June 30, 2008
9:30 pm
9:30 pm
The Shakey Vick Band
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King’s Head Theatre Pub, Upper Street Islington, N1 1QN
Monthly Archives: May 2008
The Oval Tavern
June 15, 2008
7:30 pm
7:30 pm
The Shakey Vick Band
@
The Oval Tavern, 131 Oval Road, CR0 6BR
King's Head Theatre Pub
June 2, 2008
9:30 pm
9:30 pm
The Shakey Vick Band
@
King’s Head Theatre Pub, Upper Street Islington, N1 1QN
A week on the Wild Side
Last Monday’s gig at the King’s Head was interesting. It started off normally enough but soon changed. Someone decided the band needed a dancer. So far so good. Unfortunately “far” wasn’t the operative word as the dancer seemed to think that sliding under my feet was going to impress me. It didn’t. Nor did dancing in my face. The clown was soon joined by another equally energetic and completely unnecessary companion. Normally I like to see people dancing…
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Open Mike
Last Sunday’s gig at the Inn On The Green went well, with the return of Chris Youlden to the fold. Of course the usual hecklers opened up proceedings, but though they want to be part of the show, they still aren’t getting paid. After the gig, one or two of them seemed to think that I was in a bad mood because I hadn’t bother to respond in my usual charming way. Well occasionally you have to make people think for themselves.
Nights out
Last Wednesday I went to the Muddy Waters memorial gig at the Oval in East Croydon. It was very well attended. Various musos got up and did mostly Muddy Waters songs. Naturally I did something else, Robert Johnson, Little Walter and so on. Well somebody has to be a pain, so it might as well be me. Of course, I did get off to a bad start (it must have been the free beer).
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