Leeds Leeds Leeds

Just a quick post to say how much fun I had in Leeds last night. Gaslight club is a lovely intimate event in the city centre. Nice vibes!

Host Gary Stewart opened up the night with some gorgeous songs performed in a really enchanting, delicate style.

Katie Malco played a set of her lovely songs. Great singer with a very controlled voice and a very cool idiosyncratic guitar style. She's touring at the moment so make sure you see her if you can.

Next up was me, and then the headliners Rainbow Girls. A five piece from California (top marks for asking one of them if she was from Leeds, Robert) they were exuberant, funny and mad as a box of frogs. They swapped instruments, sang great harmonies and jammed songs on the spot whenever there was a pause in the set. I'd struggle a bit to describe their sound as it seems to be a a lovely big cake of so many styles, but they clearly love a lot of very cool music (nice impromptu bit of Layla, which obviously I appreciated.) I really enjoyed seeing them play, they are one of those acts that make being in a band look like lots of fun and as a solo artist make me a bit jealous of the shared adventures...

Big thank you to Lee, Annabel and Jess for the company and a place to stay.

Gigs this week

I've got some gigs in really lovely places coming up.

Sunday 21st July
The Killingworth Castle 
Glympton Road
Wootton
Oxfordshire
OX20 1EJ

Monday 22nd July
Gaslight Club
Oporto Bar
33 Call Lane
Leeds
LS1 7BT

Friday 26th July
Albatross Sailing Ship
The Albatros is a sailing ship built in 1899 also known as a North Sea Klipper, she is one of the oldest sailing ships still afloat and few among her peers can stay at sea in more adverse conditions. A superb example of a time-tested design, she was expertly built of first class materials and has been well maintained. Instead of sailing the high seas the Albatros is now permanently moored alongside The Quay in Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, UK and used as a bar, restaurant, music venue and B&B.