The Wishing Well, Bromsgrove, England

21st May 2010



Always an awkward gig this, in that the stage is shallow and the volume always too loud.

Its badly lit too so you can't see which plug goes in where, luckily I have my array of torches!

Once setup its fine of course and the pub is on a local circuit so our job it to entertain 'fans' but also stop people from moving on to the next pub. Not too sure we pulled that off on this occasion as we hadn't seen each other for 3 weeks, Ron had been on holiday and had lactic acid and blisters and we probably chatted too long between songs.

This is due to the fact that we don't really do set lists. We know around 35 songs and the singer and guitarist know 350 together so there is no real telling where we go with the telepathy.

I got to try out my new Solar 250 projector cassette here as well and it was well trippy!

Nick

The Stagborough Arns, Stourport, England

24th April 2010



Gotta love this place. The Manager is well into it. He has his own problems with the noise abatement society so we have to try really hard for him to keep his music license. The bands basically keep him afloat I think and it’s a real shame as he is the real deal.

This gig saw us putting our first original song into the set: Moths to the Flame

We bought a PA cab (mid size) for this gig and tried it for the first time here. Typically we have a very small PA and a MAHOOSSSIVE PA and nothing in the middle. Here we used the small gig PA as monitors.

Also making a first appearance was my Optikinetics Solar 250 Projector and that was Trippy!!! Checkout the Green Head Man group in Facebook or YouTube for a viewing of it.



Finally, I brought along my trusty Zoom 16 track digital studio and recorded the gig and from it have around 10 songs that are of good enough quality to get onto a CD.

If anyone would like a copy then please let me know!

Nick

The Queens Head, Wolverley, England

2nd April 2010



It’s always a cracker here, Kind of spiritual home really. the first band recording was done here and its Ron's local.

We also have a bit of a superstar fan who drinks here too and likes to make sure he is at our gigs, at the front, eyes closed, rocking out to it.

It’s a little disconcerting when you are doing a keyboard solo and you look over at the band and in the corner of your eye you see a multi multi multi millionaire listening next to your speaker, As soon as that happened I was like better get this solo right, oh no I've just messed it up from thinking about it!!

He's a good sport and he loves the era that we are playing if not the band himself. Last time we chatted he ended up singing old Bad Company songs to me (and he's not Paul Rogers) and you really do have to pinch yourself!

Gig was great, really enjoyed it as always. We brought out some new tracks too:

Magic Potion by The Open Mind
I got a line on you by Spirit
Good Love by the Rascals

Not sure that last one will see the light of day again to be honest but it’s on the list anyway!

Nick

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.

Stourport Boat Club, Stourport Upon Seven, England

February 27th 2010



This gig had bad potential as our singer (Little Dave) had lost his voice completely.

Soundcheck went surprisingly well however:














However, we battled on with Big Dave (mainly) and I singing doing the vocals and we pulled of another great escape!!

Went down really well in the end...

Get well soon Dave..

The Anchor Inn, Eckington

12th February 2010



Sorry about the picture quality but I forgot to take it at the sound check so I had to get me phone out of my pocket and snap whilst actually performing.

Bet that looked good eh?

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