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Awoke with zero pain - until I stood up, of course...
Painkiller frenzy...
There was work to be done but not until Luna had been seen to...
Then some downloading for #NewMusicFriday (see below)...
With that out of the way...
Decided at the very last minute to add the "sax mixes" to "Materialisation" prior to its release at 8am...
Done dusted, released, first partakers partaking...
Anne wanted to go out for breakfast...
I drove us down the hill - painkillers doing their stuff...
Nonetheless, there was limping on the way from the car to Cafe Vigo...
...for Americanos with hot milk...
..and tasty plates of brunch - no lunch required...
Then, a further limp/walk back to the car...
...a quick visit to Lidl for bread - this the car park scene...
And home...
Picked the next CD box, number 54...
Sibelius to Stamitz...
A 3CD opera, Spontini’s “La Vestale”...
...by Muti, at La Scala in 1993, the last recording until 2023...
In its time, however, following its premiere in 1807, it was very popular indeed...
...and is said to have influenced opera in general and, specifically, Wagner...
A chance post on BlueSky got me reading Donald Hall's "Essays After Eighty", funnily enough, just along from a book on “The Dark Side of the Moon”...
Hall features in Roger Waters’ excellent “Redux” of said record, from a couple of years back…
No lunch, no tea...
Some TV, "Father Brown", and then, out and a drive to Kirkliston to the New Liston Arms for Ian of Lazy Horse and GI Joes' 70th birthday party...
A tidy stage is a happy stage...
It made a change to be going along with just my guitar, a few leads, the trusty fuzzbox and my lyric book...
Here, our setlist for our opening act shenanigans...
...and here, the setlists for the other two bands, in both of which the birthday boy plays bass...
Our bassist Keith, played a guest spot on congas with Lazy Horse and is the drummer for the GI Joes...
The room soon filled up (during our soundcheck - neither of the other bands bothered with one)...
An intro from Ian and off we went...
35 minutes of swift fun...
The sound onstage was terrible but we struggled through...
The sound out front was fine, apparently and the audience loved it...
Sadly, for posterity, the "audience" recording I tried to make, failed, due to a corrupted file...
C'est la vie...
Lazy Horse were up next and played a fine set - their sax player, Neil, having guested with us (without rehearsal) playing mouth organ on "The Jean Genie"...
A fine buffet was served, post which the pain in my foot was really kicking in and so I had to depart, prior to the GI Joes taking the stage...
An excellent night though, notwithstanding not being able to properly hear what we were playing - and the always oncoming pain...
Home around 10 and a quick "Chicago PD" before heading to bed at midnight...
Highlight of the Day: Performing...
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