Another great night in Cowplain. We thoroughly enjoyed the last gig here and were looking forward to playing here again. The setting up was straight forward enough this time round and all done and sound checked by 830. Cool, time to chill out before going on. As always the pub was packed and with the addition of an in-house birthday party, there were lots of eyes upon us!
We kicked off around 900 with the usual "Pretty Vacant" and got claps from the off.
It was nice to see our regular posse supporting us again - right up the front rockin' it out as usual and stimulating the rest of the pub to join in.
Andy was in pain before playing, bless him - he has been busy moving house and shifting stuff for the last two weeks and his arms appeard to be seized. A few Bulmers later and the blame for his drumming could be shifted! Harley was on tender hooks as Guitar Hero Ginger Andy came to see us for the first time and apparantly loved it. Well done H, your hero was proud of you! Jock was Jock, in his world of 9 pints and 'avin' it large! Beanz managed to do the whole night with loads of mistakes as usual but was chuffed that he managed "My Sharona" all the way through with no words. The pat on the back from Jock was much appreciated!
There was lots of interaction this time round - laughing and joking and taking the piss out of each other and the audience. We were comfortable and feedback suggests that it was welcomed.
T-Rex's "I love To Boogie" had a further extension tonight, as Beanz didn't only introduce the band, he went on to recognise some of the unsung heroes that consistently show their support for us. It was great and even more pleasing, was for the first time ever, as each musician was introduced, they did their own amplified little bit to emphasize their instruments. A regular to our gigs even popped up on stage and introduced Beanz to everyone which was a first also!
Dan "Ratboy" did us proud again, and quite a few people commented on how good we sounded. Despite yet another technical problem with a dodgy MIC lead Beanz quickly nabbed Harley's this time and carried on as if nothing had happened! It was funny to watch Ratboy scrabbling around the floor sorting out the wiring whilst we were still playing. Before the song was finished, Beanz had one MIC in the stand and two unplugged in his hand which he tried to disguise by comically pretending they were maracas! Fooling no-one, it was obvious what was happening but extremely funny. "Sort it out Ratboy or you'll be getting a home visit from Rentokill!"
Keychelle and Shirl did us proud backing for "Ruby" again and it sounded like the whole pub was helping us with "Parklife" - superb!
We had a request to sing happy birthday to "Julie" to which we obliged and proceeded to invite her up to sing along to "You Really Got Me". Julie apparantly is a barmaid at the pub and well done girl, you did good!
A couple of time throughout the evening, we also played a few bars from Andy's own song to his girlfriend "Hey Little Mo'", which didn't go down too well with her stood at the bar! I guess there was no "rudies" for him when he got home!
Overall, it was another successful and most enjoyable evening and we thank everone for making us feel welcome. Thanks to Baz and his wife (the landlord and landlady) for giving us a second opportunity to play such a great pub, and for booking us again in September.
We kicked off around 900 with the usual "Pretty Vacant" and got claps from the off.
It was nice to see our regular posse supporting us again - right up the front rockin' it out as usual and stimulating the rest of the pub to join in.
Andy was in pain before playing, bless him - he has been busy moving house and shifting stuff for the last two weeks and his arms appeard to be seized. A few Bulmers later and the blame for his drumming could be shifted! Harley was on tender hooks as Guitar Hero Ginger Andy came to see us for the first time and apparantly loved it. Well done H, your hero was proud of you! Jock was Jock, in his world of 9 pints and 'avin' it large! Beanz managed to do the whole night with loads of mistakes as usual but was chuffed that he managed "My Sharona" all the way through with no words. The pat on the back from Jock was much appreciated!
There was lots of interaction this time round - laughing and joking and taking the piss out of each other and the audience. We were comfortable and feedback suggests that it was welcomed.
T-Rex's "I love To Boogie" had a further extension tonight, as Beanz didn't only introduce the band, he went on to recognise some of the unsung heroes that consistently show their support for us. It was great and even more pleasing, was for the first time ever, as each musician was introduced, they did their own amplified little bit to emphasize their instruments. A regular to our gigs even popped up on stage and introduced Beanz to everyone which was a first also!
Dan "Ratboy" did us proud again, and quite a few people commented on how good we sounded. Despite yet another technical problem with a dodgy MIC lead Beanz quickly nabbed Harley's this time and carried on as if nothing had happened! It was funny to watch Ratboy scrabbling around the floor sorting out the wiring whilst we were still playing. Before the song was finished, Beanz had one MIC in the stand and two unplugged in his hand which he tried to disguise by comically pretending they were maracas! Fooling no-one, it was obvious what was happening but extremely funny. "Sort it out Ratboy or you'll be getting a home visit from Rentokill!"
Keychelle and Shirl did us proud backing for "Ruby" again and it sounded like the whole pub was helping us with "Parklife" - superb!
We had a request to sing happy birthday to "Julie" to which we obliged and proceeded to invite her up to sing along to "You Really Got Me". Julie apparantly is a barmaid at the pub and well done girl, you did good!
A couple of time throughout the evening, we also played a few bars from Andy's own song to his girlfriend "Hey Little Mo'", which didn't go down too well with her stood at the bar! I guess there was no "rudies" for him when he got home!
Overall, it was another successful and most enjoyable evening and we thank everone for making us feel welcome. Thanks to Baz and his wife (the landlord and landlady) for giving us a second opportunity to play such a great pub, and for booking us again in September.
We also feel a special mention should go out to Keychelle who went all out to get rid of our promtional keyrings & pens etc. We managed to raise a further £30.00 for our charity, The Rowans Hospice. If you bought one - thanks a lot!
Just to close, if you happen to be the drunk man who tried to pluck Jocks strings whilst he was playing, consider yourself lucky! Our groupies saw and were on stand by, not to mention the fact that Jock had a spare guitar with him and would have thought nothing of smashing it across your head without even missing a note. Your ok fella, we've calmed him down and passed it on to a hit man instead - you got off lightly PMSL!
Just to close, if you happen to be the drunk man who tried to pluck Jocks strings whilst he was playing, consider yourself lucky! Our groupies saw and were on stand by, not to mention the fact that Jock had a spare guitar with him and would have thought nothing of smashing it across your head without even missing a note. Your ok fella, we've calmed him down and passed it on to a hit man instead - you got off lightly PMSL!
The drunk man should've 'ad it!!!!
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