Whoosh, Another Week Flies Past.

This week has flown as quickly as a hawk diving for it's prey. We have so many things on the go in RL and SL, I love it, but fitting it all in can be a challenge.Tuesday saw Sunwolf and I playing a set at the Drunken Drow. This was our second time there and luckily no walls or tunnels appeared this time and the show went very well. Nice people and nice venue. Our dear friend, Cailidgh Spires followed us with her usual mix of madcap mayhem and lovely songs.
From there we hopped to The Playhouse. This is a nice roomy venue, hosted and run by Scarlett and Frank Molko, two really lovely folks, and owned by K C Draymen. Frank is also an awesome performer, so as I often say, if you haven't heard him yet then make a date to do so, I am sure you won't be disappointed.Lyn Carlberg was on as we arrived playing his lovely sweet gentle songs. I feel myself relaxing whenever I listen to him. After Lyn, it was the turn of Cha-Lay-Lis- Darkwatch. I had only ever heard her once before, but I remembered that I had enjoyed her music and so I did this time too. I love her vocal style and the original songs she did were wonderful. I also like the fact she sings some songs that men usually sing her voice compliments them so well a real pleasure to listen to.
Wednesday evening saw us playing a set at our own venue, Ye Olde Wolf n Hawk. We were followed by Chance Jampuler and then Gweeb. It was a fairly quiet night, but at least there was no sim crashing this week.
Thursday we went off to Waffles an hour earlier than our set there, because Conor Savage was playing just before us and that was an opportunity too good to miss. He is another Must See, and to my mind if  male angels sing, this is what they sound like. Conor's set was a mix of songs so lovely they make me weep and some so bawdy that I couldn't stop laughing. The only problem I had was that when it was out turn to take the stage I was so lost in Conor's music that I hadn't finished getting ready for our show. After our set, we then found that Jed Tharnaby was unable to make his set so Dusty Smythe stood in for him. Now I like Jed, but getting to hear Dusty was a real bonus, because we never seem to be able to get to his shows enough and inspite of the man himself denying his talent, we just love him and could listen to him for hours.
I make no appology for the fact that Sunwolf and I have several venues that we visit every week. For us they are special places where we feel comfortable and at home both with the venue owners and the folks that tend to frequent them, never mind the great talents they bring to their stages. Spice is one such venue and Thursday evening saw us there, as usual, to listen to Tim Anadyr. I didn't get to see much of the next act as I got called away to deal with an RL phone call. The call was lengthy, but luckily, I was able to get back to catch Lyn Carlberg. Again, I hear you say,to which I reply yes, you can't get too much of Lyn. Unfortunately, due to the content of the phone call, we had to miss the last act that night as there were things in RL that needed our attention, so I gave a resigned sigh and logged off for the night.
I have renamed Friday, Crazy Day, because for us it is. We start off playing at set at Guthries, in what for us is 1pm and then we then stay on to watch Moses Rae, Lazarus Doghouse and Quinton Whitman, a  first class line up of entertainment. We then rush off to RL to eat and get sorted out before we run our own venue for 3 hours. This week we had the wonderful Russell Eponymn and his family. It is always such a pleasure to host Russell, his group are some of the nicest folks you will ever meet in SL and Russell is justly proud of them.It was a great performance, but then I have never been to a show of Russell's that wasn't and I really sincerely mean that. He was followed by Cailidgh and then Steveeoilo mellowed us all out with his distinct and wonderful set.
We had an hour off then before we were off to Cuddlers Cove, another of those wonderful places we love to frequent. Quinton Whitman played that night which was unusual as he usually just does Saturday morning, but hey, we were not about to complain. We got to hear a lot of his new original songs, this man has talent coming out of his ears I think. Quinton was followed by someone we had not seen before Dennymac, gave us a nice set.
IT was gone 1am in the morning when we finally got to bed, so now you see why I have renamed Friday,  we were tired, but happy and I guess you can't complain about that.
Saturday was Crazy Cuddlers day, back at the Cove to see Quinton again followed by Twin Ghost and ending up with Laid Back Celt, who we never get to see as often as we would like.There just aren't enough hours in a day for us at the moment. Three hours of brilliant entertainment and we thought that was it for the day, then we got an sos from a friend who had a venue owner looking for a stand in act. So off we went to Forestwalkers Too. What a great place it turned out to be and venue owner Katenali Forestwalker is such a lovely person. I think this was the best show we have ever done. The audience were truly appreciative and we had more request here than we have ever had before. The  atmosphere was incredible and we enjoyed every minute of it. There was also a bonus in that we had the honour to introduce Russell to the stage as he was following us, we had never been on the bill before him till now. I was like a kid, all excited, funny the way some things make us feel. The only cloud on the horizon was when the sim crashed towards the end of Russell's set, but never the less it was still a great night.
Sunday is our day away from the machines filled with feverish activity to get RL sorted out ready for Monday.


ForestwalkersToo Venue where we played a stand in set .

This Monday, in RL, we began work with Cailidgh Spires on her new CD. We were due to start last week, but  snow fall caused a postponement.The roads here are all back roads, they never see any form of gritting or snow clearing, so we had to wait, but now I am happy to say that as I write this, the first session has gone well and we have a few songs already completed. Hopefully, we will be meeting every Monday now until the work is complete. Cailidgh already has one CD under her belt that we worked on with her last year. Called Spare Change, in memory of her busking days. If you can afford a copy it would, in my opinion, be money well spent. Here is a link to her reverb nation page where you can hear some of the CD and buy a copy if you like what you hear. http://www.reverbnation.com/cailidghspires.
Well that brings us up to date. We have a show to do tonight at Southbound Jazz Club hosted by Crystal and owned by Kitty Rider. This is another nice little venue and Crystal is a lovely lady, not that I am implying Kittty isn't , I just haven't really met her other to say hello. So as I said at the begining it' all systems go and busy, busy, busy, but happy with it and I hope you are too.

Till next time love and best wishes.