Friday 28 August - "Hey Roj. Where are you?" "Outside The Punchbowl." "Me too, I can't see you." "I'm waving my arm in the air." "I still can't see you." "Are you on Micklegate?" "Yes." "You should be down Stonegate." "Bugger! I wondered why I couldn't hear any music." And so began other fun packed evening with the Friday-Nighters.
Because of it being the festival season, we were scratching around for live music again but hit the motherlode when The Druid spotted that Simon Snaize playing at The Punchbowl. In fact it turned out to be him and his partner in crime, Dave Keegan, or NZ Dave as we like to call him. There was a disappointingly small crowd in the back lounge, only a hardcore of about twelve of us were there for the entire performance, and two of those fell asleep on each other and had to be roused by a bar-person.
I'm not implying that they were dull, far from it. They played acoustic guitars (although there were some electronic effects thrown in) and harmonised their voices very well. There was a lot of material that I didn't recognise, and some that I did: stuff by Steve Earle, the Beatles, Neil Finn, Secret Smile by Semisonic, and Guthrie's California Stars. Apparently Simon and Dave are working on an album together. It was all very laid back and enjoyable, even the beer was a bit cheaper than usual, so altogether a very enjoyable evening.
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