Thanks to everyone who came to our spooky gig, and especially Karl for bringing his epic and wonderful Sailor's Blues 82s.
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Brand New Classics and Flying Capos
There was a lovely vibe at last night's Loudhailer Acoustic open mic night at Atkinson's Cafe Bar. Everyone was inspired and trying out new songs. I was mesmerised by at least one song in everyone's set. Three Quarters of The Smugglers started off by showing us some old fishing pictures from Backtrack Hull on an … Continue reading Brand New Classics and Flying Capos
A Bumper Edition!
It was a Bumper Edition of our Loudhailer Acoustic Night at Atkinson's Cafe Bar last night with a packed house and no less than 15 performers. There were more guitars lined up than in many a music shop. Rich & I opened up with a couple of songs especially for the occasion, The Goole Captain … Continue reading A Bumper Edition!
Jamboree, Whip! Jamboree!
Wow, that was a good night out! Thanks to Guy Falkingham for asking us to play at the first Hull Folk and Maritime Festival. We played at Fruit, and we had a terrific time. It was already full when we got there at 7 pm, just in time to catch Ukulele Bill introducing the first of a fine collection … Continue reading Jamboree, Whip! Jamboree!
Yum!
Thanks to Martin and Guy who asked us to play at the Yum! Festival in town this afternoon, we had a blast. We played as many food songs as we could muster up ("Give me your cup cakes, I want your gateau..") Dexter and Richard tucked into chocolate crepes and Summer Festival Ale and we … Continue reading Yum!
Letter from Starman!
29/6/2013 - David Bowie and the Spiders were my first heroes. The first gig I ever went to was when me and Julie went to see them play at Leeds Rolarena on June 29th 1973 - the last gig before Ziggy died at Hammersmith Odeon. I was blown away by the gig, and that was it, … Continue reading Letter from Starman!