Practice at Skeyton

Had a great time in Spain, but Jacqui and I both went down with colds on our return, so practice was going to be more about progressing Dave and Nige’s vocals than mine. It was a nice sunny day (rare in England this year) and I made good time to the hall. Not much traffic on the road - probably indicates the UK economy is waning! Anyway we got set up, compared our various ailments and set to work on “The Wonder of You” featuring Dave as Elvis and Nige and me as his Jordinettes girly backing. Nige had done a very good job of arranging this piece and we soon got to grips with it – some homework to do on the guitar solo and ending, but we planned to give it an airing on Saturday. We sketched out the concept of an Elvis tribute 10 minutes starting with a standup CC Rider/Mystery Train into “Just Can’t Help” then Dave coming onto the kit to do “ Just Can’t Help Believing/Suspicious Minds before rounding off with “Wonder of You”. Then we ran thru “Shine” a couple of times. It is coming together instrumentally but still needs some work on the backing vocals – one more practice session I think. Then we worked through Dave’s Orbison tribute with “Blue Bayou”. Again Nige and I are singing like a couple of girls and we got this together enough for a go on Saturday. Finished off with a run thru “How Long” and “Can’t Get Enough” for an early finish. Easy run home but things are starting to look a bit Autumnal.