Andy's gig Diary - The Point - Cardiff

Bluehorses back home to Wales. Its been a while since the band have played here and i think a first at The Point. Not far from here is the Coal Exchange, another great venue were Bluehorses supported Hawkwind a few years back. Tonight, again in a supporting role, the band supported The Men They Couldnt Hang. Bluehorses are not a support band, but, as this offer came in, it was a great chance for the band to play to a home crowd at Cardiffs superb Point Venue.

The trip down from work was lets just say......a blur. I know from past experience that parking can be a challenge, but i was lucky to find one straight away next to Mike.

It was a nice suprise to see Martin (see picture left) Martin is ex Bluehorse guitarist from the first couple of albums, he was here with his lovley wife to offer support....hell of a nice guy.


Bluehorses were set to kick off at 8.30pm. There was a reasonable size crowd inside, mostly to see the main band. Due to an oversight out of the bands control, the Bluehorses had no mention on any advertising in the area, so really this was a Men They Couldnt Hang crowd, who were just about to be baptized into the world of Celtic Rock in the true Bluehorses style...loud and in your face.

Cabbage Train was the opener, always a great way of kicking the nights show off....taking no prisoners. There was a fare few open mouths, that soon turned to approving nodding heads and big smiles.

Witch In Wedlock was soon hot on its tail....an approving big smile from ex BH guitarist Martin.
The sound out front was excellent, and the band were on fire tonight, on a mission. Playing to a new home crowd, they just went for it big time. For a set that was only an hour long they chose a set list that really did the trick.

As the set went on, the more the crowd lapped it up. A new track was aired after Billy Boy...and awsome doesnt even scratch the surface to describe how good it was. With a working title of Hen (not the feathered kind).

A updated version of Ostara into Gravel Walk gave a slight change of pace, and superb it was to, but the pace was soon sent up to full throttle again. Raggle Taggle Gypsy, a pre studio album track off the Dark Circle tape has been re-horsed and updated to fit the sound of Bluehorses 2007. It was just the dogs danglies.

To close the nights onslaught, the band finished off with Copeland, and a very fitting rocky, boucy way to end the nights show.
The whole evening was a massive success, converting what was really a Men They Couldnt hang crowd. However, there were many a comment made by the fans of the headline act such as..."how the hell are they going to follow that", many people where coming up asking for details on the band, or asking for autographs from their now new BH cds...MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.