Wandering Windward 17th June 2007

Played John Breeze's Wandering Winward club tonight. Great to see it back at the Rose and Crown - even better when the smoking ban comes in!

John kindly gave us a 40 minute set and we took the chance to try out our new song called 'The Bite' for the first time. Rob's partner Jane has helped us think about the arrangement for the song and her expert critical ear has given us some great guidance as to how to build the atmosphere in a song. It creates complexity but it adds a huge amount of impact. Instead of me belting it out from start to finish, we now start with a couple of 'verses' played solo by Rob on classical guitar. As a former classical guitar professional, this gives Rob a great chance to shine and it really sets the atmosphere. I then sing the first two verses unaccompanied, and we come together on the chorus. It really seemed to grab the audience's attention and the song was well received.

As always John did a very lively set and there were a number of very good spots done. Again with it being St Albans, we were given great support by our friends. They turned out in numbers on a Sunday night to support us. I might come from Middlesbrough - I might even support Middlesbrough, but it is clear my home is now in St Albans! Thank you to all our friends for tonight's and your continuing support!

At the event, we were recruited by Ross from the Barton Le Clay club to play for him at a fund raising event the following Saturday. Very pleased to help Ross - one of life's "good guys"!