Seth Lakeman

Jeb and CK at the Lemon Tree as we waited for Seth to take the stage:



The support was a group of 3 Swedish sisters called Bakery:

and then Seth and his band appeared:

Brian's drams

We belatedly celebrated Brian's birthday in the Douglas last night - although Brian didn't partake himself - sticking only to beer.

Seasick Steve

Colin, Jeb and I went along to the Music Hall last night to see the man of the moment. His support act was Amy Lavere (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_LaVere) who appeared with him recently on Jools' Later programme. This is a rather blurry shot of her in action:







Steve then took the stage - this time backed by a drummer who he identified only by the name "Animal".


A brief clip of Amy singing and playing her double bass - no burly roadies for her - she manhandled her double bass off stage herself, despite being a tiny little 5 footer:

One of Steve's early numbers was the title track from his latest album:

As well as the relatively conventional guitar he used here, he played the 3 string "trans wonder" and the 1 string "diddley bo" made out of a simple plank of wood - plus of course the famous "Mississippi drum machine".

Steve's last number was basically a lengthy diatribe of his early years and his relationships with his mother and step-father. The encore was 2 numbers, the last of which ended up as a call and response with the audience chanting along as Steve and his drummer slowly walked off stage waving goodnight - a novel way to end the evening.

Scotland v Norway

Miss of the century?

Headbangers

Late call-offs from Gary and Andy M meant there were only 5 headbangers present at Dave's last night for the first of this winter's do's.



The show was themed this time, starting with the usual "Obituary" spot (a total of 9 shown - all artistes who have departed since our last headbang on 14th March). There followed "Then and Now" featuring Cream and Pentangle performing with the same line-ups 40 years apart.



"Originals and Covers" showed 4 different songs from the 50's and 60's and their subsequent covers. "Blues Legends" included Big Joe Williams and Howlin' Wolf from 1963 and 1964. A very brief "Corny Country" interlude showed Marty Robbins singing El Paso, and was followed by the most embarrassing performance ever when Chuck Berry was trying to sing Memphis Tennessee with John Lennon, whilst Yoko wailed in the background.



"Festival Rock" ranged from Hendrix in 1970 at the Isle of Wight to Interpol and Muse at Glastonbury in 2003 and 2004 respectively. The "Superstar Gathering" was from the Crossroads fund-raiser in 2005 with BB King, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Vaughan and Buddy Guy all on the same stage.



The main part of the show was "Through the Decades" - 41 videos from the last 6 decades - 12 from the 00's, 2 from the 90's, 6 from the 80's, 12 from the 70's, 6 from the 60's and 3 from the 50's.

We just about had time for the traditional team photo whilst the taxi waited outside - this time in Dave's kitchen, strewn with beer and curry:

AFC v Hibs 4 Oct 08

I was a witness to one of the worst refereeing decisions of recent times at Pittodrie last Saturday. I couldn't believe what I saw and I wondered if I had got it all wrong, but both Setanta and BBC confirmed my view - Setanta first:

Then the BBC's pundits got to work on the same story: