Friday 15 August –Apologies for the radio silence but I've been on holiday for the last two weeks. Let's rewind to the disastrous evening of Friday 1 August where, due to monumental stupidity, I managed to miss a great evening out with The Druid. I was panicked into believing that Chris Johnson would be playing at The Punchbowl, starting at 20:00 (in fact he started at 21:30). Of course, when I arrived at 20:15, punters were still eating their tea and there was no sign of Chris. There was a big queue at the bar so I didn't hang around to find out what was happening and immediately when to Plan B. Sadly, I had forgotten my mobile 'phone so couldn't contact The Druid. Plan B was The Roman Bath and I waited in there until the band was about half an hour into their set before calling it a night. It turned out that The Druid had been dogging my heels as I moved around town, desperately trying to contact me. Talk about ships that miss in the night! I've learnt my lesson, I take my mobile with me now.
I enjoyed the holiday, two weeks with my five-year old grandson. In the first week we travelled to London and stayed at a hotel in Kensington. It was the first long distance train journey that he’d undertaken and I was very impressed that he never got bored or whiney as you might expect of such a young child. We stayed for two nights in London and took in the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum. He is particularly into dinosaurs at the moment so he thoroughly enjoyed himself. As an added bonus we watched a Dinosaur film on the Science Museum’s IMAX screen in 3D. Fantastic. We spent the second week at home making a holiday scrapbook, writing and printing a small magazine, visiting York Art Gallery and the Minster, and making and painting miniature figures (he's a geek like me).
So, that's everyone up-to-date. The holiday is over and Friday it was back to normality with three of us paying a visit to The Roman Baths where the band de jour was Wild Messiah (and on MyFace, thanks Ian.). The band consisted of four frighteningly young chaps (their combined age about equal to mine!) the bass player wearing black PVC trousers and playing semi-naked, a bit like Sid Vicious I guess. The front man had modelled his look on Billy Idol. They hail from Barton-upon-Humber and consist of Mark Williams (Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar), Martin Shepherd (Bass Guitar), Glen Brown (Lead Guitar, Vocals), Brad Brown (Drums, Vocals). I arrived just as they started a cover of Michael Jackson's Beat It. During the rest of the evening they played a mixture of covers and their own material all played extremely well. The bass was mixed a little too loud and the timing sometimes faltered slightly, I couldn't be sure if that was down to the drums or bass as the effect was so minor. The singer had great presence and a good voice. The lead guitarist was proficient although he sometimes took to wearing a pink feather boa. Combined with his curly hair it put me in mind of Marc Bolan. Here is a list of the tracks they played. Of the ones I didn't recognise I'm not sure if the track was theirs or a cover, but they definitely did at least four of their own.
Beat It (Michael Jackson), Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) (Mika), White Wedding (Billy Idol), Brand New Start (?), Rocking in the Free World (Neil Young), Detroit City Rock (?), Walk Away (?), Have A Nice Day (Wild Mission), Won’t get fooled again (The Who), Gimme all your lovin' (ZZ Top), You give love a bad name (Bon Jovi), All right now (Free), Whiskey in the jar (Thin Lizzy), Nothing to lose (LA Guns?), Without You (?), Pour Some Sugar On Me (Def Leppard), Fallen Angel (?), You Really Got Me (The Kinks).
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