Thoughts on 2023

Feels like an odd year …

We’ve had half-a-dozen gigs with one more still to come on the 22nd December, plus 3 house-gigs … so not a bad tally. And two cancellations, which leaves you feeling all dressed up and no place to go!

We have also “cracked” the acoustic set which feels like a milestone and we recorded 4 tracks in the summer which only need a little more work before they see the light of day. The acoustic tunes involved Kev and Chris singing more backing vocals which has now become a feature of all our sets, so that’s been a real step forward. George W-R joined us for the Wappenham Festival on mandolin which really added to the musicality with Chris playing acoustic guitar rather than bass on some tunes.

As the year has progressed we’ve been working on adding tunes to our ‘party-set’ which we unveiled in late November to both applause and a lot of dancing – which is nice!! Makes it all worth-while.

I guess we’re feeling that we’re suffering the same fate as many of the venues who are rarely filling to capacity for anything ‘off the main-stream’. Seems like a lot of people still aren’t going out post Covid …. difficult to believe or understand but it seems to be the case.

As Robert Plant once said: Life is a big tambourine – the harder you shake it the better it sounds! We hope to see you in 2024 – either coming to a gig or booking us to play at yours …. an acoustic garden party perhaps, a full-tilt party to dance all night to or an engaging ‘evening with’ where we showcase our favourite Roots, Blues and Americana tunes – self-penned, deep cuts and classics.