Various – Jazz & Classical Jukebox Shuffleplay
Cloudland Blue Quartet – Ersatzreal
James Jamieson – 13 Songs
Darren Thornberry – On the Edge
Cobra Dorado – The Mysterious Life & Death of Judiah Too Young Man
Lyndsay Sugden and the Storm – Same (EP)
Francis Dunnery – Welcome to the Wild Country
A bit of a rush re the gig tonight – including having to go into the attic and locate and fetch my Traynor Valve Bass Amp, which I’ve had since 1979 (and which Jamie used whilst we were in Capital Models together) but which hadn’t been fired up since making this film with Peri Urban in 2002...
Jamie arrived at Crispycat Towers around 6:15 with percussionist Billy and I discovered on the journey to the venue that they hadn’t rehearsed last night and that Billy had never even heard the songs until we played Jamie’s CD while we drove...
Jamie was trying to point out to Billy where there’d be stops in the songs but it was just too late for that so I suggested that when we left gaps, the djembe would continue...
The other three acts represented a strong bill. Darren Thornberry, Jill Hepburn and Lindsay Sugden, each of whom had also brought along guest accompanying players – the latter having actually taken the time to learn the songs to be played!
Jill, Lindsay
Darren, Jamie
Nonetheless, after great sets from Darren and Jill it was our turn to take the stage. We sort of sailed through the eight songs with just a few errors and Billy becoming perhaps a bit over excited in places...
Post gig we were buoyed by the complimentary remarks regarding how we’d done – for my own part, I was pleased to receive kudos from OOTB stalwarts Nelson Wright and Jim Igoe (the promoter) in relation to my bass playing and my backing vocals...
Of course you can’t really go wrong with Jamie’s songs as they’re so immediate and catchy...
Last up was Lindsay promoting her new EP. Great complex music...
At the end of the night I bought Darren and Lindsay’s CDs (I already have Jill’s or I’d have bought that too)...
In the audience were Anne, Lynn and our old Capital Models cohorts Jim Park and Nicky Hind – Nicky lives in California and is in Europe for a couple of months – he’s only in Edinburgh till Sunday though and so, in the bar afterwards as we sat and reminisced about the old days, Nicky and Jim suggested a reunion on Saturday night, appointing me as organiser – so, invites will be issued tomorrow...
Drove Lynn home and enjoyed some new CDs to finish off a good day – including the Francis Dunnery disc which arrived this morning from e-bay...
Highlight of the Day : Playing the bass for Jamie...
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