And I'm standing at the crossroads/believe I'm sinking down

Friday and in an unusual turn of events, we started at the Roman Bath to watch a three-piece from York, the Blueflies. They played an assortment of Free/Cream/Hendrix/you name it, covers sung and played in a very professional manner. The bass guitar player was solid, the drummer was excellent, and the singer/lead guitarist was pretty much top notch. OK, he’s not Eric Clapton or Jimi Hendrix, but he sure plays a mean ...er, six-string plank of wood.

When the band had finished we wandered across to the Old White Swan to see what was happening. Not quite the normal Hazzard County line-up, we had Paddy on bass, Simon and NZ Dave sharing lead guitar and vocals. At the back was a violin wielding young lady and playing a snare drum, a kind of young Marty Feldman (obscure reference, just Google the name). It rounded the evening off nicely, ie I didn’t stumble into bed until a quarter past one in the morning. Check out the dates, the next full-blown Hazzard County gig at the White Swan is Friday 5 November.

PS Catch Breathing Space at The Post Office Club in York on 26 October 19:30 for the CD launch gig.