Obsession - You Know You Want To.......

 

Tired, Tired Tired!!! 3 gigs in a row, this last one being the Devils Hump From Hell........ can't quite believe I couldn't remember it..... but I certainly did as I rounded the corner to gaze upon it's monstrousness......

 

Previous 2 nights both really excellent, the Saturday at Pennywell Coms in particular was one of the best I can remember - check out the toonage in the "Live" section - the second half toons are mainly from there - Angels in particular stands out.

 

Back to MBro Buffs though - huge room, nice crowd, everything seemed set up to perfection from the night before, only to be scuppered once again by our Bass Players need to piss about with his tone. Fine in the 'check, nice and level, signal perect, how on earth then does it go tits up within 4 songs - what ever he does with those tone controls on his bass it sends something completely different to the desk which then clips the foldback, which means it sounds great outfront, but shit on stage. Even worse second half. I'm bloody fed up og it!!!

 

Next gig I'm putting a compressor on his channel so he can't whack so much Bass End on his sound that it clips everything......... a fiendish and cunning plan.

 

Still got loads of people coming up saying how superb we were, which is thanks to a great PA still delivering despite DD's best efforts to kill it....!

Here's some pics -

 

 

An absolutely  classic night - they love their Rock, so the set went down well, and the crowd were excellent.

 

Okay it was an upstairs hump, and sure there was dogshit in the yard where we had to carry through, and alright I drove through a big pile of it n the way in which wrapped itself round the back wheel, and yes, Andy was gagging the whole time....... but the great reception and Karen the concert chairperson was a dream as always.

 

The Angels solo was performed with significant "Gusto"........just fir a change!!! lol. Rock On...

 

Most agreeable.

Great gig - nice people and they like their ROCK!

 

Rebel Yell kicking arse these days, and Dakota sounding better - must go for those high notes.....!

 

3 Encores, and at last my guitar was sounding well tasty - totally nailed Can't Get Enough 2nite.

 

Soon we'll have Sactuary & Jump in, and we will be pounding the second half.

 

 

Great trio Gig - finally got Donnie Darko's bass sound sorted out, foldback was much improved as a result and  Rocking was suitably administered!!

 

Nice crowd as always, good size room, tight sound. VERY appreciative young ladies........one of whom i am informed bared her all at the end of the night - I missed it.... grrrrrrr --  Andy barely escaped alive at the end of the night, though by his own admission those responsible were a little errr..... "well-rounded".

 

MUST get the words to Dakota learnt properly for next gig, and no excuses for anyone not knowing their bits (DONNIE.....)

 

NEW songs to learn -

Sanctuary

Jump

Only Thing That Looks Good On Me – Brian Adams

Hard To Handle

 

Jonny Rockstar engaed to produce them!!

I siezed it, that moment, I would not let it pass,

I took it, that moment, should it be the last,

That instant, that daliance, a blink of "beings" eye,

I won't watch it evade me, not me, no, not I.

 

Some moments already, I have lived to regret,

Some moments I cannot decide on; not yet,

Some moments though stubbornly, have helped me to grow,

Some moments have been wrong, in hindsight I know.

 

All moments in common, breath in and breath out,

Smell Roses, Strike Poses, scream, laugh and kick out,

Feel, love and taste them, you're here then you're gone,

This moment, just treat it, like it's you're only one.

 

Reach out and touch this shadow of me,

Find me, Remind me, of what I knew I could be,

Reach in and stir me, my restless troubled soul,

This half life is fading, now half of the whole,

 

Drifting and shifting, through quicksands of time,

No purpose to aim for, no plans to define,

Defeaten, life beaten, what use now my friends,

My walls have no doorways, my turns all dead ends.

 

Time passes, your glasses, which once were half full,

Gold on the outside, but inside left dull,

Each day I grew older, each hour I have lost,

Each moment left wanting, now counting it's cost

 

The soul I am seeking, it wanders and cries,

It's candle of life dimming down in dark eyes,

My match to it's kindling, my spark be it's flame,

Together burn brightly, life living again. 

 

 

 At the time of writing, th Trio has 8 gigs in for March, and thre are still three Saturdays to fill....... one has to wonder whether this is the way of the clubs now - we were at Stanley Central last night, and there is another once packed club who have had to go down to Trio's on a Saturday and 2 x Solo Artists on a Sunday. They have sold off their HUGE Concert Room, and from next wekk they will be working out of the rest of the building, with a nice new concert room and a fabulous dressing room (with a bog!!). Upstairs hump, but they have a lift almost installed.

 

Sad times - I remember going there to see Six of The Best in the min 90's, and you couldn't get a seat!!

 

Anyway, we are once again giving thought to whether we should simply stick to the Trio.....

 

Another new song installed last night - Gimme Some Lovin - Spencer Davis Group - went extremely well, fits nice, people danced!!!