Here we go with the weeks round up of comings and goings.
Monday last week saw us performing at Southbound. Jed Tharnaby was on before us though we only managed to catch half his set due to RL issues that took longer than we hoped they would, never the less what we did hear was very good.
Ari the little Dragonette was on the stage after us with her usual mix of humorous songs and gentle melodies, always a pleasure to listen to.
Stephen Sixpence followed Ari. We had not heard Stephen for ages so it was good to catch him again. Stephen seems such a nice guy and the set was great. He played several songs I had not heard in awhile and we thoroughly enjoyed it.
After Southbound had finished for the day we nipped across to a place we had not been before. The Mason Family Barn, it's a small but friendly little venue, where Gweeb was playing a set having been away for some time with the flu. It was good to hear him again. After his set it had gone midnight for us so it was time to log out and get some sleep.
Tuesday saw WolfnHawk playing at The Drunken Drow, but again we were the only ones till 2hours later when Beth Odets was playing. I am hoping that this week when we play Cailidgh Spires will be returning to her slot immediately after us as we always feel better about being part of a show rather than the whole thing, if you see what I mean.
Wednesday it was time to open our own venue. Gweeb flew in with two minutes to spare, having just done a show elsewhere, to play a great set.
Ringo the lovable lion should have been next, but by 2 minutes to the hour we knew he was not going to make it as he is usually so reliable. Luckily the awesome Mash Rhodes was in the venue and offered to do a stand in show. Sunwolf is in charge of notices so there were frantic tapping sounds beside me as he notified as many folks as he could. People who didn't come missed a truly fantastic set.
Ari and Larry at Spice
Thursday is our time to visit friends Katja Runo and Tim Anadyr at their lovely venue Spice. It seemed odd Tim not being on stage for the opening show. He has been doing that slot for as long as we have been going to Spice on Thursdays and that is quite a few months.
Icecream Merlin was due to open but, he could not get on line so Franck Molko graciously stepped in and though he was having a few problems with the stream skipping he still managed to give us a wonderful show.
Following Frank was Lyn Carlberg and we settled down to be lulled by his gentle love songs.
Then it was back to RL at what for us is a very busy time of year.
Friday is our busiest SL day as we begin with playing a set at Guthrie's and then settle down to watch Moses Rae, Lazarus Doghouse and Quinton Whitman, A wonderful line up that never disappoints.
Lazarus always delivers the songs in his own unique style, but that day he outshone himself with a truly amazing version of a Doors Number, which if I remember correctly, is called This Is The End. If you were not there then you missed a wonderful version of a great song .
We always have to leave Guthrie's sooner than we would like to go to RL and get a meal etc before getting back on line to host out own venue, Ye Olde Wolf n Hawk.
Cailidgh being bopped by Ari during the universe song
Mash Rhodes opened for us with yet another brilliant set. We so enjoy his shows and could listen for hours.
Cailidgh Spires followed Mash. Caili had a special guest with her for her show and Wildman played percussion accompaniment to most of her songs, it just added a little something to an already great show.
As you have no doubt realised we are now running only two shows per day except now and then when we revert to three, but we are opening an extra day instead and this is to see if we can appeal to folks who maybe can't get to the shows in the week. We will be doing this for a few months and then assess how the plan is working. We have only been running the venue since December last year so we are still quite new to it all. Having said that I can't help but notice that venues seem to be closing down every week now and quite a few of them opened after we did. Still as I have said before, folks who come into running a venue hoping to make money will be sorely disappointed and to be truthful the lindens we earn as performers often go to subsidising the pub.
Sunwolf and I hoped over to Cuddlers cove later that evening to watch our dear friend Laid Back Celt. If you like your music raw and full of energy then LB is the guy to come to listen to. We get to a set of his whenever we can.
Saturday saw Sunwolf and I back at Cuddlers for Crazy Saturday.For the last few weeks Suka had been running the venue on her own while Quinton was away visiting his son, but this week it was Suka that was absent as RL was claiming her time. It always seems so odd when Suka is not there hosting the shows, but Quinton held it all together as we listened to Mr Whitman himself followed by the amazing Anj Gustaffson with Laid Back ending the day. Another great 3 hours of music that if you missed it then you missed some truly wonderful entertainment.
Then it was back to our place to do a show hosted by our dear friend Blackdwarfbud. She didn't have too much to do as folks were thin on the ground. Either that means that no one wants to listen to us, or there were too many other events taking place at the same time. There were a few folks in though and they seem to be enjoying themselves and as that is what we do the shows for then all was not lost and I send my heartfelt thanks to those people, you all know who you are.
Following us was the talented Mr Steveeolio who gave us a lovely soothing set and I am glad to say we ended up with a few more folks coming in towards the half way mark.
Sunday is our day for RL so after doing domestic chores and catching up with friends and family there is not much time left for anything else.
Well that is about it for this week, I will be posting this then going to the our pub to finish setting up our Tinnies corner as Ari plays at the pub every two weeks we thought it might be nice to set up a place especially for her and her little friends. Then I have various other bits n pieces in Rl that still need attending to before we get down to Southbound for the first of our shows this week. Maybe we will see some of you there, we hope so.
One last thing I believe I made a stupid mistake last time when I referred to Lavender fields as Lilac fields, oops sorry Brique, don't know what made me do that other than the Lilac in my garden had begun blooming and I had been admiring it and the fact I guess I am just getting old n confused. Anyways sorry again for that little mess up.
Well bye for this week love and good wishes to you all.
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