Monday 13 April - a last minute decision on who was out and when resulted in our usual crowd being split between two venues. The Druid ended up at The Duchess, you can read about his exploits here. The rest ended up in The Roman Bath to watch Dufflegoat (and on FaceSpace).
Formed in 1994, Dufflegoat are a three piece rock covers band hailing from York, consisting of Roger Newton (guitar, backing vocals), Tony Gilpin (bass, lead vocals), and Paul Marshall (drums). We started the evening standing directly in front of the band, but the volume drove us off to one side where, due to the fact that it was not crowded, we still had a great view. This was the first time that we had caught the 'Goat for a full set, in the past we have only managed the tail end. Paul, on drums, is extremely good although I didn't think it was really warm enough for him to divest himself of his shirt. Roger has a penchant for adding his own twiddles to guitar solos. This actually works quite well, although it's a little disconcerting when the solo in your head doesn't match the one Roger is playing. Tony does excellent bass work but the vocals are a tad weak, or maybe the drum was too loud. Anyway, they played blistering set of classic rock covers and even managed to slip in a few of their own songs.
From my rather hazy memory they played: White Room (Cream), Foxy Lady, Purple Haze, Fire (Hendrix), Won't Get Fooled Again (The Who), Black Night (Deep Purple), Twentieth Century Boy (T Rex), Maybe Someday (Dufflegoat), and The Song Remains The Same, Good Times Bad Times, Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin). Plus a host of others that I've forgotten. Highly recommended.
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