Just A Quickie ...

Oooh, just a quick blog. We had a cracking night at The Tudor Rose in Romsey on Saturday. It's a great little pub right in the heart of the town. It was carnival day - rained of course - so the road was closed until 8.30. Half the band arrived really early at 6.15ish to unload the gear and the other half including me swanned in at 8.30 once the road was reopened.This meant a slightly later start so we decided to play one long set without a break. Started at 9.20pm with a rip roaringly lively Aint Nothin; and I'm Wondering; Caught our breath with one of our favourite covers 'Linger' and played straight through til 11.10. What a night! A great audience revved up by my sister George and friend Trish. When George started handing out eggs and tambourines about the 4th number in, I thought she'd peaked a bit early! But no - we had a full percussion section for the whole gig. Loads of people up and dancing and jigging and joining in on Another Shot of You; This Time; and Until Today.Lots of great comments about how refreshing to hear original music; sold a few albums; went home happy!
A snippet of post-gig conversation. As I was cooling off on the pavement ouside the pub, Peter the landlord came out to join me.
'Really enjoyed the evening. Great gig' he said. Then he added ' Funny thing is - I don't normally like folk' 'We're not folk' I replied 'No' he agreed ' You're not miserable enough. What are you then?' 'Don't know' I replied ' Well, whatever it is, it's bloody good, isn't it?' Result!