After the deserts started to come out I played a finishing set - Highland Cathedral/ Flower of Scotland/ Slaves/ and My Home sets.
Bluesky Mining - Music Nights
Nights, and some days in the pubs, clubs and music venues around the country and abroad. My potted history of tours and one night stands. These hopefully will document the nights I have spent with great friends away from the rat race.
Thursday 25 January 2024
Burns Night, Three Crowns
After the deserts started to come out I played a finishing set - Highland Cathedral/ Flower of Scotland/ Slaves/ and My Home sets.
Friday 1 December 2023
From the Jam, G-Live
We had tickets for "From the Jam" - a Jam cover band with a difference as they have Bruce Foxton playing Bass and used to have Rick Buttler on drums as well.
As a "home" show the tickets were sold out and I had bought them several months ago. We were in the last row at the back of the circle which was great until a person a whole foot taller than me sat in the row in front! I had to lean over to look around him.
The skids were the support act with only Richard Jobson from the original line-up. He was very energetic and bounced around the stage, as they ran through a number of remembered tunes. His chat between songs was really not very interesting.- Charade
- Of One Skin
- The Saints Are Coming
- Working for the Yankee Dollar
- Destination Düsseldorf
- Circus Games
- TV Stars
- Complete Control (The Clash cover)
- Masquerade
- Into the Valley
- Intro (Batman theme)
- All Mod Cons (The Jam cover)
- To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time) (The Jam cover)
- Mr. Clean (The Jam cover)
- David Watts (The Kinks cover)
- In the Crowd (The Jam cover)
- Billy Hunt (The Jam cover)
- It's Too Bad (The Jam cover)
- Fly (The Jam cover)
- The Place I Love (The Jam cover)
- 'A' Bomb in Wardour Street (The Jam cover)
- Down in the Tube Station at Midnight (The Jam cover)
- English Rose (The Jam cover)
- Saturday's Kids (The Jam cover)
- The Butterfly Collector (The Jam cover)
- Lula
- Town Called Malice (The Jam cover)
- That's Entertainment (The Jam cover)
- Encore:
- In the City (The Jam cover)
- The Eton Rifles (The Jam cover)
- Going Underground (The Jam cover)
Saturday 30 September 2023
Deacon Blue, Brighton Centre
Acoustic
- Wages Day (acapella first verse)
- Queen of the New Year
- S.H.A.R.O.N.
- Chocolate Girl
- Delivery Man
- Cover From the Sky
- A New House
- Dancing In The Dark (Bruce Springsteen cover)
- Homesick
Electric
- The Hipsters
- Wages Day
- Bethlehem Begins
- Your swaying arms
- Ragman
- Loaded
- Your Town
- On Love
- When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)/ Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
- Twist and shout
- Real Gone Kid
- The Believers
- Raintown
- That's What We Can Do
Encore:
- Peace Will Come
- Dignity
- Fergus sings blues
- Keep Me in Your Heart (Warren Zevon cover)
Tuesday 23 May 2023
Levellers Collective, Pavilion Theatre, Worthing
- Carry Me (from tape)
- The Game
- Lowlands of Holland ([traditional] cover)
- Liberty Song
- Battle of the Beanfield
- Wheels
- Drug Bust McGee
- Together All the Way
- Sitting In The Social
- Man O' War
- Julie
- Ghosts in the Water
- Born That Way
- Haven't Made It
- England My Home
- The Boatman
- Didgeridoo solo
- The Cholera Well
- The Road
- Far From Home
Encore:
- Hope St.
- Down by the River 'O' (Rev Hammer cover)
- Just the One
Sunday 30 April 2023
Toby & Vikki's party, Eltham
Played the intro at Toby & Vikki's ruby wedding party with one of their relatives ... we had only chatted on the phone and discussed set list, together with around 30mins run through.
A quick warm up in an outside tent to tune up and we were ready - pipes in tune but we were at different frequencies - 186 vs 181 ... c'est la vie
Inside and to start as everyone took their seats - well those away from teh playing that is.
Green Hills/ Battle's O'er
Amazing Grace/ Highland Cathedral/ Flower of Scotland
Scotland the Brave/ Rowan Tree
It was a bit strange playing with someone else for the first time and it took some mistakes to get into the groove ... especially with the tempo where I was starting slower - however everything came together and by the end we were working well. Stops were good, starts less so - I blame the lack of count in.
No photos from my side
Sunday 5 March 2023
Fairport Convention, Connaught Theatre, Worthing
The first local visit of the year ... We went to see Fairport Convention at the Connaught theatre in Worthing... a place we had been to before to see Cara Dillon, so kind of knew what we were in for.
The car park is next door to the theatre, however this time we had to pay by the hour in place of an evening charge that was in place last year, so some confusion over the ticket machine (and it did require topping up at the end of the evening as the show went on over the published time - which was very tight for us). We went in search of the noodle bar that we used last time, however it closed early on a Sunday so we settled for fish and chips and a bench over looking the sea front.
A trip down the pier and back the other side, before heading back to the van to wait for the doors to open - there was a fierce wind so hanging around outside was not an option.The support was from a duo - Hanna Sanders and Ben Savage - acoustic with a shared mic... at least it was original. She had a good voice but his appeared to be very strained.
there was no doubt as to why they were chosen as after their short set they stayed on whist the main act joined then to perform Reynardine.
Ric Saunders, Simon Nichol, Dave Pegg and Chris Leslie joined by Dave Mattacks, performed a mixture of tracks interspersed with a bit too much banter - everyone getting a turn to talk and tell stories (or lame stand-up as in Ric's turn).After the break they sauntered back on for more of the same, ending with "Matty Groves" (definitely my favourite).
Set List
- Reynardine
- Walk Awhile
- Cider Rain
- My Love Is In America
- Polly On The Shore
- The Year of Fifty Nine
- Steampunkery
- Sloth
- The Journeyman's Grace
- The Banks of Sweet Primroses
- Bankruptured
- Portmeirion
- Moondust And Solitude
- Doctor of Physick
- The Hiring Fair
- Meet On The Ledge
Tuesday 25 October 2022
Cellar Darling, Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
- Pain
- Death
- The Spell
- Insomnia
- Freeze
- Dance
- Black Moon
- Hullaballoo
- The Hermit
- Water
- Fire, Wind & Earth
- Redemption
- Avalanche