Melted Cheese.

The day is once again upon us where the average Nantwich resident, or for that matter any of today's many visitors to The Nantwich Show increase their cheese intake by approximately a thousand percent.
I was asked to perform by Liz, of supporter of all-things-Nantwich Redshift Radio.
It was good again to see a few familiar faces in the audience, the only thing making things difficult being the continuing extreme heat, but I guess it brings the crowds out!

Sound check.

The sun brought mor out for the show itself.

A fantastic day at @NantwichShow with many talented people and the gorgeous Jasper 😍 The @RedShiftRadioUK Community Garden is rocking this afternoon! @JonnieGitAhhr pic.twitter.com/rnNbhRJEAo

— Futures Programme (@CCSWFutures) July 25, 2018

The Big Cheese.

Today I played the worlds biggest Cheese-based festival, no less and the biggest one-day festival in the country, I'm told, The Nantwich Show.
It was lovely to see some familiar faces, especially some very special folk who I hadn't seen for several years but, well, we go wayyyy back. You know who you are!

Last night I had to fix this pickup housing (and clean the guitar),
The fix turned out to be easy enough once I tried holding the guitar
upside down!

Special thanks to all at the lovely Redshift team, and to those who bought CDs!

Many thanks to Jonathan White for this photo.

Redshift Radio ran the all the music & events in the Community Gardens.

Singer Molly Gibson takes to the stage.

Say 'Cheese'.

July 27th, 2016

My second year performing at The Nantwich Show, on the Redshift Radio stage, thanks guys.
As usual, such a long commute on the train ;)

The Bigger Cheese.

July 29th, 2015

Thanks to Matt Jackson of  Redshift Radio for the photo.

Tim Lee, great songs.

Josh Whittaker, soulful.

Nantwich Show is apparently not only the biggest one-day event in Cheshire but also includes the biggest Cheese Festival in the entire world no less.

Luckily for music fans, although my experience of this lovely town includes lots of examples of very 'cheesy' 80s-rock type cover bands, the music here didn't include the usual levels of Cheddar (or I should say Cheshire).

I managed to catch the wonderfully soulful vocals of singer Josh Whittaker and the great songs of Tim Lee who was again sharing a stage, good news for everyone listening. Many thanks are due to all the wonderful people at Redshift Radio and especially Matt Jackson who was not only on the sound all day, but found time to take pictures and the vine below.

Competition time! Can you name the cover version, and for bonus points, 
what is the guitar tuning for this?
Thanks to Matt Jackson of  Redshift Radio for the vine.

Alsager 2015

12/07/2015

Thanks to Redshift Radio for this photo.

Updated 20/07/2015
After last year's performance in the park, this year's was a little more intimate in the extended pub garden of probably the best pub in the area (described as 'a gem' of a place in one review), The Lodge.

It was a lovely experience as so many friends turned up in the crowds, I was only sorry I didn't get to chat to them all. Some good friends also performed & I was able to see the always superb Tim Lee and Dayve Dean, as well as the lovely sounds from the jazzy to prog-rock (and everything else in between)- influenced Rain before some familiar and not-so-familiar bands entertained us before it was time for the train home.

Hats off and big thanks once again to all the organisers, sound people, techies and everyone who made this all possible again, and of course to all of you who turned up.

A fair contingent of Redshift Radio people seemed to be there and I'll be guest of theirs when I perform at The Nantwich Show and The South Cheshire Big Day Out, coming up soon. 

Redshift's Matt Jackson has also blogged about/reviewed the festival HERE.

Update (20/07/2015); Here's a video of the 'special' moment I was joined by fellow musos Tim, Dayve & Abby. Dayve got his own back later, forcing me up to do backing vocals on 'The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight', I've never been sure of the backing vocals on that song!