Stourbridge Rugby Club, Stourbridge, England

6th March 2010



Big gig this and under stressful circumstances. Forge that the promoter was charging £6 in and that the elevated stage was creating some kind of freaky bass vortex that was killing us but Little Dave the singer had no voice. None at all. He had been ill as you may know and this was the 3rd gig in 8 days that Big Dave was going to have to be the front man whilst Little Dave backed him up on the complicated guitar and vocal bits.

We pulled it off, got around 60 -70 people in there, they all enjoyed it as they did "PIG" our all Vinyl 60's DJ we hired for the evening.



Steve the promoter (they are always called Steve) was very happy and glad we didn't do what every other band would do and pull the gig.

We never cancel gigs, if someone can't make it we improvise and I think venues and promoters respect us for that.

Also notable was the fact that the dressing room was behind the backline, how cool does that look!


















Late night and the last time I say Nick Audio (tm) - Dunno where he has got to....

Nick

The Hop Pole, Bromsgrove

5th March 2010



I like this pub. It’s the place where I made my "comeback (tm)" on Feb 14th 2009 after 10years out of the game and that makes it a little special.















Its run by the same people who run the Wishing Well but a different vibe altogether, its tight on stage but the venue is very deep and the sound gets lost nicely. PA supplied so it’s a relatively easy setup, if a bit squashy. I didn't bring my new piano to this gig either - still not worked it into the set enough I think.

Little Dave is still unable to talk let alone sing and Big Dave stepped in and did an excellent job under difficult circumstances. Little Dave wore a surgical mask on stage with a smiley face drawn on it in lipstick, so that he didn't get drawn into a conversation, we have a gig tomorrow and next week and he needs to get well soon!


















We all worked just that extra bit harder tonight to compensate and give the punters something to chew on. It got busy, as they all seem to do, and we went down really well.

Me and Ron made our usual backline jokes and ripped up the set list as usual (waste of trees that) and Little Dave was extremely tired at the end. A last minute decision was made and I took him home around 11:45 for him to get some rest for the gig tomorrow.