Acoustic Alchemy II at the Vibe, the Vibe? Yeah actually.. the Vibe!

Not a dubious film but a rather wonderful night and another new venue for me, The Vine in Shavington. Funnily enough I keep miss-spelling it as "The Vibe", which would certainly have been an appropriate name on the night! All the bands & artists were "in the zone", great! With many thanks for Jonathan White for the photos and the many chums who turned up :) Jonathan was too late to photograph Sam Lyon who has the sweetest voice, catch her (JW) if you can. 

United Breaks Headlined. Photo; Jonathan White.

Me (well it is my blog). Photo; Jonathan White.

Great to see Dayve Dean back in musical action. Photo; Jonathan White.

Check out the great acts here;

United Breaksjoined by Tom Seals
Dayve Dean
John Macleod Band 
Sam Lyon

March 27th - Easter Mini Tour 1. A night of music for The Teenage Cancer Trust

Dayve Dean opens and hosts the night.

A superb evening at a little place with happy memories for me as the launch site for All These Things Right Now. Most importantly, lots of money raised for this great cause. Well done indeed to Louise for organising. All of the artists involved were a joy & it was a pleasure to play my set to the lovely gatherers.

Links to the web pages of the other artists involved (you're on my website!);
Dayve Dean
Geoff Mather
Eddie Fendertelecaster Ogle
Dave Dove
Phil Maddocks
Nick Bayes
United Breaks
Nigel-Kurtis Blonde

An article by Jonathan White was published here at Crewe News.

United Breaks: Tim Kirwin on Sax, Neil David Smith on Guitar/vox. Nick Bayes on Bass

Phil Maddocks was "in the zone" with Nick Bayes.

March 24th - There's only one rule in Song Club...

No Covers!

Song club is a special night, once a month me thinks, in the "other" Newcastle (the Under-Lyme variety in Stoke) featuring original-only tunes performed by the artists who wrote them in the lovely environs of The Old Brown Jug, a real music club with a great history locally. Despite the very snowy weather, a good crowd eventually appeared and helped give us all a good time (save for the one or two obligatory nutters). Anyway, Song Club - Highly Recommended! I debuted a new song, "There She Moves", rusty to say the least and perhaps a draft one version in terms of it's arrangement, but the audience were lovely and forgiving. In addition to those I photographed and commented on below were the emotional and ethereal Rain. I'm sorry I couldn't stay around for the brilliant Giro Junkie but am glad I at least heard the urgent folk-rockers Headsticks soundcheck at least. Look out for them!

Newcastle Under Lyme looking purdy.

The Old Brown Jug, great venue and with some great posters!

United Breaks, very different and very good.

Julia Dowler, Soulful songs aided masterfully by Darren.