Practice at Skeyton

Just beat Dave to the hall at 4:50pm, so we set up slowly and ran through a couple of Shadows numbers whilst I set my Roland GT 10 up a bit more. When Nige arrived and set up we were just ready for the off when in came Mark James to view the Bose gear. Nige had had chips and somehow had drenched his jeans but otherwise he was on good form and seems to have overcome his recent bloat. Did a warm up with “Travel Lodge”, the GT-10 solo setting was way down so I tinkered with that and we did the solo again OK. Then we ran through the Hollies Medley with Dave singing the lower harmony on “Bus Stop” nicely. Mark said it sounded great for a three piece and was suitably impressed with the Bose. Sorted out “3 times a Lady” and played through “The Wonder of You” a few times, and decided to use the same ending for “Unchained”. Did a quick run through “Twist and Shout” in case we get requested end with 9th run ups to finish on A9. Steve and Laura and another of Dave’s drummer mates (Ray) arrived as we started working on the new Beatles medley. Couple of chord fixes in “8 Days” and “Can’t Buy Me Love” and this medley is taking shape well. Spent a longish time on “Shine”, I still have trouble with this but its close to being performable. Wrapped up with “How Long” and the “Wonder of You”. Had a good run home on a rainy night getting in about 11:45pm.