Venue: The Rigger, Newcastle under Lyme
Other acts included: Bearfoot (our hosts), Someone who was new.. can't remember their name, Kayleigh, Slug, Gaz Bennett, Martin (from Dead Radio Society), John Mcleod, Rain, Sarah Hood and John, Paul. (May have been others, but I, Sheena, can't remember)
Arrived a tad late to this night, due to mix up over babysitters, and general lack of communication between Graeme and I. Still was able to see Bearfoot mid flow, doing their usual brand of Country/Rock a couple of members down, they still held the stage and proved how professional they really are.
Managed to catch up with a few folk and Graeme approached Joe, with a view to try and get us on earlyish... Obviously arriving after everyone else meant that we had to wait a while, we couldn't just expect to walk in and go straight on, plus a couple of the others who had turned up early were needing to get off early too.
Kayleigh was on form, can't wait to see what she's like in a few years, she has the chance to do really well, if she keeps working hard.. suppose its easier when your dad is in Bearfoot!! lol
Then a guy, who's name I can't remember stepped up, apparently he's only been playing the guitar 8 months, but he did really well.
Slug performed a rather unusual version of"Take on Me" with a kazoo solo.. definately had to be seen to be believed!!
Gaz, laid everyon'e bladder to waste with his didge... though one can't help wondering if open mic nights are really the best place for didge's... and they are pretty much a one trick pony.. Shall encourage Gaz to get his flute out!
After a short spell from Bearfoot, it was our turn. In no particular order we performed "Another Suitcase", "Rosemary Lane", "Fever" and "At Seventeen". Graeme having taken his Fender Jazz down to show Matt the Sound engineer, meant that the dynamic to fever was enhanced. After coming off a chap by the name of Kieran approached and said "you did that song from Evita really well, you've got a great voice"... which was lovely. Our performance was videoed by Glenn Amos, so hopefully the footage will be up on YouTube before too much longer.
The night continued with Martin from Dead Radio Society... I could hear harmonies in the songs he performed and wondered if they were band songs that were converted to solo use...
John McCleod did his "new songs" very well... it would appear that he has new songs every week, which shows how prolific he must be!
Sarah Hood stepped up with her guitarist John and did a couple as did Paul to finish the night..
Overall the usual high calibre of performances that showcase at The Rigger really raise the bar, there are some fabulously talented people out there and I'm glad that Rain are a part of it!
Though Graeme and I have agreed, while we love doing the cover versions, there is a number of original songs we'd like to do.
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