a too-small-to-be-seen-in-the-dark piece of paper... but did lead to a couple of pauses...
but rhett had me drop some goodies, haven't played back in the day for a while, but my man was most insistent...
probably best if i give the 'fashion model' dance-moves a miss next time though *shock*
last-up was the living legend that is kevin hewick... i haven't seen the mighty kh with his new band before, but they put on a kick ass show... you gotta love kh 8) he delivered a mighty slice of death, death, graveyards and death... and more than just a smattering of 'spiritual energy'... why thank you sir! a top quality set, a visually engaging spectacle that was thoroughly enjoyable...
all-in it was a top night, thanks to ian for putting it on an inviting me to play... good work sir...
and of course if you didn't make it yesterday, or you possibly you did, and you feel like supporting the cause, it is still possible to make a donation through the just giving page, which is approximately here...
right about now... i'm off to shake that thang again at the old market inn in kettering - happy time!!!
peace-out ya'll
