Undressing in Winchester and Kent!
Well, I must tell you about an extraordinary morning we had yesterday. But before I do, I just have to fill you in on our gig at The Mash Tun, Winchester last Saturday. We had a fabulous time. The pub wasn't packed out but there were enough people there to make a real evening of it. Many of them had come because they'd seen us when we'd played there in the summer or when we played at The Beggars Fair. Anyway, it was great to see them. And, although the emphasis of the evening was on fun and we played lots of our up-and-at-'em, foot tapping material, a song that received a really great response was the mellow, atmospheric love song 'Spellbound' off our first album. We love it when people get up and clap along and dance to our own songs but it's also really lovely when a song that needs to be 'listened to' gets that sort of reception. Anyway, it was a great gig with a great audience, we loved playing there and we're delighted to be going back on 10th February next year.
Now, where were we? Oh yes, yesterday morning... well, yesterday morning found Alan and me at Maidstone in Kent to do a live session at CTR FM Radio on their Breakfast Show. This was to promote our gig tomorrow (Wednesday 1st November) at The Chicago Rock Cafe in Maidstone. We'd had to get up at 4.30am - oh, how one suffers for one's art - as we needed to avoid the rush-hour snarl ups around the M25. Left at 5.00am and at 7.30am, we walked into a great little establishment called 'Tommy's Cafe' just a few doors down from the radio station. Well, we must have looked like Halloween had arrived a day early - we were both dressed in black and had that pale, haunted look that only rising at 4.30 can give you and what with my orange hair and Alan with guitar in hand, it's not surprising that the cafe owner did a double-take. Anyway, once we'd had a mug of tea and poached eggs on toast we were ready to rejoin the human race. We wandered down to the station where we were met by Joe the producer and introduced to Ant Payne The Breakfast Show presenter. Great guys, both. Made us feel very welcome. The interview was fun and we played live - one of our favourites Morning Glory a bit of chat and then a brand new song Jump To It!. We think it went OK. In fact Ant received a text from a mate saying how much he'd enjoyed it. Ant said his mate was a 'right miserable sod' and if we'd made him happy on a Monday morning, we must have done alright!! We then went and checked out The Chicago Rock Cafe. Met the manager Mark, who'd just arrived and had heard our interview on the radio whilst driving to work. Fab venue - a bit along the lines of the House of Blues in the States - and with a stage that's sort of set into the wall high up above the bar. Amazing. We then went back to Tommy's Cafe for a further refuelling of tea before heading back. When we walked in, the owner and her staff said they'd missed part of the interview and asked us to play for them and their customers. Now, you know what a couple of tarts Alan and I are, so we did a little impromptu gig at 9 o'clock in the morning to a few stunned workmen and were given our tea on the house as payment and thanks!! Can't be bad. Strangest gig we've ever done!But if you weren't in the cafe that morning, and you didn't hear us on CTR FM, then come along to The Chicago Rock Cafe on Wednesday 1st November or any of our other gigs - see the gig list on www.stateofundress.com - we'd love to see you!
Charlie
State of Undress
Now, where were we? Oh yes, yesterday morning... well, yesterday morning found Alan and me at Maidstone in Kent to do a live session at CTR FM Radio on their Breakfast Show. This was to promote our gig tomorrow (Wednesday 1st November) at The Chicago Rock Cafe in Maidstone. We'd had to get up at 4.30am - oh, how one suffers for one's art - as we needed to avoid the rush-hour snarl ups around the M25. Left at 5.00am and at 7.30am, we walked into a great little establishment called 'Tommy's Cafe' just a few doors down from the radio station. Well, we must have looked like Halloween had arrived a day early - we were both dressed in black and had that pale, haunted look that only rising at 4.30 can give you and what with my orange hair and Alan with guitar in hand, it's not surprising that the cafe owner did a double-take. Anyway, once we'd had a mug of tea and poached eggs on toast we were ready to rejoin the human race. We wandered down to the station where we were met by Joe the producer and introduced to Ant Payne The Breakfast Show presenter. Great guys, both. Made us feel very welcome. The interview was fun and we played live - one of our favourites Morning Glory a bit of chat and then a brand new song Jump To It!. We think it went OK. In fact Ant received a text from a mate saying how much he'd enjoyed it. Ant said his mate was a 'right miserable sod' and if we'd made him happy on a Monday morning, we must have done alright!! We then went and checked out The Chicago Rock Cafe. Met the manager Mark, who'd just arrived and had heard our interview on the radio whilst driving to work. Fab venue - a bit along the lines of the House of Blues in the States - and with a stage that's sort of set into the wall high up above the bar. Amazing. We then went back to Tommy's Cafe for a further refuelling of tea before heading back. When we walked in, the owner and her staff said they'd missed part of the interview and asked us to play for them and their customers. Now, you know what a couple of tarts Alan and I are, so we did a little impromptu gig at 9 o'clock in the morning to a few stunned workmen and were given our tea on the house as payment and thanks!! Can't be bad. Strangest gig we've ever done!But if you weren't in the cafe that morning, and you didn't hear us on CTR FM, then come along to The Chicago Rock Cafe on Wednesday 1st November or any of our other gigs - see the gig list on www.stateofundress.com - we'd love to see you!
Charlie
State of Undress
