Went to Manchester to see the Detroit Cobras - good gig, but their setlist was almost exactly the same as when I'd previously seen them in 2004....
Then up to Glasgow where I met up with friends and saw the Birds of Chicago in the tiny (and dimly lit) Doublet Bar.
The following day I went to see Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore at St Luke's - great show in a lovely venue.
Unfortunately when I got back to the hotel after the gig, I discovered that someone had broken into my hotel room and stolen a load of stuff - Ipad, Ipod, a camera that I'd left charging - and its lens -three books on photography I'd bought that morning, 7 second-hand CDs, a bag of leads, chargers and batteries and also my Detroit Cobras t-shirt. Reported it to the police but I don't expect to see any of that stuff again. It's only "Stuff" but felt somewhat violated. Don't stay at the Rennie Mackintosh Station hotel folks - that's the moral...
Back to Staffordshire and the Lilly Hiatt gig at the Artisan Tap. It was her first ever UK band gig and they played a lengthy, well-received set in a rammed venue.
The following day, Lilly and band had a non-gig day so my friend Craig, the Biddulph Up In Arms promoter had got them time in Silk Mill Studios to record a couple of videos. I went in and documented the process.