A BH show, a BH show and the first one of the year,
a crowd of excited fans the band for to hear......
The first gathering of the clans for the year ... also Rhayn's first gig - so it had to be the Flowerpot. It was fortunate that I had the day off, but even so the traffic was crazy - it took me 2 hours just to get across country to Winchester. It was a dismal day and needed some brightening up.
By the time I got there most of the kit was set-up and by a stroke of luck I had missed the van emptying efforts. However I did have to walk through the pub (as the stage doors were now shut) several times with all my boxes, waving the old kilt around - not sure it was a common sight around here.
By the time Sid had mic'd everything up, i'd got the cameras positioned and ready. - this time I had a new toy - a miniature camera that would fit on a microphone stand. It gave a great preview picture, however equipment failure later int he night at the recording end meant that we would not get usable footage from the device.
A special mention here for Sid .. came off his sick bed to be there, what a star!
Once everyone was sound checked and a couple of numbers run through to remind everyone how the fingers work etc. Time for a chat with everyone whilst the band got into the new stage clothes .... black kilts all round with New rocks to complete the image, for the blokes with Lizzie in a "little black" number.
Just time for Andy to charge across after work form Cheltenham - Mach 9 - good job the rush had passed. Not long after and the show started.. Andy included the set list below ... , but time flew by and it was time for tape changes - indicating half way point. Being on my own I can't even delegate it. The girls had school and we would not have made it round London in time on a Friday afternoon to bring them along. Although they were mightily disappointed.
All too soon and we were reaching the end of a new flavour of Twmbarlwm the traditional BH jam. Somehow this slowly mutates over time, and it is only looking back that you really notice the changes. This is now way beyond that committed to the Skyclad Ep and also the Live DVD extras.
Packing up and driving out was a blur (apart from the passer by who had lost her skirt/ belt/ trousers - fill in as appropriate - walking past as we loaded the van, seemingly without a care in the world - or was that alcohol in control).
The drive back next day was a breeze, but work on Monday a nightmare . so roll on Mayfest!
