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Music… and my favourite gigs
Music has always been an important part of my life even though I don’t play any instrument myself. You can read all about how I became a groupie (… there’s more of a story to those posts than you might guess from the title!) Music has also enabled me to meet the most wonderful people and make some great friends… and music has been an inspiration too!
Kevin Montgomery and the Roadtrippers, January 2006
ShebbearCollege,Devon- 20th January 2006 A night with Kevin – and with an added extra!! Deepest darkest Devon Six days after the great night at the Polish Club in Bristol where everything sweated, even the walls (the only exception, Paul Deakin) I set out into the wilds of Devon to go to ShebbearCollegeto see Kevin and […]
MoreRaul Malo in Oxford, November 2011
November 2011 Well, everyone, Raul was absolutely sensational last night – I have seen him perform many times (though never enough) and he has never been more brilliant than in Oxford yesterday! The whole day had been a good one for me – I’ve had a hell of a week with an inspection at work on […]
MoreKevin Montgomery & The Road Trippers with Chris Cook
Devon – January 28th 2005 It goes without saying that it was another fab night with Kevin and the lads! You are just guaranteed to have a great time seeing them live! The venue was at Shebbear College in deepest darkest Devon. The organizers at the college very kindly supplied me with details and a […]
MoreRaul Malo and the Transatlantic Sessions, Birmingham 2012
After a slightly traumatic arrival in Birmingham, trying to cope with changed road layouts, erroneous or missing street signs, expensive carparks… the usual problems with driving into a busy city, we arrived at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham to see the Transatlantic Sessions, with a sensational line up of the best in folk music from both […]
MoreKevin Montgomery & The RoadTrippers with Chris Cook
Devon – January 28th 2005 It goes without saying that it was another fab night with Kevin and the lads! You are just guaranteed to have a great time seeing them live! The venue was at Shebbear College in deepest darkest Devon. The organizers at the college very kindly supplied me with details and a […]
MoreThe Mavericks… O What A Thrill
The Mavericks – April 2004 Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry Driving up to Coventry on a sunny Thursday afternoon I began to think I was mad. It was a two-hour drive, see the boys, back home in the early hours of Friday, work all day, then off to Oxford to see them again! I was looking forward to meeting […]
MoreKevin Montgomery & The Road Trippers with Jeff Finlin
Cardiff and Bristol- April 2004 On a pleasant evening in April, 2004, I found my way to the Point, an old converted chapel in the middle of a new dockside development, a great venue! I knew I was going to have a good time seeing the Roadtrippers in Cardiff; I had been lucky enough to see them […]
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