Now where was I....?
Since the forum went up the internet creek, I've been to :
Buxton, to see the Revival tour with Altered Images, The Christians and Midge Ure. Altered Images (Clare Grogan and a session band) were far better than they were back in the day...
Nottingham to see Eilen Jewell
York to see Bananarama (I know, I know...)
..and also the Cactus Blossoms again...
Toronto, where I saw Russell deCarle (Formerly of Prairie Oyster) perform his CD release show at the Dakota Tavern:
The next night I saw Whitney Rose at the Horseshoe Tavern:
The TakeRoot Festival in Holland:
Sadler Vaden of Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
Margo Price
Chuck Prophet
Then it was Jason Isbell at the Paradiso in Amsterdam:
Later the same night I saw the Cactus Blossoms in the upstairs room at the Paradiso:
Manchester to see Maren Morris:
Stone, Staffs to see my mates Nixon Tate & the Honey Club - and Bob Moston aka Merrym'n:
The Cock Inn, in Leek to see Canadian bluesman JW Jones:
Wolverhampton to see Marilyn Manson:
Dublin, to see both nights of Josh Ritter at Vicar Street:
Finally in 2017, back home to see my friends in Tin Chapel at the Glebe in Stoke:
..and the three-fifths of my own band in their rockabilly incarnation, Hollie Vee and the Hubkaps at Hollie's dad's pub, the Artisan tap in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
I'll deal with the start of 2018 in the next post.