Farnborough F.C 28/11/2009

We arrived at Farnborough football club in good time! The weather was cold,yet bright and clear when we set off but by the time we arrived it was absolutely appauling,raining heavily and the load in point was full of enormous puddles(now where did i put my wellies?). We hurriedly rushed the equipment in so as not to get soaked,but the rain takes no prisoners,and soaked was how we were!
Set up was straight forward and in the sound check we had a chance to run through some of the new songs we've been learning. Soon it was showtime,two sets was the order of the evening,and stepping out brought it home to us just how few people had turned up(maybe 20 people in a room to hold roughly 100).The heavy down pour had really put the mockers on,but never the less a full on show was what we delivered to the people who were brave enough to face the weather.Everyone thoroughly enjoyed both sets,with requests coming thick and fast,we tried our best to play the songs they asked for.We finished up the night,packed down and drove home,thank God by the time we got back the rain had stopped! Very small, yet very intimate audience,very enjoyable evening!

The Raquet club,Liverpool 24/11/2009.

Great to be back in Liverpool again,first time at this venue and what a beautiful place it was. Situated in the financial part of town,this building is a lovely piece of architecture.The evening was a corporate event for 'British steel'( corus group). All the guests in the audience were of Russian origin,give or take the odd interpreter or two so the language barrier was quite apparent,although this didn't stop either us or themselves having a great time.We played mostly well known hits,and kept the song introductions very short and sweet.The vodka(and anything else alchoholic)was flowing,the guests were dancing and singing(well kind of Ha!)and the night ran smoothly finishing off with the proverbial 'Hey jude' to which everyone was joining in with hands aloft etc. Our performance soon came to an end and we were left to pack down,hearing that the party had now moved on into town,and were planning on a 3am finish!(some sore heads in the morning!)It was a pleasure to be part of the evening and helping our foreign visitors enjoy their stay in Liverpool. Great night!

P.s. Thanks Ben....you're a star!!!!

Swettenham Arms,Cheshire 14/11/2009

The beautiful surroundings,cosy atmosphere and two....yes two blazing real log fires!!! A lovely quaint little venue in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere.The concert room was quite small,although i do prefer this as you can be much more intimate with the audience,and the load in was easy! We set up with no probs and then ordered food and drinks and took a pew by the fire,oh yes! Finally we had to get ready and face our awaiting guests.It was the type of venue where the audience really sit and scrutinise what you do,they did and they loved it! Very warm crowd,singing and clapping along,and we recieved some great comments on the website from people who enjoyed the show.It had been a long day though and after the preceeding night we were all tired,but managed a rousing finale with twist and shout! Cheers,singing and a full dance floor,job done!!A great venue,a great crowd, and a great distance from anywhere ;)

Hard Days Night Hotel,Liverpool 13/11/2009

Here we were at the Hard days night hotel again,got to be probably our most favourite place to play ever,it's just so cool in there.Celebrating the release of the film 'Yellow Submarine ' (to which the film was played and watched by the guests earlier in the evening)we performed a unique set of 1966 songs(not something we do too often)followed then by a set of later material and songs which feature in the film's soundtrack.We thought that being this was the theme for the evening,we should dress accordingly,so we set about getting costumes to dress up as the actual cartoon characters of the film.I dont think this has ever been done before,the suits were cracking and we had some right laughs at each others expense,it was great.So dressed in strange garb as characters of the film for the second set we performed numbers such as "Lucy in the sky","I want to tell you" and"Hey bulldog" to name but a few,and they were very well received,that's one thing about playing in Liverpool,you can pretty much do any of the Beatles repertoire and they enjoy it! A great night as always and nice to meet up with Beatle fan Ben young lad and very keen to be a Beatle musician,keep up the drumming fella!

P.s Rachael we love you!!!!!!

The Globe,Cardiff 7/11/2009

With Cardiff losing to local rivals at football and Wales getting beaten at the rugby we thought we too would be in for a hiding to nothing! Not too many people were in attendance at this venue,it was a last minute booking due to a cancellation,and with the sporting defeats it was very thin on the ground so to speak.Those that did attend were a great bunch, we had them shouting requests and there was a lot of interaction between them and us.There were some real die hard fans of the Beatles in the crowd and good to see some old friends.We played a lot of the rock and roll songs but spiced it up with a few new later period numbers.It was very enjoyable for both parts,great little venue this and the sound engineer did a wonderful job,thanks mister! Hope to be back down there soon,Great night!