The last night of 2007 saw us back at The Bruce Arms for their New Year's Eve Party Night. The Bruce had sort of become our second home during the year, and we'd had some great gigs there, so it was good to celebrate the end of the Year with Jackie, Bruce and some familiar faces!
Jackie had closed the pub in the afternoon, so we were able to set up at our leisure - unfortunately, Andy was acting as a taxi service for his family, so the plan to have a sound check went out the window - it did give us the opportunity to have a couple of pints though! Another advantage was that it enabled us to collect a replacement set of PA speakers from Fats Davies, as one of the "horns" in ours had blown (again!!) - thanks Fats, you're a great mate, and we'd be lost without your store of electrical gear!
Frank wasn't able to be with us, as he was wining and dining his lovely lady at The Valley Lodge (and probably listening to some dodgy Abba tribute band, the poor sod!), so Mark Prince offered to join us for the evening on keyboards - Mark had obviously heard it was a T Rex evening, as he arrived wearing more tinsel on his face than all the Christmas cards in WH Smith - but he did take the ribbing in good heart! So, the line up for the evening was:
Jackie had closed the pub in the afternoon, so we were able to set up at our leisure - unfortunately, Andy was acting as a taxi service for his family, so the plan to have a sound check went out the window - it did give us the opportunity to have a couple of pints though! Another advantage was that it enabled us to collect a replacement set of PA speakers from Fats Davies, as one of the "horns" in ours had blown (again!!) - thanks Fats, you're a great mate, and we'd be lost without your store of electrical gear!
Frank wasn't able to be with us, as he was wining and dining his lovely lady at The Valley Lodge (and probably listening to some dodgy Abba tribute band, the poor sod!), so Mark Prince offered to join us for the evening on keyboards - Mark had obviously heard it was a T Rex evening, as he arrived wearing more tinsel on his face than all the Christmas cards in WH Smith - but he did take the ribbing in good heart! So, the line up for the evening was:
- Paul & Chrissie on vocals
- Andy on lead guitar
- Matt on bass
- Dave on acoustic
- Hugh on drums
- Mark on keys
As ever, Jackie had really pushed the boat out, and the buffet was fantastic - we played 3 sets (well, OK, two and a half!) and, having started at 8:50, we eventually fell off the "stage " at around 12:40, having exhausted probably all the numbers we could do without Frank! You'll find a copy of the set list on the right!
A great night all round, and a good opportunity to wish everyone a Very Happy New Year - we hope to see you at one of our gigs in the near future!!
1 comment:
where's the picture of stebbings gone? I dont see why he gets away with it.
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