Little more I can add to Waynes accurate account the evening.

I will start by saying thankyou to Charlotte and Nigel for choosing us to play for them.....twas our pleasure. I hope the INXS one for the first dance was ok. (Gibbeaux giving it some Hutchence).

Its all true about the staff at Headlam being somewhat discourteous and obtrusive, especially where we were concerned....."We have nothing but contempt for...BANDS..here at Headlam".

As Wayne said...we had to spend some time hanging around due to things running behind...not to worry though, was a great laugh in the cribbage parlour (braaaandy, are you a member?) with Belamy and his mistress, bet he stovved her knot in after the medievel banquet. Pauls pump nearly gave me a stroke with laughter.....bet its still echoing round the ...

It was remarkably like driving to the Bates motel in the movie 'Psycho', driving to Sleepers last night. The Rain was pelting down and visibility was about 19 inches ahead. Not to worry though, Wayne and I made it there unscathed. Wayne had to follow me through so as not to get lost is the vast chasms of Boldon.

The venue must have been recently re-furbished, it smelled new, or as Wayne said, "you can smell the Ikea-ness" ha ha ha ha. It looked really nice inside and the sound was nice due to the shape of the room and the low ceiling.

It was quite a good turnout, the people were polite and appreciative. Lots of people giving us great feeback after the gig, complementing us on our performance and set diversity etc. So many thanks for that. Its really good that we can make that much of an impression on people, on our first visit to any venue.

"Come on!!!! Haway!!!".....we shouted, willing the van up the hill from Shildon to Brusselton as it gasped and spluttered its way to the top, smelling like it was burning 50cm to a gallon of oil getting us to our gig in Richmond...which it did, ye of little faith and all that.

Mal stood laughing at us as we pulled up behind his car in 'The Dingle mobile' on the delivery driveway to the rear of the Black Lion Hotel in the scenic Richmond.

The venue was really nice, cosy and in keeping with the rustic facia of the surrounding buildings. The people were really nice too, well up for a good time, which made for a great night for all, trully cracking!

Now then, a very interesting and somewhat eerie incident occured during our time there. Our Drummer Paul was casually urinating in ...

Travellers gig was tremendous, our following in that area is second to none, so many thanks to all who turned out to watch us again...much appreciated. With three brilliant gigs in Cockerton so far I'm definately looking forward to playing the club in November, it should be awesome. Got some great up and coming gigs too ( check the gig list). We're beig recorded at the Horseshoe gig in Crook so I'm hoping for a full house for that one....lots of noisy people! Every gig we've played there has been great so far so.....should be mint.

There's a few new venues for us too soon such as Sleepers (Boldon) and Harleys (Sunderland) so I'm interested to see what they're like to play. Thanks to Linda Cross, (whom I'm yet to meet lol), for booking us for those. We've played Olivers, which is not too far away from Harleys....It was more like a night club than a live music venue and the band accounted for two thirds of the people i ...

S'all quiet on the koncept front at the mo it would seem, but not to worry, got some mint gigs coming up. Thankfully the flu has subsided, and left me with a rattly chest, which should in turn fade soon...i hope. Teeth no longer hurting...thanks Mal......t**t. Played a canny gig in chilton last weekend, wasn't our best gig by any means, felt a little lifeless to me...plus...i think our opener wasn't right....set the balance off from the word gan. Thanks to all who turned out to watch us there though, much appreciated. Also think we may need a praccy before the next gig if pos....buff up some rusty bits n that. nature of the beast with bands etc. If you don't play for ages your mind just goes blank, even if you have played recently as i found out at the Vane arms...forgetting the words in a couple of songs...hahahahaha was tremendously funny...having to make words up...or just dance to make the gap look good, its made me a bit tense before songs since.