The Shakey Vick Band with Chris Youlden

Inn On The Green, 3 Thorpe Close W10 5XL

The Shakey Vick Band with Chris Youlden
@
The Oval Tavern, 131 Oval Road, CR0 6BR

The outdoor gig at the co-op in North Kensington with Gordon Smith managed to avoid rain though not wine… or beer or cider come to that. Various states of hippydom graced the evening, but thankfully no outdoor free love or nudity caught my attention. Actually it was a cross-section of modern co-op living, with age, or youth, no barrier to belonging. I suppose I shouldn’t emphasise the word modern in that last sentence. This paragraph seems to be meandering, rather than progressing…maybe the hippydom is catching. I always considered myself pre-hippy or beat, to be honest. Such self-delusion leads us into strange paths, but I did get home eventually, at five thirty in the morning. Read more »

Last week’s gig at the Inn On The Green went well with a couple of guests sitting in. There were also a couple of guests who had intended to sit in but in the end had to leave before they had the chance. It wasn’t down to something I said…or didn’t say! Read more »

Duo with Gordon Smith

Chris Youlden & The Shakey Vick Band

Inn On The Green, 3 Thorpe Close W10 5XL