When I first started this little exercise we were a month into lockdown on the 24th April. Like most of you I expected this to last a month or two. The reality now is clear and sadly it will be a full twelve months and probably a lot more between my last gig and the next one. We go again and hopefully this brings back memories for my gig going chums who have joined me on this great musical journey down the years.
So with gigs getting cancelled not rearranged, this is now becoming a trend. I have little to no expectations that the seven gigs booked for March, April and May will happen.
Just the one today for my look back down memory lane.
2015, the Decemberists, Brighton Dome, Brighton
After a fairly lacklustre Ryan Adams show the night before its night two of our Brighton double header. This time it’s one of my favourite bands, The Decemberists. After a brief fault start due to an alarm going off we are treated to the usual excellent show with these fine musicians. With one eye on the train times we left before the last song but those before were very good indeed. What I like about Melloy and the band is their humour, never taking themselves too seriously but utter professional musically. It was all reviewed here at the time.
That’s it for today so don’t forget, support your small local venues and smaller artists in these difficult times, stay safe and keep on rockin y’all.