The old thread was getting a bit unwieldy so I thought I'd start a new one for the Autumn. First though, we've just come back from a very successful weekend gigging in Portree on the Isle of Skye. It's a beautiful part of the world when the sun is shining (not that often - it's not called the Misty Isle for nothing) and portree is a very special town with a very picturesque harbour and some very good seafood restaurants..
The gigs on friday and saturday night were both excellent and very well attended. it's not a huge pub and on friday it was packed out with around 100 punters. Saturday night it was even fuller - the landlady estimated they'd crammed 150 or so into the room - so the atmosphere was well charged which transferred to the band very well...
For the first time in my playing career I was the focus of attention for the 'stage diver' managing to play over half a song being 'molested' by a very pretty young girl who was sadly somewhat the worse for the drink...
Skye is a popular tourist destination and I'd say over half the accents were foreign. Of particular interest were a party of around 10 Norwegians who came along both nights. They collectively own a cask of vintage whisky which is held for them at the distillery somewhere near Loch lomond. Once a year they visit the place for a dram from their cask then spend a long weekend touring the highlands. They were very friendly and provided a useful service as bouncers being descended from vikings....
All in all a great weekend with good friends and a great atmosphere. In a complete turnaround we played a corporate event on wednesday in a huge ballroom where fewer that 20 of the guests got up to dance, the rest preferring to 'network'. Ho hum. We now have a busy couple of months, three gigs in pubs this month then October sees us back on the wedding circuit. I'll be playing my fretless rogue and Balance K sig deluxe at all of them. Graeme
